When you have two subjects in your photo, place them according to this guideline in order to create visual tension and pull.
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Just a general ‘thank you’, Joshua, for making the time and energy to share your experience and knowledge.
Rick in SE WI
Hey Rick, my pleasure. Thanks for reading and watching!
Great lessons, as always, Josh
One thing I could not help but notice that your closing image has a vertical tension instead of a diagonal one and I was thinking, in certain cases is it okay to do that when a diagonal composition is not feasible?
Anyway, a great video and point to keep in back of the mind. Thanks a lot for posting these tips.
Hey Pradeep,
It’s always ok to do exactly as you want. 🙂 The truth is that any kind of tension is ok as long as it helps your eye travel throughout the frame, and not simply in one plane (unless that’s what you want!). That closing image works because it has a background subject that travels across the frame horizontally, so once your eye is led to the background it is still able to traverse the full width of the frame and isn’t confined simply to one spot. Hope that makes sense!
Cheers,
Josh
When I took this photo I kind of remember of just shooting down the jetty, and for some reason I never paid attention, and noticed the guy and the bird in lightroom, usually, I take a bunch of photos of the subject, this one I have one, I think I was concentrating on the Lone Tree on the jetty. I see completely how out of balance this one is. thanks for CC