Framing Good Shots

What is headroom?  What is look room? What lead room?  Why are each of these important for your composition?

    Headroom is the space between the top of the frame and the top of the subject's head. This is important for your composition as having too much headroom or too little headroom makes the image appear odd to the audience by making the person either look like they're sinking or look like they'll bump their head. Look room is the amount of space in front of a subject's face. This is important because it gives the impression that the subject is talking to someone or looking at something off screen and not having enough space can make them appear confined. Lead room is a similar concept to look room, only with moving objects such as cars. This is important because giving room in front of a moving object makes it look like it has somewhere to go and that it won't be blocked by the edge of the screen.