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15 Compositions

Artistic Compositions

Here are the 15 artistic compositions available in the Wise Camera app and Wise Photos app. With the Wise Camera app on your iPhone, you can apply real-time artistic compositions while taking photos. With your iPhone or iPad, the Wise Photos app allows you to apply artistic compositions to photos already taken with your iPhone and even with a DSLR or Mirrorless camera. Artists, painters, and designers can also use both apps in their artistic creations.

Select any of the artistic compositions below to learn more.

Rule of Thirds — windmill aligned to grid intersectionsRule of Thirds Symmetry — Taj Mahal centered on axisSymmetry Phi Grid — boat on lake aligned to golden ratio gridPhi Grid Fibonacci Spiral — fountain plaza following golden spiralFibonacci Spiral Golden Triangle — Santorini sunset along diagonal trianglesGolden Triangle Vanishing Point — bridge converging to a single pointVanishing Point Framing Depth — Jefferson Memorial framed by tree branchesFraming Depth Landscape Depth — foreground, midground, background layersLandscape Depth Leading Lines — coastal path guiding the eyeLeading Lines Lines and Patterns — repeating green bottlesLines and Patterns Fill the Frame — sunflower filling entire viewFill the Frame Negative Space — cherry on wood surface with empty areaNegative Space Left to Right — cyclist moving across tree-lined pathLeft to Right Dynamic Symmetry — rugby players aligned to dynamic gridDynamic Symmetry Harmonic Armature — The Thinker statue with armature overlayHarmonic Armature Break all the Rules — composition iconBreak all the Rules
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Wise Artistic Compositions Poster for Artists, Designers, Painters, and Photographers

Wise Artistic Compositions Poster showing 15 composition techniques

This amazing Wise Artistic Compositions Poster is great for artists, photographers, painters, and art teachers. You can print the poster in any size you want, and the poster goes perfectly in offices, art studios, photo studios, and classrooms!

The poster includes the 15 artistic compositions found in the Wise Camera app and the Wise Photos app, plus a QR code to get specific information for each artistic composition.

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What is Composition in Photography?

Artistic composition, also called composition rules, refers to how your subject and other elements of the scene are arranged. Composition is core to your photo — it is your photo’s story. Artistic Compositions are guidelines for arranging the subjects and elements in the scene to coordinate with how our eyes and brains work to understand what beauty is. The thrill of composition is identifying how the additional elements in the scene can support your main subject to create a beautiful photo that tells a story.

Subject and Elements

There are infinite possibilities for photo subjects. Your subject could be the peak of a mountain, a fishing boat landed on the edge of a beach, a flower in a vase, or a loved one. Additional elements in the scene can support your main subject, for example, a river in the foreground that supports the mountain peak, the curvature of the beach shore that supports the fishing boat, or a table and window that support the flower in the vase or the loved one.

Guiding Lines

The Wise Camera app and the Wise Photos app display artistic compositions visually as red guiding lines on the screen for aligning the subject and elements of the scene. Each artistic composition will guide you in the optimal positioning of the subject and elements in the scene using the red guiding lines.

Align the Scene

When using the Wise Camera app and Wise Photos app, you will see the red guiding lines for the selected artistic composition superimposed on the scene. The next step is to align the subject and supporting elements of the scene with the guiding lines per the instructions for the selected artistic composition.

Community Photo Gallery

The community photo gallery is a great place to find the artistic compositions applied in photography. The gallery has many examples from the community of the Wise Camera app and Wise Photos app users. You can find the community photo gallery here.