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An Intro to Line, Shape, and Form in Photography. by Jennifer Berube. There are many elements of composition that form the building blocks of photography: lines, shape, form, texture, pattern, and the rule of thirds, just to name a few.

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Classifying the types of photography is a really difficult exercise. First of all, it has been difficult discerning what is a genre and what is a technique. ... And it is tough deciding what is a genre and what is a sub-genre.

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(35 millimeter film) The standard photographic film format for analog single lens reflex (SLR) still cameras and motion picture cameras. Dating back to the first quarter of the 20th century, the 35mm format has mostly given way to digital still and video technologies.

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a type of camera with two objective lenses of the same focal length. One of the lenses is the photographic objective or "taking lens" (the lens that takes the picture), while the other is used for the viewfinder system, which is usually viewed from above at waist level.

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Large format cameras use sheet film sized 4x5" or larger with the most common film sizes being 4x5" and 8x10". ... Because in photography, the bigger the film size, the better the quality.

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Gelatin process, also called gelatin dry-plate process, photographic process in which gelatin is used as the dispersing vehicle for the light-sensitive silver salts. ... Gelatin is still the standard binding medium for the silver halide crystals used in ordinary photographic film.

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A relatively new development in the world of photography careers, but it is an exciting one, nevertheless. There are museums and art houses around the world that are opening up curator positions exclusively to those with a background in photography.

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a public display of works of art or other items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

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In visual arts and particularly cinematography, framing is the presentation of visual elements in an image, especially the placement of the subject in relation to other objects. Framing can make an image more aesthetically pleasing and keep the viewer's focus on the framed object(s).

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a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.

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the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

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Leading lines are one of the most useful elements in photography. They can be used to create powerful images with a strong visual impact.

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A shape is two-dimensional. Yes, a photograph itself is two-dimensional, but a shape in a photograph doesn't have any appearance of depth.

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Color (or colour) photography is photography that uses media capable of reproducing colors. By contrast, black-and-white (monochrome) photography records only a single channel of luminance (brightness) and uses media capable only of showing shades of gray.

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Texture Photography can sometimes be challenging, since composition, light and depth work differently than in, for example, landscape photography.

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In photography, exposure value is a number that represents a combination of a camera's shutter speed and f-number, such that all combinations that yield the same exposure have the same EV.

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Put simply, negative space is the area which surrounds the main subject in your photo.

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as an area or object within the artwork that draws attention and becomes a focal point.

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a compositional technique in photography that juxtaposes images within a frame so that the objects are of equal visual weight.

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a tool that photographers use to direct viewers' attention to their subject.

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There are photographers who use the pattern as the main subject of an image while others use it to enhance the overall composition and look of the photograph.

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art are both concerned with size. Scale refers to the size of an object in relationship to another object.

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a movement in which some elements recurs regularly. Like a dance it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music.

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elements have a logical relationship or progression - in some way they work together and complement each other.

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The phrase cool color is used to describe any colorthat is calm or soothing in nature. Cool colors are not overpowering and tend to recede in space.For this reason, cool colors typically make a space seem larger. Examples of cool colors include green, blue and violet (think calming blue waters).

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Warm colors are often said to be hues from red through yellow, browns and tans included; cool colors are often said to be the hues from blue green through blue violet, most grays included. ... Thus, brown is a dark, unsaturated warm color that few people think of as visually active or psychologically arousing.

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complementary color. A secondary color that, when combined with the primary color whose wavelength it does not contain, produces white light. Thus yellow, which is produced by mixing the primary colors red and green, is the complementary color of blue.

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Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials.

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Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

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The rule of thirds is an essential photography technique. It can be applied to any subject to improve the composition and balance of your images. The rule of thirds is one of the most useful composition techniques in photography.

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The golden ratio is a ratio which has continued to surprise artists, scientists, musicians and mathematicians for centuries.

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Leading lines refers to a composition technique whereby the viewer's eye is attracted to lines that lead directly to the principle subject in the image.

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An objective perspective is one that is not influenced by emotions, opinions, or personal feelings - it is a perspective based in fact, in things quantifiable and measurable. A subjective perspective is one open to greater interpretation based on personal feeling, emotion, aesthetics, etc.

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Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner rather than an oppositional one.

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plagiarism as 'the practice of taking someone else's work and passing them off as one's own.' This is a little vague and requires unpacking further. ... Direct theft of an image is not the only way in which a photographer is vulnerable to plagiarism as the quote above demonstrates.

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A trademark is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. Trademarks are protected by intellectual property rights. ... The term of trademark registration can vary, but is usually ten years.

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Ethics is about the moral principles that people work with. Societies, countries, groups all have ways of deciding what is right and wrong. 'Correctness' or acceptable conduct is one of the outcomes of ethics.

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Word Origin. noun Biology. a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis, characteristic of sessile and bottom-dwelling animals, as the sea anemone and starfish.

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a controlled technique of lighting, used in photographyor the theater, in which a light is placed behind or at right angles to an object, person, or scene to produce such effects as depth or separation of subject and background.

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Diffusing light means to soften it by reducing glare and harsh shadows. ... Diffused light can bring out the best in your photography subjects by minimizing blemishes and wrinkles. It can also be used to create a very soft, cinematic look.

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Ambient Light traditionally refers to any form of lightthat the photographer did not add to their image, and can include both "natural" ambient sunlight, or "artificial" ambient light such as a nearby street light, lamp, or similar.

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Chiaroscuro is an Italian artistic term used to describe the dramatic effect of contrasting areas of light and dark in an artwork, particularly paintings. It comes from the combination of the Italian words for "light" and "dark."

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a wonderful way to convey drama, mystery, emotion and mood in a picture. A silhouette is defined as a view of an object or a scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black.

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Image file formats are standardized means of organizing and storing digital images. Image files are composed of digital data in one of these formats that can be rasterized for use on a computer display or printer. An image file format may store data in uncompressed, compressed, or vector formats.

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Raw files allow for much more editing than JPEG files. Your camera probably captures 12 to 14 bits of data per pixel, but a JPEG file can only hold eight bits of data per pixel. This means that, when you shoot in JPEG mode, one of the first things your camera does is throw out a bunch of data that it captured.

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A .PSD file is a layered image file used in Adobe PhotoShop. PSD, which stands for Photoshop Document, is the default format that Photoshop uses for saving data. PSD is a proprietary file that allows the user to work with the images' individual layers even after the file has been saved.

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JPEG is a popular image file format. It is commonly used by digital cameras to store photos since it supports 2²⁴or 16,777,216 colors. ... Still, the compression algorithm is lossy, meaning some image quality is lost during the compression process.
"Joint Photographic Experts Group."

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Tagged Image File Format, abbreviated TIFF or TIF, is a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and photographers. ... The format was created by Aldus Corporation for use in desktop publishing.

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A diptych, was originally a pair of paintings hinged together. In photography the diptych has become a popular format. Pairs of closely associated portraits, images or themed pictures are often used to off-set one another.

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A triptych, when applied to photography, is a group of three pictures. The image shown above is a triptych of pictures in one image. The origin of the term applied to three paintings on hinged wooden panels. They could fold into each other making a flat carrying pack.

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a pixel, pel, dots, or picture element is a physical point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in an all points addressable display device; so it is the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on the screen.

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the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the Sun is higher in the sky. The opposite period during twilight is blue hour, just before sunrise or after sunset, when indirect sunlight is evenly diffused

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The blue hour, is the period of twilight in the morning or evening, during the civil and nautical stages, when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade.