Triangles in Photography: Quickly Improve Your Compositions
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Loading... - Allen Anderson
- 25 Apr 2023
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The triangle is a powerful composition tool. It can provide dynamism, lead the viewer’s eye, and offer a much-needed sense of balance. In other words, with a bit of triangle magic, you can dramatically improve your compositions.
But incorporating the shape into your compositions takes real skill in order to create visual flow. You have to know what to look for, and even once you’ve found a solid triangular shape, it’s important that you manipulate the frame for the best possible effect.
In this article, I take you through the essentials of triangles in photography. I explain what they’re all about, how they work, and how you can use them for amazing results!
How to Add the Shape into Your Photos
Triangles are a fundamental element of photographic composition. Put more simply, they’re a shape you can use to arrange your photos.
They appear in many forms. For instance, you’ll find very clear, obvious triangles:
As well as more subtle, implied triangles:
These all count as triangular compositions, even if the shapes don’t immediately jump out at the viewer.
In fact, the best compositions often don’t immediately reveal their triangular elements. Instead, the shapes work behind the scenes to create a strong, stable, eye-catching image. Read More…
