文档介绍：organizing the frame _ 109
balance and proportion
having found your subject and
camera angle, you have to decide
where to place the main subject within
the frame. It is always tempting to put
it dead center, but shots often look
better if they are less symmetrical.
Place a subject right in the middle of the frame
only if you want a restful image. In most pictures
it pays to place key elements away from the center
because this creates a more dynamic, exciting
composition. Unless you are deliberately aiming for
a radical look, the subject should not be too close to
an edge, either. The traditional approach is to put
key elements a third of the way in from one of the
vertical edges, and a third of the way in from one
of the horizontal edges; this provides four key
points on which to put the main subject.
2LEANING TO THE EDGE 1HANGING IN SPACE 3RULE OF THIRDS
These flowers were purposely It is tempting to frame subjects tightly, The best place to put the main
arranged so that the key focal point but to give the visual imbalance that subject within the frame is a third
is in the top left-hand corner of the creates great shots, it is often worth of the way in from one side, and
frame—creating an unusual, off- zooming back. This parachutist is a third in from the top or bottom,
balance, nonsymmetrical image. placed off-center. as in this shot of a lighthouse.
110 posing the image
framing
even if you zoom in tightly, you will often
find that large areas of the picture are wasted.
Architectural shots might include too much sky,
while landscape pictures have unremarkable
foregrounds, and so on. A simple solution is to
find something that will fill this unused space.
By changing the viewpoint, something as simple as an overhanging
branch can be used to cover over a dull area—effectively creating
a border around the image. This technique can be extended to
provide plete frame within the viewfinder. Arches, doorways,