{"id":1134,"date":"2019-01-31T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T19:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2019-01-31T21:02:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:02:38","slug":"dynamic-symmetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/31\/dynamic-symmetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic Symmetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whats Dynamic Symmetry.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-500x333.png 500w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-1280x853.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-1920x1280.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-640x427.png 640w, https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dynamic_symmetry_overlay_light-1010x673.png 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The 1.5 grid for 6:4 images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Most photographers are more than familiar with the use of thirds to compose an image but its rather too simple and not always appropriate for a particular photo.  Composition is design really and rule of thirds is just one design concept.  For 1000&#8217;s of years artists have been applying design to their work and most of us have been oblivious to it.  Commonly they have chosen a grid system based on roots the 1.5 grid is not a natural root grid but for photographers with a 6&#215;4 frame its the one that works for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of terms <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gamut we normally think of this as a color range but in dynamic symmetry its using a limited number of angles of lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinister basically a line running right to left <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baroque a line that leans to the right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arabesque a curve or set of curves  these can help move the eye through the frame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coincidence <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when two or more objects are sharing similar relative positions <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>light dark subject field basically dark subjects on light backgrounds and light subjects on dark background without overlapping and creating confusion. Forward subjects should have more contrast than subjects further back to create a sense of depth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gestalt Perception<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will just add this link for now.  It sounds ominous but to be fair it&#8217;s primarily about how we create order out of chaos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-beautiful-pictures\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bxkOQ3ll5h\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antongorlin.com\/blog\/gestalt-perception-in-photography\/\">Gestalt Perception in Photography<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/antongorlin.com\/blog\/gestalt-perception-in-photography\/embed\/#?secret=bxkOQ3ll5h\" data-secret=\"bxkOQ3ll5h\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Gestalt Perception in Photography&#8221; &#8212; Beautiful Pictures\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Good link from the same website, I don&#8217;t agree with his views on dynamic symmetry but there are a lot of useful points to be taken and used from this page.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-beautiful-pictures\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hzuopnv3bH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antongorlin.com\/blog\/photography-composition-definitive-guide\/\">Photography Composition: The Definitive Guide<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/antongorlin.com\/blog\/photography-composition-definitive-guide\/embed\/#?secret=Hzuopnv3bH\" data-secret=\"Hzuopnv3bH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Photography Composition: The Definitive Guide&#8221; &#8212; Beautiful Pictures\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whats Dynamic Symmetry. Most photographers are more than familiar with the use of thirds to compose an image but its rather too simple and not always appropriate for a particular photo. Composition is design really and rule of thirds is just one design concept. For 1000&#8217;s of years artists have been applying design to their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7UXrA-ii","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackestknight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}