1. PHOTOGRAPHY 101 UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS OF ART: SHAPE AND FORM
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of commercial photography in relation to seeing photographically, operating cameras, use of light, image capture, and processing digital images. Students will also learn the history of photography, legal and ethical issues related to the industry. Career exploration is also a part of this course.
CVH - MS. COPELAND

2. Performance Standard 5.1: Identify and Apply the Elements of Art
CONTENT STANDARD 5.0 UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS OF ART AND PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND COMPOSITION
Performance Standard 5.1: Identify and Apply the Elements of Art
Pacing Guide: S1 Unit 7 - Elements of Digital Photographic Design
7A: Teach students to identify, record and use art elements. Students to explore, analyze, and talk about what they see in the physical world and how to describe their own digital art creations.
Objective: Identify and use the art elements shape and form. Explore, analyze, and talk about how they appear in the physical world and describe their use in your own digital art creations.

3. ELEMENTS OF ART REVIEW What Are They?
The elements of art are fundamental ideas about the practice of good visual design.
An element of art is simply a component, like a tool, that the artist uses to accomplish what he/she sets out to create.
The parts that provide structure to a piece include:
Line
Shape
Form
Value
Space
Perspective
Texture
Color

4. ELEMENTS OF ART: LINE REVIEW
Line Can be described as:
A one-dimensional series of points.
A mark on a surface that describes a shape, outline, edge or border.
Line May also suggest mood or rhythm and gives the eye explicit directions about where to look.
General Characteristics of Line:
Width – Thick, thin, tapered
Length – Long, short, continuous, broken
Direction – Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, Curvilinear, perpendicular, parallel and zigzag
Texture – Jagged, graceful

5. ELEMENTS OF ART: SHAPE

6. ELEMENTS OF ART: SHAPE Shape Shape is two-dimensional enclosed space.
It has height and width but no depth.

7. CATEGORIES OF SHAPE: GEOMETRIC
Geometric shapes are man-made.
You must use a tool, such are a ruler, straight edge or compass to make these shapes.
Often found in architecture and manufactured items.
Circles, squares, rectangles and triangles are examples of geometric shapes.

8. CATEGORIES OF SHAPE: GEOMETRIC

9. ASSIGNMENT PART ONE: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVE: Find and shoot some geometric shapes that use color. You will need at least one.
Use camera settings of your choosing.
YOU WILL NEED TO EXPLAIN YOUR CHOICES DURING THE CLASS PRESENTATION OF YOUR PHOTOS!
Save your photo! You will need it for part two of this assignment.

10. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
Assignment Objective: Change your color image to black and white, then sepia.
Open your Geometric Shapes photograph using Photoshop.
Duplicate the layer with your original photo and lock the original layer.
Select the copy layer.
DO NOT CONVERT TO GRAYSCALE!
The simplest conversion to black and white method is to convert your image to grayscale by using Image > Mode > Grayscale. This is a DESTRUCTIVE conversion, meaning that once you have done it you cannot undo it! Also, you have no control over the conversion.

11. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
TWO NON-DESTRUCTIVE WAYS TO CONVERT COLOR IMAGES TO BLACK AND WHITE:
BLACK AND WHITE CONVERSION USING THE HUE / SATURATION TOOL (non-destructive):
Select Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation. Click OK.
Move the saturation slider all the way to the left (-100) and press OK.
You will have no control over the conversion but you may not need any.
Try this method and the next to see which you like better.

12. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
BLACK AND WHITE CONVERSION USING A WHITE ADJUSTMENT LAYER (non-destructive):
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Black And White. Click OK.
The black and white toolbox appears.
Move the six color sliders right or left to brighten or darken the
respective tones in the photo. You can also choose from the
presets in the drop down menu at the top.
Click OK when done.
This method gives you more control over the conversion.

13. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
Once you’ve achieved a setting that you like, export the image at 300 ppi as a JPEG.
Select Image > Image Size.
Set the Resolution to 300 ppi. Click OK.
Select File > Save As.
Name: Geometric Shapes BW Conversion.
Choose JPEG as the format. PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU SAVE YOUR FILE.

14. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
COLOR PHOTO TO SEPIA CONVERSION (non-destructive):
Open the image in Photoshop.
Go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.
Now, select Image > Adjustments > Variations.
Move the fine coarse slider down one notch less than the middle.
Click on more yellow once.
Click on more red once.
Click OK.

15. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
Once you’ve achieved a setting that you like, export the image at 300 ppi as a JPEG.
Select Image > Image Size.
Set the Resolution to 300 ppi. Click OK.
Select File > Save As.
Name: Geometric Shapes Sepia Conversion.
Choose JPEG as the format. PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU SAVE YOUR FILE.

16. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: GEOMETRIC SHAPES
Presentation:
Create a slide with your original Geometric Shape photo in color, the Black and White conversion and the Sepia conversion to present to the class.
Be prepared to define / explain what a geometric shape is and how it appears in your photograph.
Explain your camera settings and why you used them:
Which aperture did you use and why? Which shutter speed, ISO and why?

17. CATEGORIES OF SHAPE: ORGANIC
Organic shapes are nature made.
We see them as free- flowing, informal and irregular.

18. CATEGORIES OF SHAPE: ORGANIC
Organic shapes convey a sense of formation and development, and suggest qualities such as softness, sensuality, flexibility and fluidity.

19. CATEGORIES OF SHAPE: ORGANIC
Organic shapes are natural beauties found in nature but can also come from the artist’s imagination.
They are natural looking and flowing shapes that tend to be more rounded and curved in appearance.

20. CATEGORIES OF SHAPE GEOMETRIC & ORGANIC COMBINED

21. ASSIGNMENT PART ONE: ORGANIC SHAPES
ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVE: Last shoot you shot Geometric (man-made) shapes. For this assignment, find and shoot some Organic shapes.
Use camera settings of your choosing.
YOU WILL NEED TO EXPLAIN YOUR CHOICES DURING THE CLASS PRESENTATION OF YOUR PHOTOS!
Save your photo! You will need it for part two of this assignment.

22. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: ORGANIC SHAPES
Assignment Objective: Change your color image to black and
white, then sepia.
Open your Organic Shapes photograph using Photoshop.
Duplicate the layer with your original photo and lock the original
layer.
Select the copy layer.
DO NOT CONVERT TO GRAYSCALE!
Use either the BLACK AND WHITE CONVERSION USING THE HUE /
SATURATION TOOL (non-destructive) or BLACK AND WHITE
CONVERSION USING A WHITE ADJUSTMENT LAYER (non-destructive)
method to convert your image to black and white.

23. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: ORGANIC SHAPES
BLACK AND WHITE CONVERSION USING THE HUE / SATURATION TOOL (non-destructive):
Select Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation. Click OK.
Move the saturation slider all the way to the left (-100) and press OK.
You will have no control over the conversion but you may not need any.
Try this method and the next to see which you like better.

24. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: ORGANIC SHAPES
BLACK AND WHITE CONVERSION USING A WHITE ADJUSTMENT LAYER (non-destructive):
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Black And White. Click OK.
The black and white toolbox appears.
Move the six color sliders right or left to brighten or darken the
respective tones in the photo. You can also choose from the
presets in the drop down menu at the top.
Click OK when done.
This method gives you more control over the conversion.

25. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: ORGANIC SHAPES
Once you’ve achieved a setting that you like, export the image at 300 ppi as a JPEG.
Select Image > Image Size.
Set the Resolution to 300 ppi. Click OK.
Select File > Save As.
Name: Organic Shapes BW Conversion.
Choose JPEG as the format. PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU SAVE YOUR FILE.

26. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: ORGANIC SHAPES
COLOR PHOTO TO SEPIA CONVERSION (non-destructive):
Open the image in Photoshop.
Go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.
Now, select Image > Adjustments > Variations.
Move the fine coarse slider down one notch less than the middle.
Click on more yellow once.
Click on more red once.
Click OK.

27. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: ORGANIC SHAPES
Once you’ve achieved a setting that you like, export the image at 300 ppi as a JPEG.
Select Image > Image Size.
Set the Resolution to 300 ppi. Click OK.
Select File > Save As.
Name: Organic Shapes Sepia Conversion.
Choose JPEG as the format. PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU SAVE YOUR FILE.

28. ASSIGNMENT PART TWO: ORGANIC SHAPES
Presentation:
Create a slide with your original Organic Shape photo in color, the Black and White conversion and the Sepia conversion to present to the class.
Be prepared to define / explain what a organic shape is and how it appears in your photograph.
Explain your camera settings and why you chose to use them:
Which aperture did you use and why? Which shutter speed, ISO and why?

29. ELEMENTS OF ART REVIEW: SHAPE
Shape is two-dimensional space enclosed by a line.
It has height and width but no depth.
Geometric shapes are man-made.
Circles, squares, rectangles and triangles are examples
of geometric shapes.
Organic shapes are nature made.
They natural looking, free-flowing, irregular shapes that
tend to be more rounded and curved in appearance.

30. ELEMENTS OF ART: FORM

31. ELEMENTS OF ART: FORM Form All forms first begin with shape.
Form has height, width and depth and is perceived as three- dimensional.
On a flat surface, an artist will create the illusion of a three (3) dimensional form through the use of value (shading) and space.

32. ELEMENTS OF ART EXAMPLES SHAPE AND FORM
How are shape and form being used in these images?

33. ASSIGNMENT: FORM REMEMBER: Form is three dimensional.
Select a small form (an object) TO SHOOT.
i.e. A water bottle, a notebook / textbook,
a shoe, a jacket, a hat, something you have
on you.
The dimensionality (height, width and depth)
of the object should be visible in your photograph.

34. ASSIGNMENT: FORM
Take five (5) unique and/or abstract photographs of the object you chose.
All five (5) photos should be of the same object.
Shoot from different heights, different angles. Use different focal lengths. (Our standard lenses go from 18mm – 55mm)
Pay attention to lighting, backgrounds (remove clutter / unnecessary objects)
BE CREATIVE! What do you want the viewer to feel?
Example: Shoot through a small water bottle with or without water in it. Capture the reflection cast by the light through the water bottle. In the photo to the left, you can see that the object has height, width and depth (accentuated by shadows and circle on the bottom of the bottle).

35. PRESENTATION: FORM
Select at least one of your five (5) photos that you find to be your most creative.
Discuss your process:
Shooting from different heights, different angles, focal lengths – what difference did changing height / angles / focal lengths make?
How are line and shape being used in your photograph?
Were there any particular emotional or artistic aspects you wanted to convey to the viewer?

36. ELEMENTS OF ART CONCEPT REVIEW
Line
Describes a shape or outline.
Tells the eye where to look.
Groups related objects and divides unrelated objects.
Line may suggest moods and rhythm.
The three basic functions of line use are pattern, direction and structure.
Shape
An enclosed space with defined boundaries.
Shape implies two-dimensions: length and width.
Types of Shape: Geometric and Organic.
Form
Form has depth, length, and width and is perceived as three-dimensional.

37. PHOTOSHOP SKILLS REVIEW: black / white & sepia conversions
Elements of Art:
Line – Sharpening is used to provide finer detail to your photo.
Photoshop has five settings for sharpening:
Sharpen
Sharpen Edges
Sharpen More
Smart Sharpen
Unsharp Mask
Shape & Form – Black / White and Sepia Conversion
Converting color photos to BW or Sepia, allows the viewer to see the images in a different light. Things that we’re used to seeing in full color take on new and interesting characteristics when seen in black and white. Cityscapes and portraits take on a certain intensity and shapes and patterns take precedence over colors.