Alec's CCT Portfolio

April 23, 2014

I learned a lot about photography in the past few weeks. We learned the concepts of Rule of Thirds, Rule of Triangles, Leading Lines, Perspective, and Repetition. These concepts are used to make an image more appealing.

The Rule of Thirds is where you put a person or maybe a light post of something on right or left side of the image. You want to imagine lines evenly spaced dividing the image into nine even sections. Preferably you would want to have the object at about the intersection of the lines on the left or right, with it’s eyes lined up with the top line. The Rule of Thirds greatly improves how appealing an image can be, but other photography composition concepts can help too.

The next concept is the Rule of Triangles. This is used to create balance within an image. The Rule of Triangles is triangles created by objects in the image. The picture becomes more appealing because there is a sense of balance in the image.

The concept of Leading Lines are very beneficial to an image. Leading lines can show you where the focus of the image is, or where the focus would be. Perspective can be used to make an object look bigger or smaller. This also helps to make an image look better.

The concept of Repetition can also make an image better. Repetition is a continuous pattern in the image or even a pattern that is broken. In conclusion, concepts like Repetition, Perspective, Leading Lines, The Rule of Thirds, and The Rule of Triangles can be very beneficial to how appealing the image is to the eye.