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Unit 1: What are the elements of photography?
The seven basic elements of photography are line, shape, form, texture, pattern, color and space. All refer to the way you set up your photo. Composition helps you represent any of these elements in the way you choose. Let’s have a close look: • Line¬– Can be vertical, horizontal, curved or jagged. Examples: roads, sunsets, bridges. • Shape¬– Two-dimensional representation of objects. Examples: silhouetted photographs of birds. • Form – Three-dimensional representation of objects, usually through the use of lighting and shadows. • Texture – The use of lighting to bring out details of an object, making it easy to see whether a surface is smooth or soft. • Pattern – The use of repetition to create an interesting photo. Examples: photos of gardens or flowers. • Color – Using warm or cool colors to set a mood. • Space – Either negative or positive space can be used to make a statement. Often seen when using the rule of thirds.
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1.1 What are the elements of photography?
1.2 What else do we have to know about photography?
Give appropriate answer
Introduction to Photography, Videography and Story Writing for Online Learning

The best way to illustrate one of the most popular photography composition techniques, the rule of thirds, is to put a nine-square grid over a photo. You would break an image into thirds both horizontally and vertically, arriving at nine segments total. If you place the most interesting element of your photos along one of those lines, your photo will naturally be well-composed, based on the general rules of form photography.

Balancing Elements

Placing your main subject off-centre, as with the rule of thirds, creates a more interesting photo, but it can leave a void in the scene which can make it feel empty. You can achieve a balanced composition and even out the main subject’s “visual weight” by including another object of lesser importance to fill the space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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