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Leading Lines In Photography

Leading Lines

How To Use Leading Lines In Your Photography

Composition is an incredibly powerful tool. Leading lines is one of the composition techniques you need to know.

It can be used to tell stories, lead the eye and create a sense of movement, all by simply selectively placing elements within the frame.

leading lines
Fabio Mangione

 

Composition is enormously complex and there are many rules and principles to be aware of. You may well have encountered the rule of thirds as this is where most people are introduced to composition. It’s a simple rule, and a good place to start.

The next step along the journey is understanding leading lines. Being able to spot leading lines within the frame will help you improve no end. I hope both students and teachers looking to teach leading lines in photography will both find this article useful, here we will aim to answer: