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Landscape and travel tip
by mkitada ·
Another example for composition, especially when traveling. Remember to carve your viewfinder into imaginary thirds. I was actually in the Louvre Museum passing a window when I saw the Sacre Coeur. I placed the church in the lower right hand convergence of the lower horizontal and the right vertical thirds. Another tip I’d like to address here is the 1/3 - 2/3 rule for landscapes. Try to place the horizon of the land in either the lower horizontal or the upper horizontal. Thus, you’ll have either a lot of land or a lot of sky. Much more visually appealing than a horizon that splits the middle. So, in our photo here, we get the church and the surrounding buildings taking up the lower third and the sky taking up 2/3′rds of the rest of the frame. The church gives us a nice base for the image to rest on(visually). A much better composition than placing the buildings in the middle of the frame. Next time you look through your viewfinder think about the horizon.
Remember, we want our images to be dynamic to the viewer. Splitting the horizon is a quick way to put your viewers to sleep. We will re-visit this tip many times. Bonjour!
Tags: Composition, Landscape rule, paris, sacre coeur, travel
