Tricks To Take The Perfect Photo
Beginner photographers learn simple composition rules, like the rule of thirds, centered composition, and symmetry and framing composition. Today we're going to focus on the tricks of guiding line composition.
Guiding line composition is a style that's very popular for travel photography, and is mostly used in photos of landscapes. As the buildings and natural landscapes in life usually have some obvious lines, when the lines merge with the entire picture, we can catch the audience's eyes more quickly. This helps in taking photos with strong impact.
The promenade or walkways are the most common and typical guide line in a building. Multiple lines guide the audience's line of sight from different directions to a point, giving perspective to a photo.
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Canopies from all directions can form guiding lines that gather together and are more visually impactful.
*Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash
The winding path extends to the distance, and the viewer will follow this guiding line. We see the mountains in the distance below the sky with white clouds. The whole picture is layered and completed in one go.
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To make an interesting photo, I chose to use road as guiding lines leading to the distant mountain range. Not only do the lines of the dam embankments provide details of the photo, but they lead your eyes out into the distance.
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Similarly, using the rails as guiding lines, the tram slowly enters as the theme of the entire photo.
*Photo by Rob Coates on Unsplash
Keep in mind, guiding lines don't always have to be straight through the middle. They can run along the edge of a photo, or from one corner to another. Try out different guiding lines to see what makes your photo stand out.
*Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash
To create a balanced photo, you can also use a main guiding line with secondary guiding lines. Like in the below photo, if we make the street the only guiding line, the screen ratio will be severely skewed (you can try to cover the right corner for comparison). So we let the entire photo incorporate more line elements, in line with the viewer's vision. This helps bring a sense of balance.
*Photo by Stéphan Valentin on Unsplash
As the most natural guiding line, the river channel attracts your eyes and leads you to the small bridge in the distance, as if waiting for you to discover more beautiful scenery.
*Photo by Dave Herring on Unsplash
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