9/06/13 Photography Terms & Definitions

• Line: A regular pattern that joins together a number of elements of the image

• Shape: Two-dimensional element of an image usually used by the viewer to identify objects within the image

 

• Color: Consists of hue, saturation, brightness, and intensity

 

• Value: Level of brightness of pixel or color as defined in Hue Saturation Value color space.

 

• Texture: Emphasizes features and details of an object in an image

 

• Volume/Form:When objects appear as either occupied space

• Balance/White balance: Camera function that compensates for the various colors of light different light sources emit; balancing composition of an image with visual equality in shape, form, etc

• Harmony: brings together a composition with similar units.

 

• Contrast: A measure of the rate of an image's change of brightness; the different brightnesses of various objects in the image

• Movement & Rhythm: Path of the viewer's eye through the image, usually along a focal area; recurring elements in movement