TAKING BETTER PICTURESELEMENTS 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- 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- SQUARES

SHAPES- CIRCLES

Are very pleasing the the eye and stable.

SHAPES- CIRCLES

SHAPES- CIRCLES

SHAPES- OVALS

Like rectangles compared to squares, they are

more interesting than circles.

SHAPES- OVALS

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- 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

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

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

LIGHT & DARK / TONE

SIZE

of the objects in relation to one another.

SIZE

SIZE