Introduction to photography composition and angles

In the field of real-life photography, creating excellent photographic images involves many key technical elements, such as:Light and shadow effects,Photographic composition(camera position: distance between camera and subject) andCamera Angle(camera position relative to the subject), etc. These core elements are important forAIGC Drawing（Stable Diffusion 1.5/XL, Playground, Midjourney) creation is also extremely important, so this article summarizes the commonly usedPhotography composition and anglesThe AIGC drawing prompts related to the theme provide different ideas for creating realistic photography works in AIGC creation. In addition, factors such as light and shadow effects are also involved in photography, which will be introduced in subsequent articles.

The photography composition and angle prompt keywords collected in this article are from: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/ultimate-guide-to-camera-shots/, https://ehowton.livejournal.com/933195.html

Photographic composition - distance

• • Extreme close-up
• • close-up
• • Medium close-up
• • medium shot
• • long shot
• • establishing shot (panoramic shot)
• • medium full shot
• • full shot
• • upper body shot
• • full body shot

Commonly used in actual usePhotographic composition - distanceThere are: extreme close-up, close-up, medium shot, establishing shot and full body shot.

Camera Angle-Position

• • front view
• • bilaterally symmetrical
• • side view
• • back view
• • from above
• • from below
• • from behind
• • wide angle view
• • fisheye view
• • macro view
• • Overhead shot
• • top down
• • bird's eye view
• • high angle
• • slightly above
• • straight on
• • Hero view
• • low view
• • selfie

Commonly used in actual useCamera Angle-PositionThere are: straight on (front perspective), bilaterally symmetrical (symmetrical perspective), side view (side perspective), back view (or from behind), from above (looking down), from below (looking up), wide angle view (wide angle view), fisheye view (fisheye perspective), overhead shot (top shot), top down shot (top view), slightly above (slightly higher angle), hero view (hero view), selfie (selfie perspective).

Photography composition and angle experience

This articleDrawing Settingsas follows:

• • Drawing Model:Stable Diffusion 3 Medium,Dream Tech XL | Dream Tech XL(Partial view SD3 not recognized)
• • Iterations: 30
• • Resolution:Close shot:1024*720;portrait:720*1024.
• • CFG: 4.5

This article usesModel Downloadaddress:

• • Stable Diffusion 3 Medium：https://www.liblib.art/modelinfo/244fdd507f1a438cac25eaa6ecb7497e
• • Dream Tech XL | Dream Tech XL Model：https://www.liblib.art/modelinfo/5611e2f826be47f5b8c7eae45ed5434a

Installation and User Guide, and if necessaryModel network disk downloadPlease refer to the previous article: SD3Medium is coming: SabilityAI's most advanced model, 1 billion image training & 30 million image fine-tuning, comprehensive evaluation experience & ComfyUI experience guide

The unified prompt template format is:

[Photographic composition], [Photographic angle], BREAK [Subject description], [Scene description] 

The workflow interface is as follows:

01. Medium shot + symmetrical perspective

(medium shot, bilaterally symmetrical),1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis,, (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

02. Full body shot + side view

(side view, full body shot),1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis, , (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

03. Medium shot + hero perspective

(hero view, medium shot,),1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis, , (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

04. Close-up + side view

(close up, side view),1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis,, (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

05. Full body shot + back view

(from behind, full body shot),1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis, , (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

06. Full body shot + front view

(front view, full body shot),1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis, , (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

07. Full body shot + bird’s eye view

(full body shot:1.5), (from above:1.6),1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis,, (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

08. Full body shot + upward perspective

(full body shot:1.5), (from below:1.6), full body shot,1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis,, (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin

09. Close-up shot + selfie perspective

((close-up:1.5), (selfie view:1.6) ,1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis,, (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin,,

10. Close-up shot + fisheye perspective

((close-up:1.5), (selfie view:1.6) ,1girl, solo, realistic, chinese girl,(cowboy shot:1.2), real life location,tiny pink shirts, midriff, short skirt, smile, cute,, thin short waist, large pelvis,, (high quality:1.4), (photorealistic:1.6), 8k, uhd, highres, absurdres, professional photo, highly detailed, detailed skin,,