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Elements of Design
B. Understanding ISO, Shutter Speed & Aperture
C. Composition Techniques
D. Common Photography Composition Mistakes
E. Vector and Raster
The Elements of Design
The 7 most important elements of design in Photography
are:
 Line
 Shape
 Form
 Texture
 Pattern
 Color
 Space
 Line
 Line is the most important element of all and also the
most strongest in its meaning. Your eyes follow the line
whether it is visible or invisible. Based on its character
and direction, lines communicate emotions making it
one of the strongest elements of design.
 Horizontal lines suggest feeling of restfulness or
calmness, vertical lines suggest feeling of power, and
diagonal lines suggest feeling of movement and
direction. Soft curved lines represents relaxing or
soothing feel whereas acute or jagged lines suggest
frenzy or chaotic feeling and so on.
Shape is a two dimensional representation of an
object. The outer line of an object forms the shape.
 In photography, you can represent interesting shapes of
the objects by using silhouette effect due to
backlighting. Silhouette photographs make an impact
when the shape of the subject (object) is clearly defined
in contrast with the background.
 Form is a three dimensional representation of an
object. A third dimension (thickness) to the Shape
yields Form.
 Photography (and art) is a two dimensional form lacking
the depth which poses a challenge to you as a
photographer to somehow represent the third
dimension by creating an illusion of depth.
 By using light and shadow you can create an illusion of
depth in your photograph.
 Texture represents the details that are present on
the surface of an object. You can use texture to create
photographs that are visually interesting.
 Direction of light plays an important role in bringing out
the textures.
 Patterns are repetition of Shapes or Textures that
are organized in a rhythmic way.
 If you carefully look for patterns there are everywhere in
nature and also in man-made things. By using these
patterns you can compose a visually compelling image
that keeps the viewer engaged.
 Sometimes breaking this harmony or rhythm in pattern
yields much better results by yielding a dynamic
composition.
 Color is a major design element that we love. Colors
play an important role to set the mood of the
photograph.
 The colors can be broadly classified as warm colors and
cool colors. Red, Orange, and Yellow are the warm colors
that suggest the feeling of warmth, liveliness, and
energetic whereas Blue and Green are cool colors that
suggest the feeling of calmness, tranquility, and
sad/gloomy.
 Space is another important element of design that
suggests the distance between the objects, perspective,
and proportions of objects.
 A subject represents the positive space in an image and
the background represents the negative space. Negative
space is as important as the positive space in defining
the shape of the subject.