Photography Terms

4. photographs whose main purpose is to record a place,person or event.
6. the part of a scene or picture that is or seems to be toward the back
7. the distribution of visual elements in a photograph.
10. an image that portrays the natural environment
11. confronting a scene in a straight-forward manner, without using unusual angles or distortion
13. strong visual differences between light and dark, varying textures, sizes.
14. shapes based on natural objects such as trees, mountains, leaves,
17. simple rectilinear or curvilinear shapes found in geometry, such as circles,squares, triangles, etc.
20. actual physical surroundings or scenery whether real or artificial
21. an image which shows recognizable objects
22. reason(s) why the artist made a work of art.

1. concerned with communicating emotion
2. the place from which a photographer takes a photograph.
3. areas that appear clearest or sharpest in the photograph
5. what the photographer has placed within the boundaries of the photograph.
8. an image that emphasizes formal elements (line, shape, etc) rather than specific
9. the outline of an object or shape
12. is there a range of tones from dark to light
13. the subject, topic or information captured in a photograph.
15. the vantage point from which the photograph was taken; generally used when discussing a photograph taken from an unusual or exaggerated vantage point.
16. the arrangement or structure of the formal elements that make up an
18. a unifying or dominant idea in one work of art or in a collection of works.
19. the main object or person(s) in a photograph.