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VISUAL ELEMENTS

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VISUAL ELEMENTS

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  1. VISUAL ELEMENTS Focus: the sharpness or clarity of subjects in the photographic image. Soft focus is created when a photographer manipulates the camera to achieve blurry, gentle edges. Photographers use the apertures (lens opening) and limitations of the lens to create sharp detail, soft edges, or both; this is called selective focus. This is an example of selective focus. Selective focus is used to capture a viewer’s attention to one specific area of an image. in this photo the photographer wants us viewers to focus on that one particular leaf. Then he blurred everything else out to make sure that the viewer focuses on that particular leaf. Credit: Thomas Clark

  2. Light – light quality describes the source, amount, and direction of lighting in a photograph. Light can come from natural sources like the sun. It can be altered or created by humans, by using such things as flash bulbs or lamps. It can also be diffused by clouds or by humans putting a veil of cloth over a lamp. The direction of light is also important when looking at photographs: it can come from above, behind or from one side. Bright, dim, cloudy, directional, diffused, and flash are some terms used to describe lighting. This picture is an example of natural light. The sun is beaming down on the ground which brings out the trees and their branches and leaves. Credit: Henry Jones

  3. Texture – texture is how the surface of an object appears to feel or actually feels to the touch. Texture can be described as rough, smooth, soft, etc. Texture is shown in photographs by the way the light falls on an object and through value changes. The paper on which the photograph is made also determines texture. This picture is an example of texture because texture also has to do with colors and patterns and in this picture it shows all kinds of colors mixed together and the pattern of those colors. Credit: NasimMansurov

  4. Line: there are objects in photographs that act as lines. They can be straight, curvy, thin, and/or thick. Lines also create direction in the photograph. They also outline and show movement or energy. This picture is an example of a line photograph. The sand creates curvy lines. It also shows how the lines create direction to a certain object in the photograph. The curvy lines direct the viewers’ eyes to the mountain rocks in the background. Credit: Russ Burden

  5. Shape – a picture with geometric or organic shapes This picture is an example of shape because as you can see, in this picture that the photographer took, there were a few triangles. Credit: Julie Waterhouse

  6. Repetition – object, shapes, or lines repeat to create a pattern This picture is an example of repetition the shape, color, and size of the stones are repeated, they never change. Credit: Jason R.

  7. Space – there is a rule called Rule of Space. This rule states that if the subject is not looking directly to the camera, or looks out of the frame, there should be enough space for the subject to look into. This picture is an example of space because the photographer made space between the persona and sky. Making viewers automatically look at what the person in the photo is looking at. Credit: Kevin Travis

  8. Value/Tone – lightness, brightness or value of a patch in a photograph the yellow fire hydrant is an example of tone/value. It’s a brighter color than the grass that causes it to catch the viewers eyes. Credit: Tony Martin

  9. Geometric Shape - An image that is created by mathematically generated geometric shapes This picture is an example of geometric shapes because the photographer took a pic of a city that had a lot of geometric shapes like pyramids, rectangle, and squares. Credit: Reimar Gaertner

  10. Organic Shape - shapes based on natural objects such as trees, mountains, leaves, etc. This picture is an example of organic shapes because this mountain is shaped like a triangle or pyramid and the trees are shaped like triangle. Credit: Michael S. Lewis

  11. BASIC VOCABULARY Abstract – an image that emphasizes formal elements (line, shape, etc) rather than specific, recognizable objects. this photo is an example of abstract because it makes you focus more on the lines of the object then the actual object Credit: Patricia Sweeney

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  13. Documentary Photography -photographs whose main purpose is to record a place, person(s) or event. This picture is an example of a documentary photograph because it focuses on the little boy and where he’s located. Where he lives Credit: Dennis Bautista

  14. Expressive -concerned with communicating emotion You can see the love and care the mother has for her child by her facial expression . This is an example of an expressive photo Credit: LoveishKalsi

  15. Intention -reason(s) why the artist made a work of art

  16. Landscape - an image that portrays the natural environment This photo is an example of a landscape photo because grass and flowers are a form of nature Credit: Lorelei

  17. Portrait - is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people, in which the face and its expression is predominant. This picture is an example of a portrait because it is a picture of a certain person. A picture of a person’s face with a certain expression Credit: Pete Souza

  18. Representational - an image which shows recognizable objects This picture is an example of representational because the viewer can recognize and automatically know exactly what they are looking at. Credit: Chriton Sheward

  19. Subject -the main object or person(s) in a photograph In this picture the subject is the shoe and the skateboard. You know this because the background is blurred out just so that the viewer would know to only focus on the skateboard and shoe Credit: T. Moe

  20. Theme -a unifying or dominant idea in one work of art or in a collection of works

  21. COMPISITION of the PHOTOGRAPH Angle -the vantage point from which the photograph was taken; generally used when discussing a photograph taken from an unusual or exaggerated vantage point.

  22. Background -the part of a scene or picture that is or seems to be toward the back. This is an example of background because the scene in the back of the photo is being focused while the object closest to us is blurred out. Credit: Daniel Goodman

  23. Balance - the distribution of visual elements in a photograph. Symmetrical balance distributes visual elements evenly in an image. Asymmetrical balance is found when visual elements are not evenly distributed in an image. Or a photo that has a mixture of close and distant objects, a mix of light and dark, etc. This photo is a symmetrical balance photo. Which means that all objects are placed on each side of a given point giving you a composition that is uniform in shape. The best way to describe this would be a mirror image. Credit: Kaushal Joshi

  24. Central Focus -the objects(s) which appears most prominently and/or most clearly focused in a photograph. This photo is a good example of center focus because the flower is the most clear and the main focus in the picture. Credit: Jess

  25. Composition -the arrangement or structure of the formal elements that make up an image. The most prominent visual design element is the red line on the cactus. It is an S-curve that leads your eye through the image. Credit: Julie Waterhouse

  26. Contour - the outline of an object or shape This photo is a good example of contour because you can see the outline of the wine glasses Credit: GertLavsen

  27. Contrast -strong visual differences between light and dark, varying textures, sizes, etc. This photo is a good example of contrast because you can see the strong difference in color between the follower and the background of the photo. Credit: Carla Hoskins

  28. Framing -what the photographer has placed within the boundaries of the photograph. This photo is a good example of framing because the photographer used the trees as a border for the main object in the photo Credit: Fredrik Silverglimth

  29. Rule of Threes -The rule of thirds is one of the main “rules” in art and photographic composition and stems from the theory that the human eye naturally gravitates to intersection points that occur when an image is split into thirds. This Picture is a good example of the rule of thirds because the babies are in the middle column Credit: Amanda Pair

  30. Setting -actual physical surroundings or scenery whether real or artificial. This picture is a good example of setting because the leaves is surrounding this single leaf. Which makes a fall type scenery Credit: Drewle

  31. Vantage Point - the place from which a photographer takes a photograph.

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