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THE FIBONACCI SPIRAL

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Good day, everyone! How's life nowadays? I hope you are all doin' great and fine. Just stay safe always. Anyways, It's been a while since I posted about photography. But today, am gonna talk about one of the many Composition Rules, the one that is most talked about this day the Fibonacci Spiral Rule. 

WHAT IS IT?

According to experts, It uses the Golden Ratio which is 1.618 to 1 in your frame. 

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Point A is the 1.618 the longer side, and point B is the 1 which is the shorter side. Kinda like the Rule of Thirds isn't it? This is the reason why they say the Fibonacci Spiral is the cousin of the Thirds. 

"The Fibonacci or golden spiral is built from a series of squares that are based on the Fibonacci numbers. The length of every square is a Fibonacci number. Imagine placing the squares within a frame. If you draw arcs from opposite corners of each square, you will end up with a curve resembling the shape of a spiral."

I am not an expert on this rule but as they say, it kinda looks like the Rule of Thirds but it is not. Rule of Thirds composition leads your audience's eyes directly to your subject but Fibonacci Rule is leading your eyes from the other top side of the frame down to the bottom center of the frame (in a curve route) to up to your subject. 

In other words, every detail or space in your image is seen and leads your eyes towards your subject. 

Here are some samples I saw on Google and Pinterest about this Fibonacci Spiral. 


Great for portraits:

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... and for Landscape or Travel Photography:

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... and this composition can be applied in all sorts of photography styles. 

Go grab your camera now and go out and apply this type of composition in your photography and let's see how it changes your photographs.







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