Continuing our journey through the fundamentals of visual storytelling, here are a few more rules of image composition:

Framing & Leading (or Guiding) Lines

"Shadows" Covid-19 Shadow of the Creative Self. A Self-portrait.
“Covid-19 Shadows” – a Self-portrait.

Leading (Guiding) Lines

Selfie shadow at sunset,. Meia Praia, Lagos, Portugal

Diagonals and Triangles, and also Black&White

"Express Yourself" a self-portrait from a series of b&n hand portraits and self-portraits, Talk with Your Hands, which explores the role of gesture in communication and self-expression, in a world pre- and post-Coronavirus. ©Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.
“Express Yourself” a self-portrait from a series of b&n hand portraits and self-portraits, Talk with Your Hands, which explores the role of gesture in communication and self-expression, in a world pre- and post-Coronavirus. ©Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.

Diagonals and Black&White

Hands - Self-Portraits in Black-and-White. Photo by Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.
Hands – Self-Portraits in Black-and-White. Photo by Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.

Hands - Self-Portraits in Black-and-White. Photo by Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.
Hands – Self-Portraits in Black-and-White. Photo by Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved.

As always, thanks for stopping by.

Alina Oswald

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