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Information from web site: www.d igital-photography-school.com. CURVES. Do you want to make your images more dynamic and aesthetically pleasing? Try looking for curves when you are photographing. Once you start looking for them, you will find them everywhere!

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  1. Information from web site: www.digital-photography-school.com

  2. CURVES • Do you want to make your images more dynamic and aesthetically pleasing? Try looking for curves when you are photographing. Once you start looking for them, you will find them everywhere! Curves make an image easy to look at by leading the viewers eye through the frame. It is almost as though the photographer takes the viewer’s hand and leads them into the landscape. The viewer’s eyes are compelled to follow the curve. Curves can add energy to an image; they can separate or connect.

  3. LOOK FOR “C” CURVES “C” curves, or semi-circles, are probably the easiest curves to find since almost any curve qualifies. It can be almost anything from the gentle curve of a seashore, a rounded rock or grasses blowing in the wind. In the following image, live oak trees with branches that curve over the entire lawn form a canopy overhead and carry the viewer’s eye.

  4. ARCHES Arches are another form of curve. They can be found naturally in rock formations or in architecture. It is especially interesting if you can find and take advantage of multiple arches or repeating curves in your photographs.

  5. “S” CURVES “S” curves can have a mesmerizing effect on the viewer as their eyes sweep back and forth through the frame. They also create a sense of depth as the eye moves from foreground to backgound. “S” curves can be found in the natural flow of a river, a winding road, or a pathway.

  6. CIRCLES Circles can be found in nature from ripples in a pond, puddles of water or man made objects. Often in architecture you will find multiple curves and lines that add depth and variety to your photo.

  7. IMPLIED CURVES Perhaps the most effective use of curves are the images that are much more subtle than the examples above. Implied curves are created when objects in the frame imply the shape. Rather than the shape jumping out at you in the bend of a river, the photographer has to put a little more work into composing the shot to make the elements in the scene form a shape. You have to recognize and take advantage of a shape when it appears.

  8. In this image, the “S” curve Has been drawn to demonstrate the “implied curve”.

  9. TIPS Remember you are guiding the viewer’s eye so choose carefully where you want the eye to enter the frame and where it should go from there. Make sure the image is well balance with your curve and ensure that the curve is not too close to the edge of the frame. Challenge yourself to go on a photo shoot to find curves and add them to your photos to increase the interest of your composition. The end

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