Geometry and symmetry sound like nothing to do with photography, but rather to the content of math classes, and when you were a kid you could have a lot of algebra when you were studying math, but the geometry was very good.
- Compared to the abstraction of algebra, geometry can intuitively show the beauty of mathematics. Yes, regular geometry is always the root of beauty.
Symmetry, in particular, is the basis of aesthetics. In photography, the disorder may create a sense of beauty, but it is a great test of the aesthetics of the photographer, and there is no real disorganization. Everything is connected by limited or infinite laws, even if it is those seemingly unnecessary pictures, but also need to find some rules in order to better read. The simplest creation of the United States, made for others to see at first glance felt very comfortable picture, it was a geometric symmetry of the picture.
- The Symmetry here can refer to the narrow mirror image, it can also refer to the generalized contrast, in some way, so that the elements in the picture display a contrast symmetry, the elements here can refer to emotions, can refer to light and shadow, can refer to the shape or Color or other.
Let us first talk about the narrow symmetry, the use of geometric symmetry to capture the content.
In urban environments, such symmetry is not uncommon, especially in buildings, where repetitions are widely used and symmetries exist in these endless repetitions.
- Just as the geometry of buildings is widely used, we can easily find a central point to diffuse to the left and right, be it square, triangle or circle.
Of course, we also need not be limited to the physical symmetry, light and shade can also contain the same geometry and symmetry.
Before we want to take these symmetrical pictures, for us, we first need to learn how to observe and find in our life the symmetrical aesthetics that we often overlook often.
After you find the symmetry element, do not deviate from the centerline until you need to stand in the centre, otherwise, the picture you take will not be symmetrical due to the perspective relationship.
- Although we can correct the perspective relationship in the later period, but the latter can do fine tuning of the lens distortion, we should try to shoot well in the early stage, can do good things, do not leave late, but fortunately now a lot The camera will be built-in level, we can clearly see if our picture is horizontal symmetry.
In addition to the bilaterally symmetrical physical properties exhibited by the buildings, we can also photograph the top and bottom symmetry through the surface of the water, where the symmetry is not mirrored symmetry of the elements, but the symmetry of the dividing line between the water and the ground there is always a line of demarcation at the junction. We use this boundary as the centre of symmetry and shoot the pictures separated from above and below.
- The simplicity of such a shoot is that we can easily find the horizontal line, using centre symmetry, half-to-half, or three-point patterning, 1/3 or 2/3 of your screen resolution.
Although the picture on the surface of the water may seem to be framed up and down, and the mere presence of the water surface may not be attractive, we can create a symmetrical picture by utilizing a central element opposite the building or the natural landscape. Come to artificially create a visual balance.
Normally, the problem of the guidelines will be solved correspondingly while shooting the geometric or symmetrical picture. We can easily find the guidelines in the picture to guide the order in which we view the images. The guideline here can also be the centre line can be the dividing line.
- If you think a simple split picture is not visible enough or vivid enough, try adding a body at the centre of gravity outside the centerline, usually at the thirds, to break the balance of the picture and to make the image more vivid interesting.
Symmetry and geometry, both in painting and in photography, is a great tool for us to create beauty. Taking advantage of this elemental feature in architectural photography or landscape photography, even in the background of portrait photography, can help us the pictures taken by the extra points, so that we can more easily create a view that allows more loved and accepted the picture.
- Whether you have a camera or not, in peacetime, you should develop a habit of watching the world around you. If you find a good looking picture, it is not too late to take the camera with you again.