English 130/140 Visual Response
Date: _______________
Name: ________________________________________
©2019 Photographer: Kristian Binder
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English 130/140 Visual Response
1. What is the setting for this photograph?
Include your observations and deductions regarding information on:
 Location/place
 Weather/temperature/climate conditions
 Season/time of year/time of day/era
2. What event/activity is the photographer trying to capture? Explain the visual
evidence in the photograph leads you to think so.
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Describe what is happening in the photo, using what you observe or deduce
looking at how the photographer uses space.
Include your observations and deductions regarding information on:
 Foreground
 Background
 Middle ground
 Periphery/margins
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Negative space
Close-up/distant
What perspective is the photographer taking the picture from?
Include your observations and deductions regarding information on:
 Angle
 Position
 Distance
 Lens or filter treatments to the picture
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How does the photographer use lighting in this photograph? What mood does the
lighting and colour(s) create for this photograph?
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6.
What words would use to describe the theme of the picture?
7. You may have heard the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”:
What story (narrative) is the photographer trying to tell with this picture?
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