Photography Guidelines

PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES

Photography Guidelines are simple and extremely complex. What we went over just touched on the basic ideas of these guidelines. I recommend you study each guideline and check out the resource links below for each one.

Rule of Thirds

This is a way of breaking down your photography into sections to help you compose better photographs. Click the link below to learn about the Rule of Thirds in detail.

Rule of Thirds Lesson

Composition: Balance

Balance in photography can mean lots of different things. For example it could be the balance of light, the balance of shapes, of the balance of weight in the photography. I am sure you could think of others.

Here is a great link that goes into details on balance.
Lesson on Balance

COMPOSITION: LEADING LINES

photo by Angela Caldwell

Lines can help tell the story in the photography. Lines show our eyes were to go and what to look at.
Here is another great link that goes into details on lines.

Lesson on Leading lines

Composition: Viewpoint(Perspective)

Photo by Angela Caldwell

The point of view you choose will impact your photograph. I recommend you do a search for photography perspective or viewpoint to see what you can find. Here is a lesson that goes into depth on perspective.

Lesson on perspective

Composition: Simplicity

Photo by Angela Caldwell

We talked about using a simple background. I recommend searching photography guidelines simplicity and looking at images.

Here is a link that goes into more detail on simplicity.
Lesson on simplicity

Composition: Framing

I would like one of the students from sunday to add into this area.

Composition: Cropping

I would like one of the students from sunday to add into this area

Composition: Experimentation

Laura if you could add into this area. This seems to be a favorite of yours.