4 More Elements for Photo Composition

When composition rule mean the art of presenting a photo by setting subject in specific spaces in specific manner, elements of photo composition are either the subject itself or a factor adding a strong value in the photo. In my previous post “3 Elements for Photo Composition” ware discussed. This is a continuation of that post with 4 more elements for photo composition.

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Depth of Field (DOF): Depth of Field (DOF) means the focused and sharp part of the photo. DOF can be narrow or wide. You can check details on DOF vs Bokeh Explained post. DOF effect could be used to compose your photo and highlight your main subject when unwanted subject will be in out of focus.

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Foreground and Background: Use foreground and background to capture your photo. Any unwanted elements in background or foreground could ruin a photo. Unwanted elements could take place because of limitation of movement by photographer, focal length limit, too much attention in subject itself etc. Though some of them could be removed through cropping after taking photo but sometime it might not be possible and your favorite shot could be just waste of a shutter. Before taking a photo, look for suitable prominent foreground and clean background.

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Texture A texture is design a surface of an object, small or large, in repetitive pattern or random pattern. Texture is all around us! If you don’t believe, stop reading and look around you. Texture itself is a good subject to capture. Texture can be used to compose a photo keeping it in background.

You may also have a look on Elements of Landscape Photography and 5 More elements of Landscape Photography.

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Color Strong and leading color could make a great photo too. Colors represent mood and environment. To illustrate peace, cool mood use green, white color, to represent strong, bold mood use red, yellow. To represent girls, pink is the best choose. Except all those, naturally a well composed photo with color would be great except the wrong composition could make it worst. Different colors could be used to compose the photo.

Related Posts:

1. 3 Basic Elements for Photo Composition