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RULE OF ODDS
The human eye tends to accept
an odd number of elements more
readily than an even number as it
makes the composition look more
natural. The examples show this.
Note: More than an odd number.
If they are split into two groups,
one of three family members and
one on their own it works well
(last example). Although there are
then two groups, which is an even
number, the groups are not evenly
balanced so the rule of odds is still
at play.
“I took a photo of a pot of water-
colour pencils at 8:21 PM I had to On the roof I took this photo in my garden.
go on my tiptoes”. of my house, I placed the apples on a table. It
ev ening was taken at around 11:30 in the
Maria Mohammed ( 8 : 0 0 pm ) , morning. It was very sunny with
Clear sky/ just a few clouds in the sky. The
windy picture features three red apples.
Picture of 3 I washed them to give off a fresh
pieces of jew- look in the picture. The tables that
ellery, 2 brace- the apples are on has a glass base,
lets and a ring, which gives off the reflection. I
and I used a blurred out the background to
vignette filter make the apples the main subject
and sharp- of this picture.
ened the im- Khadijah Haq
age so the de-
tails were more apparent to the
person viewing it. I laid the objects This picture
on a stool Infront of the LED lights was taken
and placed the phone upside right under
down to capture the essence of the an electricity
Taya Yousef stool and this highlights some re- tower in the
flections of the lights and bright- desert. I drove
SYMMETRY ens up the image. my quad bike
Imaan Zuberi
In photography symmetry ap- under one and
pears when parts of your com- when I looked
up, I realized
position mirror other parts. It is Taken in my
created when two halves of your neighbourhood. it would make a good picture and
scene look the same and balance Around 18:00 it was also quite symmetrical. It
each other out. Symmetry de- There were a was taken at around 4 in the af-
fines something being clean, pro- few clouds in ternoon. It was quite windy and
portional, and balanced and will the sky, but it there were some beautiful clouds
make pictures appear neat, tidy was a sunny in the sky on this day.
and clinical. Symmetry tends to day. This photo is looking up at an
impress the human eye and it is The photo consists of a masjid,
constantly looking for it. trees, streetlights and water on electricity tower from the bottom
near the pavement. centre. Behind the symmetrical
tower is the sky with the Sun.
Ibrahim Cham
Khadijah Haq

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