Balance
Having a balance between the visual weight of a different
number of the picture elements, their colors, and
the proportion
of he 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. A photo of a group of three boys, positioned
in one
portion of the frame, looking at the girl passing
by, positioned
in the opposite corner of the frame, could be a good
example of
the classical balance. 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, as in
this photo. It is impossible to balance out two of
the same
colors competing with each other for the attention,
as in this
photo of the two technicians wearing the same-colored
construction-worker helmets at powerline-substation-plant.
Adding
the third person and introducing an orange-colored
helmet brought
more interest to the picture balancing out the color
diversity
and compositional elements. Differences in scale that
are best
emphasized by distance, and shown by the relative
objects, can
balance each other out, depending upon the picture's
content,
arrangement or even symbolism in the subjects' relationship.
Two
fishermen in the foreground of this photograph are
balanced out
by the two fishing off the bank in the background.
