Weekly challenge 3/16 - 3/22 A delicate balance...

Then we have a young man that could be better represented in a square format but he is a computer programmer in training. So, we have to include a monitor, even though it's a bowling alley. I am not knocking the challenge, just going through my journal as I create these. The image of the CRT amplifies my vision... I am old and stupid keep in mind.

 

Depth Balance, People.

 

Vertical Balance, people.

 

Went for a very long weekend to Brussels Belgium, lots of rain, not much shooting, but...(as always) perfect food & drinks!

 

Under construction, City2 shopping center.

 

How much balance do you want?

 

Old houses and walls.

 

Musicians at the Marollen market, Brussels, Belgium.
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Villo is a combination of the French words village (=town) and vélo (=bicycle)

 

A web page shot for a roofing company and not at all staged.

Men at Work

 

When I think of balance in composition, I don't tend to think of symmetry. Not that there is anything wrong with symmetry when one intends to imply weight or solidity or gravitas. I tend to think of balance more like a Calder mobile. Calder would place a large element close to the cable which suspends the mobile and a small element at a distance. The lever arm allows the smaller element to balance the large element.
I try to place the primary visual element or main subject in frame often around that 1/3 line and then try to compose so that there is something else in frame that acts like Calder's small element at a distance. I'm editing right now a floral image shot this weekend which might illustrate this. The small elements might be luminosity related or color related; something which would tend to draw the eye toward that other side of frame momentarily.
I'm writing this now so that this becomes a "watched" thread and I can find it again after I finish editing and post to Flickr.

gk fotografie's geometric wall image in post #32 is a good example. His hello/you in post #30 is another.
His top photo in post #29 is subtle, with that large expanse of negative space pulling the eye toward the right from the highlighted mannequin.

jc's vertical balance in post #28 is a great example using the diagonal between the mother and child with eye contact and the child's reaching hands providing connection.

Well, anyway, back to the editing.