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Visual design
Introduction
An unbalanced composition appears accidental and incomplete. There is no structure to the image and any part of the frame could be masked with no loss of meaning. There is insufficient arrangement of shapes to assist in grasping the reason for the image. It is ambiguous and unable to hold visual attention beyond the initial search for understanding.
Figure 5.1 Changing size relationships in the frame is a simple way of eliminating competing visual interest (a). Moving the camera left and either changing lens angle or camera distance will establish one subject's dominance in the composition (b)
This style of ‘non-composition', ...
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