Getting Ideas from the Mind’s Eye to Photograph aka…line, shape, and texture shoot

LINE The movement from point A to point B –Zig-zag, straight, wavy, diagonal, horizontal, vertical, curved Man made vs. Natural

SHAPE Area enclosed by a line –GEOMETRIC SHAPE Shapes with Names –Circle, Square, Triangle –ORGANIC SHAPES Shapes without names, or shapes found in nature

FORM 3-D object Occupies space or gives illusion that they do Cylinder, cone, box, and geometric forms (flowers)

VALUE Lightness or darkness of a surface White, Light Gray, Gray, Dark Gray, Black

SPACE/DEPTH OF FIELD The area in front of and behind a subject –Small Depth of Field –Large Depth of Field The area surrounding the object –Get in close (not a lot of space)

TEXTURE ACTUAL vs. IMPLIED –Actual feel of something (dog is soft) –Simulated (or implied) appearance of texture Photograph of soft dog fur Rough, smooth, soft, etc.

PATTERN/REPETITION PATTERN: ABABA Repeating similar things –Not quite sure what the next thing is, but you can predict it

BALANCE A way to compare the right side to the left side ASYMETRICAL BALANCE –Right side does not equal left side RADIAL BALANCE –Everything revolves around the center SYMETRICAL BALANCE –Right side is equal to the left side

Asymmetrical Balance

Radial Balance

Perfect Balance

VARIETY When you change something, but keep something the same –Example: repeating a similar shape, but changing the size of it

MOVEMENT BLURRY –1 sec FROZEN –1/500 PANNING –1/30

Emphasis Dominance vs. subordination Ways to EMPHASIZE something –Small Depth of Field –Light vs. Dark (Black vs. White –Using light (spot lights) –Getting in close

Proportion The relationship between sizes of objects –Small vs. Large

STUDENT EXAMPLES

RYAN KIEFER National Silver Key Winner Scholastic Gold Key Winner Lisa Show Entry

NEMO BUNCHULERTRAT Honorable Mention, Scholastic Award Winner

ANGELIKA PRZEWOZNIK Scholastic Award Entry