Composistion and Framing

Using Manual mode, we experimented different framing techniques we could use to create more interesting images.Here are four techniques I used:

Leading Lines
Here the line of the bus shelter roof and the straight line of trees next to it  draw you into the centre of the image. This technique is called 'leading lines' as you want to follow the lines in the image to see where they lead you.

Rule of thirds (portrait)
This portrait image of Callum uses the 'rules of thirds', as he and the tree are over to the left of the portrait. For this technique, you can set a 3x3 grid to come up on the camera screen and by placing the main object on one of the thirds (usually the left or right) it makes it look more interesting than it would be if the main subject was in the centre.

You can also place subjects on the intersection points (shown by he red circles on the grid below). For example, if you were taking a head shot, you would place an eye on one of the top corner intersecting points to make the image look more interesting. 

Symmertrical
Here we can kind of see that if you were to split the image in half, each half would be the same. For this image, it's the tables and chairs and walls of the college that would make the image look symmetrical. You can also do identically symmetrical images.

Framing
This gives the subject more interest by using depth. Here we can see Callum in the distance, but in front of him, we can see out of focused leaves and branches. This adds depth to the image and makes the viewer feel like they are in the image because they get the illusion that they are stood right behind the leaves and branches.




Here are some of the images Callum took of me using some of the above techniques;