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Photography Composition using the Elements of Art

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Photography Composition using the Elements of Art

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What We Want You To Learn:

a. To be able to identify and use the

Elements Of Art in taking photos

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Elements Of ArtThe 7 Basic Building Blocks

• Line • Shape • Form • Space • Value • Texture • Color

You must memorize these 7 Elements Of Art

Da Ingredients

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Lines

• A mark made by a moving point. • Has greater length than width. • Directs the eye – horizontal, vertical,

diagonal,etc.

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Lines

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Shape/Form

• A contained area. • Can be GEOMETRIC (man-made) ex.

Square, triangle, circle, etc. • Can be ORGANIC (natural) ex. Leaves,

humans, puddles, etc. • Shapes are 2-Dimensional and flat. (circle) • Forms are 3-Dimensional with height, width

and depth. (sphere)

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Shape/Form

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Shape/FormShape is 2D Form is 3D

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Space

• The area used or unused in a composition. • Positive space – the area the objects/subject

takes up. • Negative space – the area around, under,

through and between. • Foreground (closest), Middle ground, and

Background (farthest).

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Space

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Space Positive/Negative

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Value

• How Light Or How Dark The Color Is • Black and White and all the Graysclaes in

between • Can add drama and impact to your photo

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Value

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Value

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Texture

• The surface quality. • How an object feels, or how it looks like

it feels. • Rough, smooth, bumpy, gooey, sharp,

etc.

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Texture

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Texture

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Color

• Artistic term is HUE • Need light to see color. • Use color schemes to enhance appeal or

make impact.

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Color

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Color

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Art Elements in Photographic Composition

• The Elements are used in making photographs – not just taking photographs.

• You have to know and understand the elements of art to see them all around you and capture them in your photos.

• Good luck!