BASIC COMPOSITION PART-4 aka RULE OF SYMMETRY & DEPTH PERCEPTION

Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better". Especially composition is everything to a photograph. And composition consists of many sub-parts. Well we can't learn them all at once, so let's take one step at a time. With that being said, let's start our baby steps into the topic. Today's topic is about COMPOSITION PART-4. 

Well by reading the last  blogs, you would got a better idea of why frames and composition are so important. This blog is a continuation of the previous blogs about COMPOSITION. Composition has so many guidelines, we saw some, now is the time to look the remaining.

RULE OF SYMMETRY : 

We often tend to like symmetry in the real world. We knowingly/unknowingly tend towards the objects with high levels of symmetry. This symmetry rule is nothing but "when you are capturing something, make sure to align your subjects in such a way that, they bear equal weights/importance on the right side and left side of the image." The point is clear, that is, we have to achieve symmetry by either changing our camera position or just by aligning it in a different angle.

In the first picture, there's a man steering that small boat in the lake at some evening time. We can clearly see that, that man completely lies in the center of the photograph and those oar's are adding so much details to the symmetry. And the water movement also added a fine detail to the picture.

In the second picture, it's vertical symmetry , the pillars on both sides aligned perfectly symmetrical.

In the third picture, that pyramid shaped thing acts as a fully symmetrical object.

 DEPTH PERCEPTION :

Our photos are 2-D in nature but we can show 3-D elements in our photo by just making a few adjustments. You see there are lot of guidelines for making it work, we only discuss a few here, rest are up to your interest. Here's the trick "Move/place your camera close to the ground and make sure it's facing the scenery you want to take. By placing close to the ground, we can create a feel that it's the lowest height point in the photograph. And then take the photograph. You can add some objects in the foreground."

You see, in the first picture, just by shifting focus, we got a feeling that changed from "seeing a close point" to "seeing a farther point". That's a beautiful example of how we our depth perception works.

In the second picture, we feel that, those small cluster of rocks are closer to the us and that hill is farther from us. You see, by adding objects in the foreground, we got a feeling that, we are closer to those objects.

TAKEAWAY NOTES :

• Symmetry will be a good asset to the composition. Try to take symmetrical shots and feel the difference.
• Symmetry is of different types: horizontal, vertical, diagonal symmetry.
• Depth perception is a tricky one to achieve, But doing this, will give you a lot of knowledge about how photos work.
• Adding objects to the foreground is advisable for the beginners who are trying to take depth perception shots.  

NEXT-UP:  

• HORIZON( Importance of horizon, where to place it, how it effects the mood of you)

     Have a GOOD DAY! Keep SMILING😄