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Scenery basics:

Consistency is one of the elements of composing a scene, and there are some basic rules that have been developed in order to maintain this consistency, which must be taken into account when composing a scene to get interesting and distinctive shots. There are some professional photographers who "break these rules at times and succeed in creating distinctive shots." But this does not mean that they did not study those rules, on the contrary, they studied those rules well, but they felt that violating them in certain circumstances is in favor of the idea that they want to present.

Before you try to imitate professional photographers in this field, you must first understand the systematic scene composition rules, and then proceed towards your own method of deleting those rules whenever you deem it necessary.

Here are the three basic rules for composing a scene

1- Dividing the image area
2- Balancing the image elements
3- Arranging the image contents

It is the division of the image space: the corners of the image have the ability to attract the attention of the eye more than the center. The image is theoretically divided into three-thirds or five-fifths horizontally and vertically. Topics located at the points of intersection of these lines are the strongest in terms of centers of interest. These subjects can be a building, a person, or anything else. These points are known as strength points, and with them we can prevent a strong visual effect when placing points of interest on them. Therefore, divide the viewfinder with your imagination into the sections that we referred to, and try to place the centers of interest on the points of strength, while bringing the subject closer to one end of the image instead of the center.

Divide the image area into thirds

2- Balancing the elements of the image: When we take into account the principles of dividing the image space, balancing the objects in the image becomes easy. Balancing does not mean placing similar objects of the same size on both sides of the image, but rather finding a kind of balance between the elements that make up the scene and avoiding extreme symmetry between these elements.

Think of the working principle of a lever, a large object near the fulcrum balancing a small object near the end. This principle can also be measured on the balance of the elements in the image: put a large object close to the center of the image balances a small object close to the edges. This principle is true if the balance is achieved horizontally or vertically. Shaded or lit objects can also be balanced with black objects next to the other or one on top of the other.

- Arranging the contents of the image: You encounter multifaceted difficulties when you are in the process of photographing a group of things together. You will certainly put the most important of these things in a prominent position. But the rest of the things must be placed in such a way that they add strength and influence to the important thing and not obstruct the view of it. The way to solve this issue is to focus not only on the important thing, but on all the things that you want to photograph, so you arrange these things in the way you see fit. Note during your arrangement that the triangle shape gives the impression of stability and solidity. As for things that take the shape of a rectangle or a square, they give an illusion of order. The circle and oval shapes give the viewer security. As for the most influential forms, they are lines, as they lead your eye to what is important in the contents of the scene. Angled lines suggest movement more than slanted lines, and to get a sense of strength in a scene, make the lines straight. But if you want to give a sense of movement, bend the lines or bend them. The squiggly lines give a sense of continuous movement. .

You can apply the previous observations to the works of famous artists. My advice is to light people and analyze what they did to make you admire their work, then try to imitate them at first before moving on to the next stage: which is making your own style.