Basic Stills Camera Work and Composition

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.

The Rule of Thirds

The rule of third is a important rule in media, and it is two  immaginary vertical and horizonal lines are projected on a shot, and where the lines intersect is where the viewer are most likely to look at first when looking at a shot or a picture. The viewer is most likely to look at the top left intersect, because the eyes focus on that point firstly, and then look at the right top intersect, and then the bottom left and then the bottom right, so editors use this rule to there advantage to try get a more outstanding shot or picture.