Photography Elements & Composition

_____ serve to affect photographic composition in two ways. First, they serve to create a mood. Second, they lead the eye through the photograph.

• Frames

• Shapes

• Lines

• Portraits

______ is a component of light which is separated when it is reflected off of an object.

• Color

• Pattern

• Form

• ISO

______ is a two-dimensional area that is defined by a change in value or some other form of contrast.

• Form

• Shape

• Line

• Space

_____ _____ ______ means to get in close, to make your subject a significant portion of the final photograph.

• Shape & Value

• Depth of Field

• Rule of Thirds

• Fill the Frame

_____ _____ _____ involves mentally dividing up your image using 2 horizontal lines and 2 vertical lines. You then position the important elements in your scene along those lines, or at the points where they meet.

• Rule of Thirds

• Depth of Field

• Fill the Frame

• Frame in a Frame

_____ refers to when shape takes on three dimensions. It is created by shadows and highlights on an object in the photograph.

• Shape

• Line

• Form

• Color

In photography the _________ is the part of the overall scene. It's behind the main subject of the photograph. Keep it simple or blur it to make your subject stand out.

• repetition

• pattern

• background

• exposure

______ is the roughness or smoothness of a surface. They change as you move further away from them; they will be more apparent up close, and fade as the camera is pulled further away.

• Perspective

• Composition

• Pattern

• Texture

_____ _____ _____ _____ occurs when you use a visual element in the image to frame the primary subject. The purpose of using this composition tip is to help move the viewer’s eye toward that subject.

• Active Space Dead Space

• Frame Within a Frame

• Depth and Perspective

• Using Depth of Field

______ ______ refers to the position of the camera used when photographing subjects such as natural landscapes. It results with photos that are wider than tall.

• Horizontal Orientation

• Active Space

• Vertical Orientation

• Negative Space