Flashcards: VOCABULARY of PHOTO

“light writing”; the creation of images through the exposure of light

the way the elements and principles of art are visually arranged

to distort; to take a small part of a larger image to create a new

a compositional format that divides a composition into 3 equal

an intense light quality that creates bright highlights and dark

a subtle light quality that creates soft edges and a wide transitional

light that has been “spread out”, for example through frosted glass

one of the basic elements of art, literal or implied.

one of the basic elements of art, geometric (circle, square, triangle, etc.) or

an element of art concerned with the degree of lightness or darkness of a

an element of art that indicates areas between, around, above, below or

principle of art that refers to differences between elements such as

one of the principles of art, refers to a center of interest in a

a principle of art that refers to ways of combining elements to produce

a principle of design concerned with the inclusion of differences in the

a principle of art that refers to the arrangement of visual elements to

compositional balance that is the same on both sides if split down the