Composition

COM 365

Newspaper Layout & Design

Lines

• Lines and rules are basic to composition

• Lines can convey pathways for eyes to follow to the center of interest in a photo

• Line can define shapes and boundaries

Antonio Melo, left, and Hector Martinez of Ringer's Erectors carry a steel purling into place on the roof on the new Youth Development Center at the Boys and Girls Club on Davis Boulevard in Naples, Fla. The new building will house science, art, and computer labs, a homework hall, games room, teen center, commercial kitchen, and area for future expansion. David Ahntholz, Naples Daily New

Members of the combined military color guard search for markings on the ground in front of the stage as snow covers the site on the west steps of the Capitol building in preparation for Thursday's inauguration of President George W. Bush. Smiley Pool, The Dallas Morning News

It takes two U.S. Coast Guardsmen to clean the lens of Point Conception Light west of Santa Barbara, California, a time-consuming chore that volunteers may one day handle. / National Geographic

Maksim Anisimov, BLRSki JumpingFeb. 12, 2006Photo: Simon Bruty/SI

In Patikka, a small village in the Neelum valley, 17 km. from the epicenter - villagers and evacuees have to cross the ruined bridge to get to the Emergency unit set up by Red Cross or to pick up tents and blankets from the small helipad. Robert Stolarik for Time Magazine

A Pakistani man and his son make a day-long journey by foot from their mountain village near Kawai, Pakistan on the damaged road to look for shelter in the city of Balakot October 27, 2005. David Guttenfelder, Associated Press

Psychiatric Hospital patients stunned by drugs, are left in an abandoned toilet used as a security room for dangerous mental patients. Lack of health care is a constant in the African continent and Mozambique unfortunately is not an exception. Massimo Mastrorillo, freelance

Space• Rule of thirds

– Place important element in photo at intersections of imaginary vertical and horizontal lines

• Don’t center an horizon– Try to place in upper or

lower third of photo

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941. Ansel Adams

A firefighter stands in remembrance of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks and solemnly waves a flag on a basalt cliff overlooking I-90 on Sunday, September 11, 2005, in Spokane, Wash. during periods of rain and cool weather. Jed Conklin, The Spokesman-Review

St. John Neumann football players line the bench taking a break from the summer heat while watching thunder clouds roll in during practice the week before the first game of the season in Naples, Fla. Practice was eventually canceled due to lightning. Lexey Swall, Naples Daily News

Ski Jumpers fly off the 120K Men's Nordic Ski Jump. Utah Olympic Park is the highest competition ski jump in the world at 7310 feet above sea level. Steven Currie, Salt Lake Organizing Committee

Barry Bonds' record breaking went soaring through the air and right into the US Superior courts in San Francisco after fans disputed the ownership of the ball. Judge David Garcia ordered the ball to be locked away in a safe deposit box in Milipitas until the case could be decided. John Burgess,The Press Democrat

Agostinho (22) has been recovered in the Sanatory of Machawa for 4 months. He lost her mother and he is HIV positive.

Manico (10) is HIV positive. He lost his family and is actually living with his grandmother, who is also positive and is an activist for the DREAM program. Photos by Massimo Mastrorillo, freelance

Berta (20) is an inmate of the Machawa Prison. She lost her son during the pregnancy but she was accused to have killed him and condemned to six years of detention. She is Hiv positive.

Working in minus 4º cold at England’s Kew Seed Bank, James Wood shelves seeds from the African mugongo treet. The bank has about 4,000 species on deposit. / National Geographic

Shapes

The Tetons and the Snake River,Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming 1942

With no church of their own, Pastor Jeff Nyberg of the Stepping Stones Church performs the ceremony as Victor Moreta is baptized in the waters of the swimming pool of the Best Western hotel in McKinney, Wednesday evening, June 8, 2005. Smiley Pool, The Dallas Morning News

Afghan boys play soccer in February 2005 inside an empty Soviet occupation-era swimming pool which was used by the Taliban as a site for executions on a hilltop in Kabul. David Guttenfelder, Associated Press

Museum guards stand among the paintings at the retrospective of the artist Barnett Newman, a major figure among the abstract expressionists, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this past year. Newman, known for his use of "zips," or stripes, has been called one of the most influential American painters of the 20th century. Eric Mencher, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Nuns form a line to take communion during funeral services for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Smiley Pool, The Dallas Morning News

The Largest Organ of the Body. To illustrate the size of the skin of the average adult, which is 21 square feet, 11 8 x 10 inch pieces of an artificial skin product called "Integra", were placed onto a large piece of plexiglass while a silhouetted model stood behind. Sarah Leen, National Geographic

Micheal Froberg works at cleaning the inside of a 54 inch water tube while co worker Wayne Patton bolts the tube together that will be part of a indoor water park. Eric Albrecht, Columbus Dispatch

Nearly 30 of Andrew Gillespie's Roanoke Catholic School classmates shaved their heads for support while he's losing his hair due to chemotherapy treatments in his battle against osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. Josh Meltzer, The Roanoke Times

Ella Fitzgerald, Muhammad Ali, Lena Horne and others adorn the board at Joe Yates barber shop along 22nd St. South where men have met for 46 years to play checkers. Fitzgerald and Horne both performed at a club on 22nd during segregation. Jamie Francis, St. Petersburg Times

The Pantagraph/STEVE SMEDLEYIllinois State University students walking to and from class in the Science Laboratory building pass a sculpture in a steady downpour Monday afternoon (Nov. 1), as seen from a second-story study commons.

MONUMENTAL WALK -- A lone visitor to the Jefferson Memorial, Kim Seung Hoon walks down the edge of the marble steps facing the Tidal Basin. Mary F. Calvert, The Washington Times

An Iraqi boy runs toward his mother in front of a 19th century spiral minaret September 25, 2002 in the town of Samara, 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Bahgdad. Oleg Nikishin, Getty Images

Tyler Atkins slowly pulls his paintbrush across the ice forming one of the face-off circles used in hockey games at the Casper Ice Arena in Casper, Wyo. Each year the lines are hand-painted on the ice. Robert Hendricks, Casper Star-Tribune

Shawnee Mission Northwest's Blake Trullinger (left) holds his hands in his face in celebration after defeating Wichita Northwest's Derek Patterson (right) for the 125 pound Kansas class 6A wrestling title. Jeff Roberson,The Kansas City Star

Douglass High school wide receiver Marcus Barnett tosses a tire during "Junk Yard Drills" that helps with strength and agility as they prepare for the 2005 season. Jonathan Newton, The Washington Post