Five Tips for Framing Your Photographs - The Photography Secret Manual

Five Tips for Framing Your Photographs

The way in which you arrange the things in your picture (called “subjects”) to create a sense of three-dimensionality and geometry is known as composition. Good compositional technique can be the only difference between taking a photograph that stands out and captures the imagination of your viewers and one that simply falls flat and looks like something that belongs in a family photo album. If you really want to use photography to decorate your home, fill some time as a hobby, or even moonlight as a professional, you will need to build some excellent compositional technique. Follow these five simple steps below to dramatically improve the quality of your photos through framing.

1. Learn the Golden Ratio. Before you take a picture, divide your picture into three segments horizontally and vertically. Make the middle section about 35% smaller than the two surrounding sections. You should be making a cross or a T with the two smaller sections meeting in the middle. If you line up your subject around this area and arrange the other elements of the photo in the other sections, your photo will be visually pleasing. This is known as the “golden ratio.”

2. Create a setting. Unless you’re using really dramatic lighting or some other effect, people want to know how the setting works with your subject. Pick a really interesting area with strong simple shapes and creatively incorporate it into your photo.
3. Seek Strong Shapes. Compelling images are usually made up of simple strong geometrical shapes created by things that naturally occur in nature or in a city. Make sure you select an area that has strong shapes to complement your subject, or they may get lost in the photo.

4. Far or Close? Extremely close pictures suggest power and happiness. Faraway subjects suggest the power of the surroundings over the individual, a diminished sense of importance, or a heightened state of drama.

5. Use Framing Devices. Taking pictures through doorways, archways, and other objects that can appear in the foreground (closer to the camera than your subject) can create an interesting sense of depth and three dimensions that will suck your viewer right into the world of your photo.

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