"Designing the picture space"

When being a photographer your shoots should depict these certain elements; Dominance, Color, Rules of Thirds, and Center of interests.

Dominance: Certain elements such as a certain color or how big or small your main topic is and if the photo is blurred or clear will establish the dominance of the picture. For example such a color as red, is more dominant or attractive than yellow. Another example that is used by many photographers is, a light picture is more appealing than a dark picture. Also when thinking of dominance as a photographer you should think of the surrounding area of the depicted photograph. Most ameature photographers don't think about the telephone that is in the way of the picture. However, being a professional photographer you would think about the background of the photograph. Here is an example of dominance through one of my photographs; This photograph was taken in late September at Riverfront Park using a Rebel Xsi Canon camera. This picture is depicting dominance because, the main subject is in focus and is a reddish- brown color. Although there is another image of a flower that is also red in the background it is blurred out and smaller than the key image.

For more information about Dominance in "Designing the Picture Space" I would highly recommend reading the book "Nature Photography" by Tim Fitzharris.