Choosing images

Works well

Centred composition and symmetry

Strong focal point offset to the right giving plenty of room for legible text

Strong focal point offset to the left giving plenty of room for legible text

This is a nice example of the Rule of Thirds. In this photo the subject is placed on the left leaving two thirds of space open for text.

Symmetrical composition

The woman and child are in focus in the foreground and there is a sense of depth

Interesting element in the foreground creating a sense of depth

Simple color scheme.

Photo by Brooke Caigle on Unsplash

Even though this image contains many people, there is still one strong point of focus

Text is easy to read

Even though this image contains many people, the eye is drawn to the in focus background and the fuzzy foreground allows the text to be legible.

All the faces are in the top third of the photo

Image is very busy

Your eye jumps all over the image and distracts from the message in the text

Text is difficult to read

Rows of people

Your eye jumps all over the image and distracts from the message in the text

Text is difficult to read

Faces at two different levels make it difficult to place the text

Risk of the shorter subject's face being cut off at the chin on wide screens

The photo was taken too close to the subject's face and risks having the chin cut off on a wide screen