Reflection and Framing Definition

Reflection - The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.

This is not strictly a formal element but however is an important consideration in framing and composition and establishing balance. 

?F     Framing in composition:

 s       Compositional techniques can be added to a frame inside of your original frame. Having a frame inside your frame adds more focus to the scene and attracts the viewers focus on a specific section on a picture.

Lee Freelander


   Lee was an
 American photographer who studied photography at the Art Centre College of Design in the 1960s. 
He took pictures such as this one above which include reflection, framed into the car mirror.

Rule of Thirds:

The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection

points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to

flow from section to section.

Golden section - the division of a line so that the whole is to 

the greater part as that part is to the smallerpart, a proportion which is considered to be particularly pleasing to the eye.

Surrealism

The release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational 
juxtaposition of images. 


Salvidor Dali's work is a good example of Surrealism.