Design+Principles

Design Principles In Photography

Purpose: In order to understand what a “good” picture is, you have to look to see what elements have been used successfully within the photograph. The assignment is designed for you to start looking at various pictures more closely and to find the elements of good design within them.

Assignment: You will create a new page on your wiki called "Design Principles" that contains seven examples and explanations of the ten design principles listed below.

1.title and your name(s). 2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. 3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work. 4. the answers to the following questions: a. How the picture makes you feel b. The composition-how is the picture balanced c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from d. Use of texture e. The focus of the photo f. The background g. What is the photo about?

Repeat for 7 Design Principles.

Try to find photos that you like and inspire you – you could use your own previously taken photos.

=**__ Design Principle __**=

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=Depth=

2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. - This picture is depth because there are many lined chessmen in the picture.

3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work. -

a. How the picture makes you feel - this picture makes me feel profundity. b. The composition-how is the picture balanced - this picture is look good and right balanced because those chessman(?) are stand in a line. c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from - this is interior illumination, and the lighting coming from left side. d. Use of texture - It looks smooth surface. e. The focus of the photo -the first chessman f. The background - The out of the focus chassman g. What is the photo about? - depth, lined chessmen

=Direction=

2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. - This picture show a way (=river) that has a direction 3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work.

a. How the picture makes you feel - this picture makes me feel like curiosity about rest of the river. b. The composition-how is the picture balanced - The river is a kind of straight line so it makes this picture balanced. c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from - The lighting is a sunlight and it coming from sky. d. Use of texture - it is a little bit rough because of trees. e. The focus of the photo - almost middle f. The background - trees and mountains g. What is the photo about? - This photo is about an amazon river.

=Dynamic “S” Arrangement=

2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. - There is a winding path in this photo and it makes this photo dynamic "s" arrangement.

3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work.

a. How the picture makes you feel - This picture makes me feel fun and being marvelous. b. The composition-how is the picture balanced - this picture is light brown color so it makes balanced c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from - The lighting is a sunlight and it is coming from the sky. d. Use of texture - It look really rough e. The focus of the photo - I think bottom is the focus of the photo f. The background - There is no background. g. What is the photo about? - This photo about moor i think

=Triangles=

2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. - There are three people in this photo and they make a triangle. 3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work.

a. How the picture makes you feel - This picture makes me feel good. this family looks really happy. b. The composition-how is the picture balanced - This picture is balance because we can see the direction between grasses and sky. it make this picture balanced. c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from - The lighting is a sunlight and it is coming from sky. d. Use of texture - this picture look smooth. e. The focus of the photo - The focus of this picture is the family. f. The background - The background is the sky and the grasses g. What is the photo about? - This photo is about family photograph and they are jumping in this picture.

=Planes and Depth Levels=

2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. - There is a gondola in the front and mountains are located right behind the gondola. 3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work.

a. How the picture makes you feel - It makes me look far away and a gondola. b. The composition-how is the picture balanced - The gondola cable ( line?) makes this picture balanced. The mountains and sky are also make this picture balanced. c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from - The lighting is a sunlight and this lighting is coming from sky (opposite side of this picture) d. Use of texture - This picture looks smooth and little bit rough. e. The focus of the photo - I think the focus is the gondola and the mountains that located bottom in this picture. f. The background - The background is the sky and mountains. g. What is the photo about? - This photo is about going down gondola with great background.

=Element Relationship=

2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. - In this picture, one person and another person stick together, so it make a kind of one element.

3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work.

a. How the picture makes you feel - this picture makes me feel strange e composition-how is the picture balanced - this picture balanced because those persons stretch itself and it makes this picture cut a half (=balanced) c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from - I think, the lighting is a interior illumination and I don't get where is coming from. I think someone edited it. d. Use of texture - It looks gloss and strong. e. The focus of the photo - The focus of the photo is right in the middle. f. The background - there is just black and brown color. I think there is no background. g. What is the photo about? - this photo is about physical artists.

=Framing=

2. heading of the first design principle and an explanation of what it does and why it works. - This picture shows lake, trees and mountian through a window shutter.

3. a photo that clearly demonstrates the design principle at work.

a. How the picture makes you feel - when i see this picture, it feels like i am watching another world. b. The composition-how is the picture balanced - If i divide it a half, it shows same shape(?) so it balanced c. The lighting- what kind and where it is coming from -the lighting is coming from the window and it is a solar light(?). d. Use of texture - * e. The focus of the photo - no focus f. The background - the background are lake and trees. g. What is the photo about? - This photo is about the place that I see through the window shatter.