Monday, May 9, 2022

Post 156: Composition 9. Movement Flow from Left to Right

Composition: Place Movement Flow from Left to Right

This is Part 9 of my series on Composition

This one sort of throws me because as a speaking English person here in the USA, we read text from left to right. But there are other languages that do not read that way. So my question would be would this "rule" apply to them?

The rule says to compose your photo from left to right similar to the way we read our text and to even flip your image if needed, as long as there isn't any text printed on it. This is especially suggested for action and wildlife images. And you should leave some blank space to the right of the action so that there is room for the person, animal, whatever has room to move into and doesn't fall off the edge.

Photo by Mieke Campbell on Unsplash 

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Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at https://DonnaLiguriaArt.com & her Blog at https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/.
 

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