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What can you observe in the
picture?
Basic principles
of Photography
– Photography comes from two greek words: photo
and graph.
– Photo means light
– Graph means drawing
– An image or picture is created by means of light/
”drawing with light”
– With the help of a camera, anyone may capture a
nice work of art. Since photography is considered
a fine art, the different elements and principle of
art are also applied.
Basic principles
of Photography
 1. Contrast may be shown using
complementary colors or emphasizing
differences using light and dark
colors.
 2. Emphasis a principle of art in
which part of the work stand out,
in order to draw the viewer’s eye
there first.
 3. Harmony is a consistent,
orderly, or pleasing arrangement of
parts.
 4. Unity is taking the parts of a
piece of art and unifying them into
something becomes whole.
 5. Balance is arranging the
elements in a piece so that there is
an equality from one side to other.
 6. Pattern or rhythm is simply
repeating an element that will cause
the viewer’s eye to move around to
each element.
What do we call a drawing with
light?

What are the basic principles

of photography?
 
Let’s do this!
Unity
Balance
Pattern
Contrast
Harmony
Emphasis
Directions: Identify the basic principles of photography.

________1. It is arranging the elements in a piece so that there is

an equality from one side to other.
________2. It is taking the parts of a piece of art and unifying
them into something becomes whole.
________3. It is simply repeating an element that will cause the
viewer’s eye to move around to each element.
________4. This may be shown using complementary colors or
emphasizing differences using light and dark colors.
________5. It is a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of
parts.
________6. It is a principle of art in which part of the work stand
out, in order to draw the viewer’s eye there first.
Correct Answers

1 Balance
2 Unity
3 Patter
4 Contrast
5 Harmony
6 Emphasis
Thank You!