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The Elements of Design

look closely at a leaf, any leaf, and you'll see the five basic elements of design, line, shape, color, pattern and texture. Everything on Earth, whether made naturally or built by humans or human program machines, is composed of one or more of these elements. Line, shape, color, pattern and texture of the building blocks of any photograph they communicate, meaning they suggest appearance. And they evoke both emotional and physiological reactions in the viewer in composition There, the visual tools you used to tell your story, and so part of your role in becoming the complete photographer is to become fluent in this secret language of design. Line is the most basic element of design is also the most powerful and complex lines could be straight, diagonal or curved. They can radiate, repeat, run, parallel or converge, leading you into the picture space or out of it. Line's gonna be implicit, like the horizon or implied, which is an imaginary line that is formed in the mind between two se...

parate points. As you can see, there is far more tow line than necessarily meets the eye. Horizontal lines imply space. They lead the viewers eyes across the frame, typically from left or right, because in the West that's the way we've been programmed to read with a calm, tranquil energy so calm, in fact, that objects placed on the horizontal line will appear static. Vertical lines, on the other hand, accentuate height and imply solidity and strength. They leave the eye from the foot of the image upwards diagonal lines a dynamic and create energy, unlike the horizontal gravity, now plays a part in stirring our physiological response to the visual. Curved lines also create visual energy, but the implied flow is less dramatic than the diagonal, which makes the suggested movement. Comma thin lines can imply contrast. Thick lines may denote shadow. Both imply depth, as do converging lines. As you can see, Line is a powerful, elemental photographic tool. Now I explained much more about the practical use of line in composition in Module seven. First, though I want to take you from the racing English coast to the heat of Marrakech. I don't know

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