Composition Rules

Rule of Thirds

Close up/Elimination

of spaceUnusual angle/point of

view

Leading LinesPattern/Repetition

Symmetry/Balance

Frame within a frame

Rule Of ThirdsThe rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting, photography and design.

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Close up/Elimination of space

a photograph or part of a film in which the camera seems to have been very close to the picture it took.

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Unusual angle/point of view

An unusual angle is a picture of something that has been taken from an odd angle to other photos.

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Pattern/Repetition

Patterns, both natural and man-made, bring a sense of visual rhythm and harmony to photographs that, like a series of repeating notes in a melody, capture the imagination. Patterns appear whenever strong graphic elements—lines, colours, shapes, or forms—repeat themselves.

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Symmetry/Balance

In design, the near or exact matching of left and right sides of a three-dimensional form or a two-dimensional composition.

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LEADING LINES

Leading lines are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, or occasionally, out of the image.

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Frame Within a FrameUsing something to frame a subject other than the edges of your viewfinder.

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