Visual elements.
Visual element of line:
Lines in photography may be actual objects, like a road or the stem of a plant, or even the human form. As we learned in the previous section about light, lines are be created by the juxtaposition of contrasting tones or colours. Lines can run horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or be curved. The direction of the main lines in a picture compsition actually convey emotion. I believe that this is because we naturally attribute human characteristics to objects in our world. For example, if an object stands upright, we liken it to a human standing tall and proud.
These are some examples of line photography:
These are some examples of line photography:
visual elements of colour:
There has been a tremendous amount of research on how colour affects humans and some research suggests that men and women may respond to colors differently. Color affects us emotionally, with different colors evoking different emotions. In short color has the capacity to affect the human nervous system.
These are some examples of colour photography:
These are some examples of colour photography:
Visual elements of texture:
Texture can be used in different ways, depending on the message you want to send or the particular elements you want to focus on. The simplest way to convey texture is with a detail shot. Using a marco lens, get close to your subject and capture just the texture. For example, if you decide to shoot the peeling paint on that old boat for detail, your viewer is probably going to have no idea that the paint in the image was on the hull of an abandoned catamaran.
Zooming out so that you capture both the context of the texture as well as the texture itself will add drama to your image. Now your viewer can see the boat in its entirety, and the texture of the peeling paint merely adds to its overall visual impact, rather than becoming the subject itself.
These are some examples of texture In photography:
Zooming out so that you capture both the context of the texture as well as the texture itself will add drama to your image. Now your viewer can see the boat in its entirety, and the texture of the peeling paint merely adds to its overall visual impact, rather than becoming the subject itself.
These are some examples of texture In photography:
Visual elements of composition:
Organizing the various elements within the frame of the viewfinder in order to create an effective design is more challenging than it might seem at first. A painter can position the elements where they want, whereas a photographer must search, find and organize visual elements within the camera viewfinder. Although a photographer can sometimes "arrange" objects in a natural environment such as leaves, this often results in a contrived looking picture. Nature is not perfect and variation within organization leads to greater interest. Effective composition of natural images is always a balance between arranging elements within the view finder and allowing a certain amount of disorder.
These are some examples of composition in photography:
These are some examples of composition in photography: