Chapter
8
Balance
Having a balance between the visual
weight of a different number of the picture elements, their
colors, and the proportion of the frame so that all together
they visually balance each other out, stands behind the proportional
equality in any balanced composition.
Classical balance occurs when one
simple center of interest has as much weight as all of the rest
of the elements together. I apployed the same film and equipment
-- Kodachrome 64, Minolta x-700 camera, Metz 60 CT1 Flash set
at f.22 at 9 feet away from the subject closest to me, and a
star 4 filter to capture this moment during the boxing championship
event at the local Coliseum.
Dynamic balance is achieved when
the eye tends to actively move from the object that is the center
of interest to the counterbalancing or the complementing one.
Also remember that a single color of an object could have as
much visual weight as the rest of the objects in a photo.
