Composition The arrangement and relationship of the different parts that make up the whole image.

1. Composition The arrangement and relationship of the different parts that make up the whole image. Elements of Design the compositions visual parts. They are real things that can be seen or photographed. Principles of Design the compositions organizing ideas.

2. The ultimate goal of any piece of art is to communicate an idea, an emotion, or an experience to the viewer. The elements and principles of design give you the tools and means to accomplish this.

3. Arthur Tess, Skateboarder, Los Osos, CA, 2004

4. Think about the following questions: • Why is the boat hovering above the water instead of floating? • How did Uelsmann create this image? • Is it possible to know the photographer’s message. Or can the image mean whatever the viewer wishes? Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, 1997

5. Think about the following questions: • Why is the boat hovering above the water instead of floating? • How did Uelsmann create this image? Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, 1997

6. Elements of Design the compositions visual parts. They are real things that can be seen or photographed.

7. In PHOTOGRAPHY composition is the arrangement of the visual elements within the FRAME of the camera’s VIEWFINDER. The challenge of the photographic composition is where to place the subject in the picture and whether you emphasize the subject or de-emphasize it in relation to the image’s background.

8. Edward Weston said of composition “the strongest way of seeing.” Pepper, 1930Edward Weston negative, Cole Weston print

9. Pepper, 1929 (14P)Edward Weston negative, Cole Weston print

10. Pelican on Sand, 1942 (PL42-BI-1)Edward Weston negative, Cole Weston print

11. Elements of Design LINE SHAPE and FORM VALUE COLOR SPACE TEXTURE

12. LINE A point moving in space. It can be real or implied. vertical, and combination Lines can serve as pathways through your pictures or as dividers and boundaries within your composition to separate different areas of your photographs.

14. BROKEN LINE

15. LEADING LINE A line that leads you visually to an object or that leads into the distance creating depth.

24. SHAPE Created when a line meets itself and are two-dimensional figures. They can be geometric or organic. vertical, and combination

25. FORM Similar to shape, but while a shape is flat and two-dimensional, form has volume and is three-dimensional. They can be geometric or organic. vertical, and combination The visual elements or subjects you photograph are shapes and forms. When you take a photograph, you turn 3D forms into 2D shapes.

31. COLOR When working with photography you’re talking about light when you talk about color. It has three properties: hue, intensity, and value. vertical, and combination

32. HUE: The name of a color (green, yellow, blue, etc.) • INTENSITY: brightness or dullness of a color. • VALUE: The lightness or darkness of a color.

40. VALUE The quality of light and dark, both in terms of color and shades of gray.

45. SPACE • The two-dimensional arrangement of objects in a photograph. . • The three-dimensional illusion of depth in the image. • Space can be positive or negative.

48. TEXTURE Appeals to the sense of touch. The tactile quality of something. More than a visual element, it’s a physical sensation and memory.