BASIC

PHOTOGRAPHY
Maylene M. Tubig
M.Kalaw MS
What materials
can be used in
order to take
photos?
SLR Camera stands for
Single Lens Reflex
DSLR Camera stands for
Digital Single Lens
Reflex
 What is photography?
Photography comes
from the Greek
words: photo and
graph. Photo means
light and graph
means drawing.
What are the
elements and
principles of
photography?
Each group will be
given an example
of picture or photo
and let them
identify the
principles in it.
Which photo is wrong? Why?
1. BALANCE
Balance is arranging the elements
in a piece so that there is an
equality from one side to the
other. A symmetrical image has
perfect balance. Balance can also
be achieved by asymmetry or
radial arrangement. Below are an
example of both poor and good
balance.
Was there a color harmon
2.HARMONY
The dictionary definition of harmony is “a
consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of
parts; congruity”. This happens in art by using
similar elements through out a piece that bring
it together in a “pleasing” way. Harmony can
be considered simplicity.
I chose this image to represent a good
harmony. The orange and yellow leaves are all
around the frame, bringing it together in a
simple way. The white water is also simple and
creates a “harmony”. This is one of the most
difficult principles to grasp.
3. PATTERN/RHYTHM
Pattern or rhythm is simply
repeating an element in
such a manner. This will
cause the viewer’s eye to
move around to each
element.
4. UNITY
Unity is taking the parts of a
piece of art and unifying them in
to something better as a whole.
Composition is a great way to do
this. This image could be
separated in to each part as its
own piece, but together they
become a unified composition.
5. CONTRAST
Contrast is easy. It is similar
to adding contrast to an
image overall, but this is
done by using the elements.
You can create contrast in
an image by using
complementary colors or
differences in light and dark.
6. PROPORTION
Proportion is using the size of an
object to give it more or less
importance. Finding an image
that uses this purposefully was
difficult. In this image, the size of
the sky was dramatically greater
than the ground, giving it
importance.
7. VARIETY
Variety is exactly what it sounds
like, having variety in your elements!
The image on the left has variety by
combining a sunset sky, the bridge,
and the middle ground of the trees.
The image on the right has variety in
each of the shells. By differing the
kinds of shells, I’ve created variety
that still maintains unity in that they
are all shells.
8. MOVEMENT
Movement is one of the simpler
principles to learn; I actually
used it a lot when discussing the
Elements of Art. The goal of
creating movement is to lead the
viewer’s eye all around the photo
and land on the focal point. The
image below does a great job of
that using line and tone.
What are the principles of
art?
Matching type
Match Column A to Column B. Write
only the letter of the correct answer.
A 1 Pattern
2 Balance
3 Unity
4 Contrast
5 Harmony
6 Emphasis
7 Photo
8 Graph
A. Taking parts of a piece of art and unifying
them into something better as a whole.
B. Arranging the elements in a piece of so that
there is an equality from one side to the other.
C. A principle of art may be shown using
complementary colors or emphasizing
differences using light and dark colors.
D. Is consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement
of parts
E. rhythm is simply repeating an element that will
cause the viewer’s eye to move around to each
element.
F. Principle of art in which part of the work stand
out, in order to draw the viewer’s eye there first.
G.Light
Bring your own digital
cameras or android
cellphones.
(Make sure that you have
your parent’s consent in
bringing your gadgets)
Bring the following:
Scissors, pentel pen, paste,
scotch tape or glue, colored