Some examples of different formal qualities of composition

1. Formal Qualities of
Photography

2. LIGHTING

3. Jonathan Worth

4. Cynthia Cortes.
Photographing
Intimacy.

7. Nigel Parry

8. Imogen Cunningham

10. Pierre Gonnord

11. COMPOSITION
FOCUSING

12. Photographic Composition
Generally the term composition means
“putting together”.
Photographic composition is simply the selection and
arrangement of subjects (elements) within the picture area.
Effective photo composition is made by:
1. Placing objects in appropriate positions.
2. Choosing an appropriate point of view.
3. Waiting for the opportune moment.

13. Photographic Composition
Some rules of composition
• Rule of thirds
• Framing
• Visual cropping
• Vantage Point, where the photographer stands
• Balance
• Perspective (scale)
• Moving in close
• Action
• Leading lines
• Converging lines

14. • This is more a guideline then a rule.
• The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or
along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a
viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.

15. Consider your foreground and
background

17. View Point – try new things and
challenge yourself.

18. Get in close

19. Trying different
angles

20. Compositio
Dramatic Perspectiven
Create impact by photographing your subjects from
unexpected angles. Imagine yourself as an electron
spinning around the subject, which is the nucleus of an
atom

24. Compositio
n
Use of frames, lines & diagonals
Create impact by using frames and real or inferred lines
that lead the viewer's eye into and around the picture

25. Converging Lines
Converging
lines are two
or more lines
coming from
different parts
of the frame,
and meeting at
a single point.

29. Framing – use what’s around you
to frame your images.