For this week's research assignment I looked into balance and how it affects the composition of a photo. A well-balanced photo seems much more pleasing to the eye. When a photo is balanced it means that there is an good distribution of people, colors, and shapes so that the entire shot feels balanced. For example there aren't large amounts of people on one side of the photo with only one person on the other. If there is a bright color in one corner of the shot, bright color in the opposite corner would balance it out. This doesn't mean that a photo has to be perfectly symmetrical though -- it just shouldn't have all your attention drawn to one small space with nothing to look at in the rest of the frame.
The link I used is listed below. It had some great photo examples. I would check it out if you are interested in seeing more of what balanced means in photography!
http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_balance.html
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