Artistic Photography – Photoart – Devide your frame !

The most important part of Photography is the framing . That means how to devide your frame into speperate parts . Usually you can devide your frame that means your photo into a horizontal and vertical part . Mostly you will do it both . First the one than the other . After you have decided which horizontal devide you will have to have in your photo you decide which vertical devide you will have on your photo . And as a next form (additional to that to basic devides) you can have a from left bottom to right top devide . Some evan take a right bottom to left top devide .  And next you have to decide in wich geometric form you will have to place your target into this frame .

1. Horizontal devide

You can divide your frame into half.  That means one half of your image will be one part of the picture the other half the other part of your picture . In case of a outdoor nature picture you will have one top half of your picture as the sky and the other bottom half of the picture the ground .

You can devide your frame into third. That means one third of your image will be occupied by one part the other two third of your image will be occupied by another . In case of our outdoor example one third of your image will be the sky and two third of your image will be the ground . You can also reverse and make two third of your image the sky and one third of your image the ground . It is simple a case of choise . You can take the example further and divide your image into three third parts . Than you can take one third of your image the sky one third of your image the open ocean (sea or lake) and one third the ground (beach). For indoor photography you can also use this divide . Just choose the ground floor as one half or on third (or two thirds) and continue . You can also take anything else indoors as a one half or one (two) third mark to divide your frame .

A divide into four parts is not suggested. Simply because of esthetic appeal of the image. It must be in our nature to prefer the two devides before .

Please note that it is essential to divide your frame into geometrical shapes. Since it is a heritage of the old art of paintings that is handed over to the Photography . All rainessance paintings are made by these techniqué. Avoiding this way is not artistic freedom . It decides – will your photography will look professional or in a amateur manner.

2. Vertical divide

Here you have actually the same rules like above. Aditional you can in this form divide into four parts.

You can divide your frame into half. You can seperate your frame into half by drawing a line in the middle of your photography . That will divide your frame into a left side and a right side and a center line . Into the center line you can center a tree or a parking bench . Note that this image in the middle has also have to centered in it´s middle. Left and right you have backround . The center of attention is in the center . Left and right will have no important image . If you want to fill left and right with something that has to be considered you have to choose a divide into three or four parts and fill these parts with that disired image . You can also fill the important disired part into the left part of the image or the right part of the image . Please note that the disred part has to fill the full part . If you have to take a face of a person than the face has to fill the whole left or right part of the image . Or the face of the person has to be centered : his nose have to be exactly on the center line of your image .

You can divide your frame into thirds. Now you can put the desired part of your photography to the left third to the center or to the right third of your photography. Again consider that the desired object has to fill the whole third of the image . A parking bench or a standing person or the face (portrait) of a person have to fill in case you choose the center third the markings or borders to the left and right third.

You can divide your frame into quarters. Like above you have the same rules . Devide your frame from top to the bottom into four parts and place the desired objects into the quarters .

3. Left bottom to the right top divide. The last form of devide is this form of devide you can use it when you photograph a beach or a river . Than the ocean will occupy the left top of the frame and the beach the right part (buttom) of the frame . Place the persons / people you want to place in any part of the frame or leave them out . Again people can placed on the left bottom the center and right top of the frame . In case of a beach photo for example you devide from left bottom to the top right and than you place a portrait (face) of a person on the left half or third of the frame .

Again and again please note that this form of geometrical devide is essential to create a professional look to your photography .

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