Leading the Eye

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    Harnessing Visual Weight to create stronger images

    Photography is a blend of art and science, where creative vision meets an understanding of human perception.
    I have always been bothered by the “Rules” of composition: “Rule of Thirds,” “Golden Mean,” “Don’t centre your composition”, and many others. These are useful guides, but I think they should be considered just that: guides to be used when they help to express artistic intent and willingly broken when they do not.  I think it is far more important to understand how we see — how we decode and interpret an image.

    Visual Weight is an idea that plays on several innate biases of our human visual system, and when used thoughtfully and intentionally can help to greatly strengthen any image.  Whether you are sculpting highlights and shadows in a landscape or enhancing the brightness and colour in the eyes of a child portrait, you are playing on those innate visual biases to tell the story in your image more clearly.

    Used effectively the Visual Weight relationships promote engagement by establishing a clear focal point and a path to follow while viewing your image — inviting them to explore the image further.  Visual Weight assists with storytelling by creating visual paths allowing photographers to unfold their narratives effectively.  Leading the eye can also create balance in an image. A well-composed photograph distributes visual weight harmoniously, creating a sense of stability and flow

    54 pages, fully illustrated.

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