Lesson Info

Elements of Design

As you can see, I'm not actually in Marrakech, which is a shame. But anyway, take a look at this image. What do you see to a casual observer? It's a building, one more informed but still casual observer. It's a building associated with Muslim culture. For the slightly more observant, the flaking paint and water stains tell you it hasn't been renovated recently. Toe a photographer, however, is an object formed of the five elements of design, line, shape, color, pattern and texture. The building is in the main center of Marrakech. On when I walk past it. Of all the elements, line stood out, particularly the curved line of the main arch, which is created by the contrast of the white wall in the area of shadow. What I saw in that line was a stalk of grass spent over in the wind. Some might see a sickle. Others will see their own story to photograph my story. I framed the image to remove the windows, which were a distraction because they give the structure a context at odds with my abstract...

interpretation. Then to get rid of the texture of the wall, which again gives an unwanted context. I overexposed the light tones and then dark in the shadows in adobe light room. In the final image, we're left with abstract contrast ing lines. The vertical line gives the image strength and solidity, and it creates a boundary fixing the left side of the image space. The curved line is more delicate, representing the subtle arching of my imaginary lyft. No.

Class Description

Lessons

1. Your 10,001st Photograph
2. Camera Gear
3. Piece of Gear We Always Forget
4. Be a Storyteller
5. Finding Ideas For Photography - Know Your Subject
6. Cae Study - Why Are Zebras Black and White Striped
7. Photograph What You Love
8. See the Extraordinary in Ordinary Things
9. Have an Opinion
10. See With a Child’s Eyes
11. Tell Your Story
12. Find a Needle in the Haystack
13. Lions Hunting Under Star Trails
14. Ansel Adams and Visualisation in Practice
15. Keeping an Open Mind and Thinking on Your Feet
16. Case Study - The Maternal Bond
17. Don’t Tell the Same Old Story
18. Relevance
19. #1 Reason Photographs Fail
20. Getting Rid of Clutter
21. Post Capture Cropping
22. The Elements of Design
23. Elements of Design
24. Elements of Design - Shape
25. Case Study - Shape
26. Elements of Design - Color
27. Case Study - Color
28. Color in Camera
29. Pattern
30. Texture
31. Seeing The Elements of Design
32. Gestalt Theory
33. Case Study - Cove
34. Case Study - Hat
35. Light and Contrast
36. Light and Form
37. Light and Depth
38. Perspective
39. Lenses and Perspective
40. Rule of Thirds
41. Centre of Frame
42. Case Study - Positioning the Subject
43. Positioning the Subject - Dynamic Symmetry
44. The Horizon Line
45. Should the Horizon Line Always be Straight and Level
46. Other Lines
47. Rhythm, Balance, and Visual Weight
48. Negative Space
49. The Two Most Important Controls on Your Camera
50. Training the Mind