Alignment
Alignment in photography is another principal that is considered impactful. What this means is that the elements in your image are somehow connected by an invisible line of sorts. Many higher end camera now have a grid function in the camera settings, where you can have a grid show up through the lens and can use those grid lines to help you align objects in an image. Many times when we try to align images without the use of the grids, we can get close, but at times, just not quite right. This can make balance off in an image.
In the images below, alignment is represented in different ways. The fish are aligned in a vertical row of 4 with one being perpendicular, whereas the image of the Buckwheat flower is aligned to be close to the viewer’s eye to help show depth. The picture of the Impala has a different feel of alignment with the lines of the car being aligned in the unseen “grid” using the rule of theirs as well. Now, in the image with the pumpkin baby, there is alignment with various elements in the image like the grass to the wood of the wagon, and the baby’s head and the pumpkin being oppositely aligned in the image. When looking at alignment, there are many different ways in which the photographer can align the various objects in the image. |
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