19. CREATE VISUAL PATHS WITH LEADING LINES
WHEN WE LOOK at an image, our eyes enter the frame and then explore the contents of that frame. This may not be apparent to you as you look at a photo, but visual research has shown that our eyes are drawn into a scene by certain elements and can also be guided through an image by areas of contrasts, light and dark tones, or actual lines in a scene.
The name of this compositional technique—leading lines—tells you how you might use it to guide the viewer’s gaze through a scene, either to lead to a central element or just provide a nice pathway for the eye to travel (Figure 19.1). Common examples of leading ...
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