The document provides photography composition tips including the rule of thirds, leading lines, symmetry and patterns, depth of field, headroom, and lead room. The rule of thirds suggests imagining an image divided into thirds to create a more balanced composition. Leading lines guide the viewer's eye through the photo along elements like roads or stairs. Symmetry and patterns can make eye-catching compositions when expected or unexpected. Depth of field refers to the zone of acceptable sharpness, and the aperture affects how the camera focuses. Headroom addresses the vertical position of the subject within the frame. Lead room includes space in front and the sides of the subject.

1. Photography Rules

2. Rule of Thirds
The rule of thirds can help
you create well balanced
and interesting shots. The
basic principle behind the
rule of thirds is to imagine
breaking an image down
into thirds (both
horizontally and vertically)
so that you have 9 parts.
With its usage your photo
becomes more balanced
and will enable a viewer of
the image to interact with it
more naturally.

3. Leading lines
Leading lines refers to a
technique of composition
where the viewer of your
photos is lead into the
picture e.g. by staircase,
roads or street. A leading
line seems as it paves an
easy path for the eye to
follow through various
elements of a photo.
Usually they start at the
bottom of the frame, from
the foreground of the
image to the background,
typically leading toward
the main subject. It helps
create depth in the picture

4. Symmetry and Patterns
Symmetry is the creation of an image which can be separated into
two equal parts whereas patterns can occur when solid graphical
elements such as shapes, colors, tones, and forms or lines continue
to repeat themselves. We are surrounded by symmetry and
patterns, both natural and man-made., They can make for very
eye-catching compositions, particularly in situations where they
are not expected

5. Depth of field
In basic words Depth of field is the zone of acceptable sharpness within a photo that will appear in focus.
Aperture refers to the access given to light from the lens to the camera sensors which affects how the
camera focuses on an image or a scenery. Using the aperture of your lens is the simplest way to control
your depth of field as you set up your shot.

6. Head Room
Headroom is a concept of aesthetic composition that addresses the relative vertical position of the subject within the
frame of the image. Headroom refers specifically to the distance between the top of the subject's head and the top of
the frame The First Image has No headroom whereas the Second has a minimum headroom and the last one has Too
much unnecessary headroom.

7. Lead room / nose room
The term lead room, nose room or 'looking
room’ includes the sense of space on both
sides of the image. The space in front, and in
the direction of the subject is facing or moving.
When the human eye scans a photograph for
the first time it will expect to see
The lead room is a compositional technique,
important to bear in mind, even if you are
trying to break the guideline. Altering or
cutting the lead room has the potential to alter
the mood or feeling of an image, It can add
tension and make the scene feel
uncomfortable.