photography: balance

Like everything, photography also has its form of balance.

The truth is, this doesn't really have to mean you take a picture of two of the same things on each side. (That might be pretty boring, and if you aren't going to follow the rule of thirds, you should be smart about it.) Balance can mean two of the same things on each side, like I said before, or it can mean there is the same amount of negative space as positive, like in this picture I took of my sister:

If you were to divide the picture diagonally, there would be as much dark space as light space. The photo does kind of break the rule of thirds, but it uses balance instead.

Here's another example using a different type of balance:

This one i took about a year ago, here it's not two trees or two clouds, but they use about the same amount of space.