Composition
Jaellra
Posts: 56
So, wasn't sure where to post this ;) I just started reading about composition. The rule of thirds and a bunch of other stuff. I better start out slow ;) If I'm creating a portrait with only one figure, I pretty much always put them smack dab in the middle. Am I supposed to be lining them up with one of the two vertical lines? For example I'll post the newest pic Im working on. Any suggestions would be great!
Vivi Noelle Test.jpg
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In the New Users forum we run a monthly contest, whci are educational contests. If you check through the WIP thread for this one you can find all sorts of tips.
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/68333/january-2016-new-user-3d-art-contest-composition-wip-thread/p1
you will see it also mentions this
Golden Rules Camera Prop v1.5 by Jaderail http://www.sharecg.com/v/67783/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Golden-Rules-Camera-Prop-v1.5
Which is a helper which attaches to your camera.
Sweet thank you! Dont know what happened to the picture I posted to the thread.
This thread? I still see an attachment
Weird, I dont see it when I follow the link in my email but I do if I go to the forums first.
They're not rules. They're more like guidelines. In a studio shot with no other items or props, positioning doesn'tmatter as much.
OK thank you. that's part of what I was wondering. It would be user preferance then.
One of my pet peeves is that caring about composition seems to have gone away. When the eye looks at an image, where it is placed can change how it appears or what it says. Whether one calls them rules or guidelines to me is not critical. What they do is help structure the image. If you have a figure, for example looking left and placed on the left side of the canvas, it will say something different than if that same image is on the right edge looking left. A rule of thumb was to have more canvas space in front of an image than behind it. Many years ago, I wrote this article on composition. Perhaps it will be useful. http://www.perpetualvisions.com/new-articles/photographic-composition/composition.html
Empty space can be as powerful as images placed on a canvas. A canvas being your work area not necessarily a canvas for oil painting. Sorry fastbike 1, I disagree with "In a studio shot with no other items or props, positioning doesn'tmatter as much." but where you place an object or many objects is critical to the overall effect of the image.
Thank you Paula. I will take a look.