Guidelines for Effective Photo Composition Photos at Root’s Market Ms. Gallagher

Simplicity Just shooting the flowers, little background

Simplicity Angling the shot, concentrating on flowers

Simplicity Close shot of flowers…no distractions

Simplicity Too far from subject….Much better by getting in closer

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Lines Just a vertical photo of fruit

Lines Created depth by changing the way I took the photo

Rule of Thirds Placing people in a triangular group

Rule of Thirds Not placing any one item off center or in one third of photo is a bad photo

Rule of Thirds Onions take up two thirds of photo but makes a good photo

Lines Shooting on a diagonal to give depth

Lines Shooting photo on angle changes depth

Lines Bad photo…shooting head on, clutter around the subject

Lines Changing the way I shot subject, giving it depth and focus

Lines Shooting on an angle, again creating depth, pole in the way…distraction

Lines Moved so pole was not in photo

Balance Pleasing arrangement of pottery..used box to create height

Balance Shooting photo with hanging ghords create a feeling of symmetry in photo

Balance No symmetry, feeling unbalnced, just clutter

Balance Off balance…lady’s head in background, man’s arm to right

Balance Not well balanced..notice the wall and man behind the plants

Balance Not symmetrical, but still ok to have large containers in front..feeling balanced

Framing Bad idea…trying to use umbrellas to frame pottery, but is a distraction instead

Framing Use of plants to frame person

Framing Plant in front to frame plants behind

Framing Tall plants in front to frame plants in background

Avoiding Mergers Cutting of heads

Avoiding Mergers No heads cut off..and centered

Avoiding Mergers Pole in way so cause a blur on the corner of photo

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