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- basic rules of composition;
The first obstacle that a beginner in photography must overcome is the misconception that authorship in photography is a deep and difficult subject, and that it should be studied for a long time, and that it is the preserve of some talented people. On the contrary, authorship is a common sense process. Like everything that requires common sense, its basic rules should be understood to make it easy.

The word composing is synonymous with the word arrangement, coordination, and it is a word we use every day, and we understand its meaning. So think of the word arrangement when you think of composition, to put yourself on familiar ground.

And every one of us every day in the process of arranging something, we arrange our bedroom, and arrange the tools when we sit down to the dining table and we do so to make things more convenient for us. Therefore, good composition is when it has a specific goal. In the same way, when we compose an image to take it, we coordinate the light with shadows, sizes and colors to reach a specific result. If you think about composition in this way, you will have overcome the first difficulty, and you will be ready to discuss and understand the basic principles of pictorial composition.

The rules of pictorial composition apply to black and white photography and color photography. The basic rules are the same in both cases. But since we are using black and white illustrative examples here, some notes do not apply to colors, but despite that, their application to colors remains valid. When we talk about light and shadow in black and white photography, we can think of dark colors and light colors in color photography or color slides.

The basic rules of pictorial composition are three:

1- Simplicity:
In most pictures, the larger the central subject occupies, the more powerful and expressive the picture will be. And every element that enters it and does not contribute to building the theme or the main idea of ​​that picture weakens its composition. A simple picture can suggest more than it actually shows.

As an example of simplicity, picture (1) shows a famous peak in Yosemite National Park in the United States of America, and it is a sufficient picture to record the view, but the beauty of the rocky summit seems lost in the chaos of the back view.

Look at photo (2), which was taken from the same point from which photo (1) was taken, and a telephoto lens was used for this purpose. Here, the rocky peak seems to occupy the forefront of the picture alone, not crowding it or disturbing it, and thus showing its beauty and control over its surroundings. The difference between pictures (1) and (2) is that picture number (2) is simpler.

The photographer, unlike the painter, has to emphasize simplicity. He works on a small patch (the image), and he cannot waste that space with non-essential elements. He is also unlike the painter, who faces difficulty with what should be taken out of the picture and not with what should be included in it.