Figure 3-2.
A single point of interest is usually best
c. Balance.
Balance is the arrangement of the pictorial elements -
such as light and dark tones or heavy and light visual masses - which avoids
making a picture seem too heavy in one area without some counterbalancing
value elsewhere.
(1) The most formal balance is a symmetrical arrangement of similar
objects. You see it in any group shot of people where everyone is lined up
in a single row with the tallest in the middle and then in regular order of
descending height with the shortest people at the outer ends. Often, this
is the only way to achieve balance in a photograph, but it frequently
results in a rather static and uninteresting picture. Nothing seems to be
happening or about to happen in symmetrically balanced picture.
The
impression is given that everything is over with and you are showing only
the aftermath.
Figure 3-3.
Symmetrical balance
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