# Composition

# Composition (photography)

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Consider the following:

- How does the photograph first attract our attention (salience)?

- How are the people or objects in the photograph placed in relation to each other? Ie does one object seem to be placed in front of the other (foregrounding)?

- Are the components arranged in any particular pattern?

- Do you see any geometric shapes?

- Are the lines of the photograph straight or curving, thick or thin?

- Do any visual elements repeat?

- Is the visual weight of the photograph balanced, on each side, top to bottom or diagonally?

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