Central composition in photos

The central composition creates a feeling of harmony and calmness.

To create a central composition you simply place the main object in the center of your frame when you take photos. While this is easy and cannot go wrong, sometimes a photo with central com- position can turn out to be boring, especially if the background that you use is very simple. To break the boringness, you can add some props surrounding the main object in a way that they will still guide the eye of the viewer to the center of the photo, but won’t steal the attention from the main object. You can try by putting those extra objects in a symmetrical way.

In the image, you can see the main object is placed in the center and the flowers fill the remaining space. The flowers were placed in a way to guide the viewer’s eyes towards the center of the image.

Quicktips

1. Place the main object in the center

2. If the scene looks empty or boring, add more props in a way that their placement will guide the attention to the center of the image.

3. Make sure that the props relate in some way to the main object that you placed in the center of the frame.

I gathered some photos from Pinterest using a central composition for your inspiration. Let me know if you have any questions.