6.6 Elements & Principles of Photography

6.6 Elements & Principles of Photography

 10 Design Elements & Principles of Photography

1. The design elements & principles of photography are specific visual components that help contribute toward a photographs overall success.

2.They are often thought of as the building blocks or foundation of an image.

-Emphasis-

-Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds-horizontally& vertically.

-Important elements placed where lines intersect.

-Background-

-Objects in background and foreground are equally visible and in focus.

-Viewers can clearly see objects that are further away from the camera lens.

-Motion-

-Makes the viewer fell alive in the moment.

-To capture blurred motion by using a tripod and a slow shutter speed 1/60

-Line-

-Lines that run parallel into the distance or that actually converge at some point.

-Contrast-

-Extreme differences between two areas of an image.

-Creates areas of emphasis.

-Texture-

-Smooth, rough, bumpy, silky, hard, rigid, soft squishy.

-Vantage Point-

-Photographer taken from above subjects/ from the ground looking up at main subject.

-Repetition-

-Framing-

-Objects in foreground create a frame around main subjects in background.

-Extreme Close Up-

-Camera lens is physically closer to subject than normal creating a unique perspective, or a new way of viewing a familiar object.