Proportion and Scale Create Depth: The Principle Behind Capturing An Amazing Shot

Let's understand what these words mean.

Proportion: is the perceived size of one thing compared to another.

• Pro tip: Use the points of emphasis to guide where you place people/objects/food within the frame.

Scale: is how much room it takes up in the picture.

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To brainstorm my artwork/shot I sketched a storyboard.

I placed a person near the camera and a second person away from the camera.Here is a timelapse of how I did my sketch storyboard to create depth.

All artwork should be pre planned.

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Record for five to ten seconds to use the clip later on.

Here are some other examples of using Proportion (placement) and Scale (size) in artwork:

The Proportion is the placement of the young and older woman the scale is their size.