Mergers

Mergers are created when key parts of the main subjects overlap each other, touch another key element, or touch the sides of the frame.

There are 2 basic forms of mergers...

Good mergers help advance the theme of a photograph and keep the viewer’s eye moving in the right direction. They exert positive influences on the arrangement of elements, forming visual bonds between key parts of a composition.

These types of mergers are normally planned/staged by the photographer.

 

Bad mergers disrupt the flow of a composition. They create jarring collisions between two or more compositional elements, interrupting the desired eye movement or adversely changing the motion.