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PHOTOGRAPHY
 PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating

durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of
an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material
such as photographic film, as well as its more direct uses for
art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass
communication.
THE BASIC ELEMENTS
OF PHOTOGRAPHY
LINE
The line is the simplest of all
photography elements. Can be
vertical, horizontal, curved or
jagged. Examples: roads,
sunsets, bridges.
 SHAPE FORM
• Two-dimensional representation of Three-dimensional representation of
objects. objects, usually using lighting and
Ex: silhouetted photographs of birds shadows.

Converging lines are the most popular in landscape photography

The light transforms a 2-Dimensional Scene into a 3-Dimensional
environment.
TEXTURE
The use of lighting to bring out
details of an object, making it
easy to see whether a surface is
smooth or soft. Texture refers to
small variations on an object’s
surface.

Morning sidelight emphasizes the textures of the

Grand Canyon.
COLOR  hue - refers to what we often think of as color;
examples of different hues include red, green,
orange, blue, and pink.
Using warm or cool colors to set a mood. This
 Luminance or value - refers to the lightness of a
refers to the hue, the luminance/value, and
the saturation/intensity of each item in your color. You can have light reds or dark reds, light
photo, no matter how small. greens or dark greens, etc.

 Saturation or intensity - refers to the color’s

presence. High-saturation colors pop off the
page, whereas low-saturation colors tend to
recede.

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PATTERN
• The use of repetition to create an interesting photo.
Examples: photos of gardens or flowers.
• REGULAR PATTERN
• IRREGULAR PATTERN
• BREAK THE PATTERN
REGULAR PATTERN
• are often symmetrical and can be
found in parts of nature like
flowers, architecture such as
skyscrapers and in street
photography with road markings

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IRREGULAR PATTERN
• are not symmetrical and can be
found in nature, architecture and
street photography.

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BREAK THE PATTERN
• the pattern in photography is
when you deliberately disrupt the
pattern or use a single element
from the pattern to create a
contrast within your
composition. These are generally
regular patterns but with one
element out of place that attracts
the eye.

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SPACE
• Either negative or positive space can
be used to make a statement.
• can be positive if it’s occupied by a
line or a shape. Positive space feels
heavy.
• Or it can be negative if it’s
unoccupied. Negative space is light
and full of nothingness. Because of
this, lots of negative space will make
your images feel less crowded and
airier.

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