Focuses on the importance of subject positioning and nose room.

1. Subject
Positioning

2. Subject Positioning
• Subject positioning adds interest to the photo
by placing the subject to one side

3. Subject Positioning
• Subject can be placed slightly or dramatically
to one side

4. Subject Positioning
• Nearly all professional photos use subject
positioning

5. Subject Positioning
• Subjects can also be placed up or down
• Simply move the camera to place subject

6. Subject of photo is positioned

12. Rule of Thirds

14. Centers of Interest

15. Position the photo in the centers of
interest

16. Place them at the intersections to have
a clear focal point

17. It’s a guide to greatly improve your
photos

18. Occasionally, a good photo will break
the Rule of Thirds

19. For most photos, it’s a very effective
composition technique

22. Nose Room
• Change composition to position subject to the
left or right of the frame
• Subject travels toward the center of the photo
• You show WHERE the subject IS GOING

23. Nose Room
• About one-third is behind the subject, about
two-thirds is ahead
• Implies movement in the picture
• Must travel left to right or right to left

24. • About two-thirds of empty frame is ahead of
subject
• One-third is behind
• Larger space is always in front of the subject

25. WRONG and RIGHT