Maegan Photographic Composition Post

Composition is truly an essential aspect of photography as it allows a photograph to portray emotion, interest and sets the overall tone of the picture. It is something that emphasizes the most crucial visual elements in your photograph while still creating a balance between elements. We captured pictures in various genres of composition such as line, rhythm, simplification, negative space, shape and rule of odds. Certain aspects of each genre had to be kept in mind like for instance, the mood we wanted to create, what element we wanted to emphasize and in terms of post-production, how we could crop the photo to achieve the most effective frame. Taking photos particularly for composition was not merely in the sense of constantly shooting and hoping to find a decent picture. A lot of thought was required for certain aspects like the angle, lighting and framing in order to create the most effective picture for that genre. Overall, photographing composition has to be my favourite assignment due to the exploration and planning it took to acquire the desired picture.