Learning target:
- I can research and learn about (with my elbow partner) four of the composition techniques of my choice.
Before going out to make pictures you will need to write a paragraph at your visual journal about what the composition is and what type of subject might work. Please show a photographic example of each technique you select as part of your research.
Choose at least four of the following composition techniques:
- Rule of Thirds
- Visual Weight
- Balance
- Eye-Lines
- Triangles
- Single Point
- Horizons
- Frame within a Frame
- Leading Lines
- Framing Devices
- Dynamic Tension
- Depth
Examples of Student work

Research each technique before choosing. A quick way of starting your research is to right click on the word or phrase to do a quick Google search. Once you and your elbow partner have found four composition techniques to work with begin making photographs showing your understanding of how to compose a photograph.
You will produce practice photographs and publish them to your visual journal (blog) by this Friday for critique work.
Please use Lightroom to import and export your pictures. Name your digital image files using your Lightroom preset so that the name of the file contains the composition element you are demonstrating:
For Example, if you were exploring depth, you would name the file:
LastName_depth.jpg
If you were exploring leading lines, you would name the file:
Lastname_leadinglines.jpg
Note:
To produce quality images, you will need to shoot more than four practice and four final images. Keep shooting until you come up with photographs you absolutely love!