12 Simple Tips to improve your photography EYE! Tip 2 Balance

Tip 2
Balance
Again every picture is subjective yet there is always a balance when looking at a really good image, one that makes the image memorable and pleasing to the eye.  Balance dosen't mean that everything in the picture has to be in the centre quite the opposite infact, the eye takes in the camera viewpoint, tone, colour, framing and detail.


For example in this photograph the figure crossing the bridge has been captured just as they pass under the middle of the building creating a strong vertical line however either side of the figure the green colour tone balances the picture, also the red light right at the top of the picture helps the eye travel upward.



When the picture has lots of landscape detail it feels enclosed yet adding more foreground makes such a scale difference giving good depth of field.

Finally sometimes shapes and proportions are objects in their own right, sometimes how they are cropped creates balance.

Next time "The rule of thirds".

12 Simple Tips to improve your photography EYE !

Everyone can take a good photograph these days especially with all the great cameras on sale you can't really go wrong.  Also making a good image is subjective to the individual. 

However there are some golden rules that help all the visual elements look right together.

TIP 1

STRUCTURE

When taking a photograph you have to work within a frame.  Think about what you see through the view finder or back of camera try and think of it as a blank piece of paper.

First decision is whether you want horizontal or vertical.  Your eye scans horizontal pictures best like reading of a book left to right.  Using horizontal lines or shapes within creates a strong visual look.

Vertical photographs are helped if you use lines or shapes to draw the eye in.  Also your eye makes comparisons between the top and bottom of the image, so try and visualise the same way.

You also have panoramic and square crops.  I like the square format it gives a balanced feeling even if the subject is of centre.

Next bog BALANCE.

London Exhibition Visit

Visited Susan Van De Roemer - The Power of Resilience Photographic Exhibition at The Hotshoe Gallery London.  It was very powerful and so interesting how survival instinct in human beings is so strong.  I liked the way she used a low camera angle to make the subjects seem powerful and strong check it out at www.hotshoegallery.com