Rules Of Photography

What is Rule of Thirds

• Using the gird on a camera to take a photo and having your main subject in the middle of a square

• Putting your main subject in the center of the photo without using the grid

• Cropping without using an editing tool

• Dividing your photo into 3 squares.

What is Balancing Elements?

• Putting your main subject in the center of the photo

• Making your image perfectly symetrical

• Making two of the subjects in the photo form one

• Putting your main subject off center

What are leading lines in a photo?

• Lines that all intersect in a photo

• The shape of your subject

• Lines that lead the viewers eyes through the photo

• The background of a photo

What is depth in a photo

• Making a 2-d photo appear 3-d

• Cropping a photo without editing

• The background of a photo

• The height and width of a photo

How do you crop your photo without having to use editing software

• You cant

• You adjust the camera to only capture what you want

• You use the editing software on the camera

• You change the background

Worm's Eye View

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A photo can be beautiful and follow composition techniques, but it must also do what to be effective?

• Must tell a story.

• Only use a couple of composition rules.

• Break the composition rules.

• Not have one certain focus point.

Bird's Eye View

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What is the best definition for composition in relation to photography?

• A work of art
• The successful arrangement of parts within the frame
• The combining of elements to create a unified piece of artwork

Why is it important to watch the edges of your frame when taking a photo?

• To avoid tilting the camera
• to make sure no objects have been "cut off"
• To make sure nothing is too distracting
• So no objects "grow" out of your subject