19 Striking Images That Show A Sense Of Harmony And Balance Through Symmetry

Symmetry is a compositional technique in photography that is capable of lending a feeling of harmony and balance in a photograph. This technique can be used to capture both natural and manmade subjects that already have a symmetrical structure or can be captured as reflections that show symmetry due to the mirrored image in the frame.

When capturing symmetrical shots either through reflections or a symmetrical structure itself, the photographer needs to observe the scene and find good angles and perspectives that show perfect symmetry while at the same time enhance depth and structure in the image. It is good to experiment with different focal lengths and aperture values to get the desired results. Besides these, light also plays a huge role in how the resulting image turns out.

Here are 19 images, that portray a sense of harmony and balance through symmetry as a compositional technique.

Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel
Photo by Denys Nevozhai
Photo by Tom Robinson
Photo by Ugur Arpaci
Photo by Toby Elliott 
Photo by Daniel Zurnau
Photo by Nikita Ermilov 
Photo by Andre Mouton 
Photo by Erol Ahmed
Photo by Brennan Martinez
Photo by Nick Fewings 
Photo by Colin Watts
Photo by Masrur Rahman
Photo by Dylan Sauerwein
Photo by Luke Tanis
Photo by Rendy Novantino
Photo by Amar Kun Kawakibi
Photo by valor kopeny
Photo by Maya Schwarzer

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Dahlia is a stock photographer and full time educator at Light Stalking. You can find her on Gurushots and see some of her more popular articles at The American Society of Media Photographers. Get to know her better here.

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