– Using Composition

– Using Composition –

- October 06, 2020

Using Composition

Hi everybody!!! I am glad to have you around one more time. Today, we are going to explore some rules of composition with their meanings, and a quick review of their relevance within the picture. So let's begin with this picture I took quite a while ago.

In the following picture, we have a great example showcasing the usage of the Rule of Thirds.

The Rule of Thirds "is a type of composition in which an image is divided evenly into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, and the subject of the image is placed at the intersection of those dividing lines, or along one of the lines itself." (Rule of Thirds Definition - What is Rule of Thirds by SLR Lounge) This is done so that the image's subjects could be 'seamlessly' placed at a natural position for the human eye.

In this image, a feeling of nostalgia, solitude, and future hardships can be perceived but it is the contrasting colors of the yellow flower that give meaning to the picture. It is as if the flower were to be the representation of hope within adversity.

The next picture is a great example of the use of Framing which "refers to using elements of a scene to create a frame within your frame" (Photography Composition - Framing) in other words, it implies the usage of the surroundings within the picture in order to narrow the area of the photograph in order to enhance the desired focus to be lead into the main subject that the photographer might have wanted to specifically showcase.

The meaning of this image (for me, the creator of it) is nothing more than that of happiness, relief, enjoyment, and gratitude towards the natural world that can be appreciated.

Now, we have the depth of field- deep and shallow.

Depth of field - shallow

Depth of field - deep

The depth of field-deep and shallow implies the idea of how much blurriness is presented in a picture's subject(s). This blurriness, when is in the closer object, is shallow, and when it is in the background subject(s) is deep. This composition is used to achieve higher attention on the object with no blur on it. This may also result to have the opposite reaction since some audience focuses more on attempting to figure out what the blurred subjects are.

The meaning of this image (s) could be said to be that, the sun is always going to shine after darkness.

And lastly, the Focus Pulls, this composition method is greatly appreciated on shots changing their focused subject into another one that could be; farther, closer, next to, adjacent, etc, to the previous subject in focus. This is done to achieve a higher emphasis on the importance given to the subjects being presented as they might be having a dialogue. Not only this, but this is also used in order to compare or contrast the presented subjects of an image.