Basic Elements of Photography

Single Point of Interest O Every image has a center of interest where a persons eye

would grab the detail, without a dominant center point of interest or with many dominant areas could puzzle the viewer as this confuses them as they wouldn’t know what the main aspect of them image is. When an image has one only dominant point of interest the viewer could easily understand the picture.

• In this image we can clearly see how the ‘sea shell’ is the main single point of interest as the viewer would easily be able to tell how the image is associated with the sea, we could tell this as the sand is surrounding the object. This can also represent ‘loneliness’ as it’s the only object within the image and the background isn't very busy.

LightingO Lighting has many emotions and many meaning attached to an

image, there are two main types of lighting. Bright lighting which represents happy and more positive nature also making the image overall look more appealing and lively in colour. Dark lighting represents more of a negative attitude towards an image as this is associated with evilness, sadness and even past related

• In this image we can see how dark lighting is being represented in a ‘club/disco’, the lighting creates a mysterious mood around the people in the image and viewers as it represents a dark underground life which is different from the world. Some bright lighting which is used helps to view the people within the image as they are the main focus in the image.

Rule of ThirdsO The rule of thirds is used to create well balanced and interesting shots, firstly you have to

break an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts:

• The grid has four important parts where the images main interesting points should be used within the frame, as this helps the viewer to interact with the image more naturally as the human eye goes directly towards the intersection points and not the centre of detail.