Portrait Photography Basics

What is composition?

• How the elements in an artwork are arranged

• The visual weight of an artwork

• Using elements to surround a subject

• How much of an image is in focus

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Asymmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Asymmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Asymmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Symmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Symmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Symmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Asymmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Symmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing

What compositional techniques were used in this portrait? Select all that apply.

• Good body cropping

• Shallow depth of field

• Symmetrical Balance

• Fill the Frame

• Framing