This document discusses the key elements and principles of photography, including line, shape, form, space, color, value, texture, emphasis, balance, unity, contrast, movement, rhythm, and pattern/repetition. It provides definitions and brief explanations of each element and principle.

1. Photography
BY ELIZABETH STAPPER, KAYLA
ALEXANDER, MCKENZIE KELLEY

2. Elements
 Line
 Shape and Form
 Space
 Color
 Value
 Texture

3. Line
 A mark made by a moving point.

4. Shape and Form
 A contained area.
 Shapes are 2-Dimensional and flat. (circle)
 Forms are 3-Dimensional with height, width and
depth. (sphere)

5. Space
 The area used or unused in a composition.

6. Color
 Use color schemes to enhance appeal or make impact

7. Value
 Black and White and all the Grays in between

8. Texture
 The surface quality.
 How an object feels, or how it looks like it feels.

9. Principles
 Emphasis
 Balance
 Unity
 Contrast
 Movement/Rythmn
 Pattern/Repetition

10. Emphasis
 developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye
to important parts of the body of the work

11. Balance
 stability in the body of work.

12. Unity
 when all the parts equal a whole.

13. Contrast
 opposites and differences in the work.

14. Movement/Rhythm
 showing action and directing the viewers eye
throughout the picture plane.

15. Pattern/Repetition
 An element that occurs over and over again in a
composition