TAKING BETTER PICTURES ELEMENTS OF DESIGN By: MR. KELLER
ELEMENTS- LINES Lines are made up of moving dots. They can be used to convey motion. Horizontal lines bring peace and harmony because they are natural to us (Ex the horizon). Vertical lines suggest dominance (Ex. Trees dominate the landscape). Diagonal lines give us a feeling of movement or tension. Smooth curves are pleasing to our eye. Angular curves are not, they create a sense of confusion.
LINES - FLICKR
LINES - MY PHOTOS
SHAPES - TRIANGLES Triangles Suggest Stability and draw our attention to a point
TRIANGLES - FLICKR
TRIANGLES – MY PHOTOS
SHAPES- RECTANGLES Are stable and are more varied than squares, and therefore are more interesting.
SHAPES- RECTANGLES
SHAPES- SQUARES Are stable and boring. We don't see the lines that create the square, only the space that is created.
SHAPES- SQUARES
SHAPES- CIRCLES Are very pleasing the the eye and stable.
SHAPES- CIRCLES
SHAPES- OVALS Like rectangles compared to squares, they are more interesting than circles.
SHAPES- OVALS
ELEMENTS- COLOR Color comes form light; if it weren’t for light we would have no color. Artists use pigments in the form of powder or liquid paints to create color. Different colors effect our mood.
ELEMENTS- COLOR
ELEMENTS-TEXTURE Texture helps to emphasize the features and details in a photograph. By capturing "texture" of objects being photographed, you can create form. When people observe a soft, furry object or a smooth, shining surface, they have a strong urge to touch it. You can provide much of the pleasure people get from the feel of touching such objects by rendering texture in your pictures. Texture can be used to give realism and character to a picture and may in itself be the subject of a photograph.
ELEMENTS-TEXTURE
MOVEMENT The way that your eye is directed across the photograph, how one element of the photograph leads our eyes to another.
MOVEMENT
LIGHT & DARK / TONE The contrast between the light and dark colors make the lighter colored object pop out of the picture. You can do this by making your picture Black and White or changing your lighting.
LIGHT & DARK / TONE
SIZE of the objects in relation to one another.
SIZE