MAPEH 10 – 3Q

ARTS

PHOTOGRAPHY
− Is very useful in capturing the essence and importance of the moment.

− Through photographs, historical and other important events can be preserved.

− It can be passed on to the next generation for them to understand what happened in the
past.

− Photography is an important part of almost every art career. Without photographs, the
works of artists in different fields would be words alone. With prints, the world and work of
artist come to reality.

GEORGE TAPAN

− Has won two Pacific Asia Tourism Association (PATA) Gold awards, an ASEAN Tourism
Association award, and first place in the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest.

− He has worked for the Department of Tourism and Philippine Airlines and has published
five travel photography books.

− According to him, “A good travel photograph is what you see in the place combined with
what your eyes see as a traveler.”

− He suggested that “For travel photography, one must have a wide-angle lens and telephoto
lens. There are zoom lens nowadays that go from wide-angle to telephoto. For wide-angle,
he recommend 14 millimeter or 18 millimeter”.

JOHN CHUA

− He is an advertising photographer in the Philippines with more than 30 years experience in

aerial, car product, food, special effects, and model photography.

− John and his wife – Harvey are the founders of Ad photo in the year 1978.

− He is the country’s foremost commercial photographer.

ELEMENTS OF ART IN PHOTOGRAPHY

 TEXTURE – is the element of art that you can apply to any subject matter.
 LINE
 LEADING LINES – can move the viewer’s eyes throughout a photograph.

 REPEATING LINES – fade in to the background will bring the viewer’s back in to the
picture.
− Lines are not always straight; the “line” of a model’s body can create an “S”
shape that will lead the viewer’s eye all along her body.

 COLOR
− The primary color of red, blue, and yellow can be mixed together to create
secondary and tertiary colors, eventually creating the “color wheel”.

 SHAPE
− This can be used as “frames” for your subject or just to add an interesting piece
to your art.
− These is the most fundamental element of design, because it is the principal
element of identification.
− Shapes in images can also be seen as silhouettes.

SILHOUETTES – these are the best shot several minutes before sunset up to several
minutes following it, as well as several minutes before sunrise up to several minutes
following. It is the purist and strongest of all shapes.

 FORM – is what takes your two-dimensional photograph and makes it appear life-like and
three-dimensional. This is usually achieved by controlling the light on your subject.

 TONE – using varying degrees of light and dark to add contrast and give liveliness to an
image.

 SPACE – is an element of art that gives depth to an image.