Principles of Design

ELEMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

SYMMETRY -

the
picture
is mirrored
from the right
to the left,
thusly it is
symmetrical

BALANCE

http://photo.box.sk/img/staud04.jpg
Frantisek Staud

THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE PHOTOGRAPH ARE IN
EQUILIBRIUM WITH ONE ANOTHER AND CREATE A SENSE
OF UNITY




























DOMINANCE
This painting by Gentileschi emphasizes Judith and the act of slaying Holofernes
while the rest of the painting takes backseat in importance


CONTRAST
This photo
graph
from
http://photo.net/
bboard-uploa
ds/005IYM-13191884.JPG
shows a large contrast between light and dark around the center of the subject's face to create a more dramatic photograph

THEME/VARIATION

The continued use of the similar image of
vegetation, is pivotal to the meaning of the imagery

RHYTHM
The identical nature of the petals is appealing to the eye,
forcing the eye to move around the flower toward its center

UNITY
The image seems incomplete without the red streaks to the right to complete the yellow/white streaks on the left. Without either side this familiar style of picture becomes messy.

LINES
The lines in this photograph establish a rhythm. They are extremely long and straight, they feel smooth, yet unwelcoming as they scope away from he camera. Very sharp focus.

http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/
resources/2007/02/converging
%20lines.png

COLOR

http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/PAB2936.jpg

This shows the full spectrum within the eye including primary, secondary, and tertiary all blending together

VALUE
This picture seems to have a shadowed shadier green, giving it a darker value. The use of a darker shade gives the picture a different feeling

http://www.haloimages.com/imgs/
PZ00053_FPO_PREV.jpg

TEXTURE

The rusty feel of the photo shines through giving it a rusty feel. If you could not see the depth and feel of the rust the photo might seem too smooth or too rough.
http://www.darrenhester.com
/images/portfolio/
Rusted_Metal_medium.jpg

SHAPE

This is both an open-form, because it blends an organic form with an inorganic form based on the perfection of the sphere, and it is a geometric form for obvious reasons.








SPACE... ... ... ... ...

In this picture the center is very concentrated with the pink center as the positive space. The rest of the picture, however, is negative space and as the star (subaru) extends outwards the space between objects increase as theyellow is more and more tinted and diffuse.