Find 6 or so images earlier examples of earlier work and try to find the balance in them.
This image may not be balanced at all! I liked it because my three sons and dog create a unit which is separate to the other units in the photo.
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I think the second image is well balanced although diagonally rather than horizontally.
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I think the balance here is pretty central and the shoes are balanced by their regular balanced shape and the mirroring negative space around them
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I think the two women balance each other out working together to bring the puppet alive and their positions and expressions reflect that, as does the shape of the image
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This one is more difficult for me to work out. The repeat pattern of vertical lines create a strength of structure and the way the lines converge at the top right hand corner seem to balance out the figure of the man at the bottom left hand corner.