Principles+of+Design

**Principles of Design:** Balance **Artist Name:** Sunrise@dawn Photography **Photo Title:** Reflections of White Clouds on Canal **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address/URL:** [] Balance is the equality of shapes and colors in a picture. The most common example of balance could be something as simple as a picture that shows reflection. Reflection can be a good example of balance because it does create that sense of equality. Equality is one of the best examples for balance because it gives the feel that the entire picture is in check with itself. I chose this picture because to me the picture as a whole was balanced perfectly. Not one part of the photo dominates the other making it a good candidate for balance. This type of balance is symmetrical balance. The buildings are balanced by the reflection of the buildings and the sky is reflected perfectly on the canal below it.

**Principles of Design:** Contrast **Artist Name:** Vincent Besnault **Photo Title:** A Group of White Balloons with A Purple Balloon Date Taken: N/A **Web Address/URL:** [] Contrast in a picture for principles of design can be described as something in a photograph that offers change to the photograph. Within this photograph, the bland white balloons are contrasted by the bold single purple balloon. The purple balloon is a big contrast because it offers emphasis towards the purple balloon itself. When you look at the photograph, you first notice the single purple balloon, instead of the big group of multiple white balloons against a white background. This picture is a great representation of contrast because of the bold purple balloon.

**Principles of Design:** Emphasis **Artist Name:** Yamada Taro **Photo Title:** Lollypop Exploding, Close-Up **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address/URL:** [] Emphasis is the point of attraction in a piece of art that draws the viewer's attention to that point of emphasis on the photograph itself. When an object in a photograph has emphasis there is one part of the photo that stands out more than other parts because of it's unique shape, color, texture, or other element of art. In this particular photo shot by Yamada Taro, the emphasis is placed on the center of the lollipop that is exploding. In the center of the photo, there is lots of color and vividness. Your eye immediately ignores the background and stick of the lollipop and is drawn to the lollipop that is shattering into thousands of small pieces. I chose this photo to demonstrate emphasis because the exploding lollipop is emphasized.

**Principles of Design:** Movement **Artist Name:** Helen McArdle **Photo Title:** Dance Moves **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address/URL:** [] Movement in art shows actions that can be followed by the viewer's eyes in a specific path. This can relate to line in a way as an element of art because there is a path that the line follows. In this photo, the line that the viewer is supposed to follow that I see is left to right. When she starts in the position she is in, you can follow the dance moves in a smooth transition throughout the photo. I chose this picture to represent movement because it shows multiple shots of one fluent movement so you know what the action was when it was being shot.

**Principles of Design:** Pattern **Artist Name:** Photo Ephemera **Photo Title:** Paper Zigzag Tiles **Date Taken:** 2010 **Web Address/URL:** [] This photo shows pattern because the zigzags are a reoccurring picture that repeats itself over and over again throughout the entire picture. The photo shows consistency with colors, shapes and lines. The zigzags are all equal size and the colors remain consistent. The colors are blue, yellows and reds mostly although the shades of the colors change, the colors remain consistent. The pattern is clearly recognizable by the zigzag formations that overlap each other and repeat from the top to the bottom of the picture.

**Principles of Design:** Rhythm **Artist Name:** Icon Photography School **Photo Title:** Rhythm **Date Taken:** May 28, 2007 **Web Address/URL:** [] This photo represents rhythm because it is like a pattern, but unlike sustaining a same color, shape and lines as pattern, it has similar things that are farther back. The signs are farther back and move around the page in a way that moves your eye in the direction of the signs as well. This is rhythm because your eye is drawn to the curve that the signs follow and isn't the same like a pattern. Pattern and rhythm are similar but tricky because rhythm doesn't retain the same size, color and consistency that pattern does.

**Principles of Design:** Unity **Artist Name:** Bob O'Connor **Photo Title:** Row of Identical Suburban Houses **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address/URL**: [] This photo shows unity because the picture shows a sense of rhythm and although it's not all together and the same exact color, it is balanced and has a pattern. The trees contrast the houses and you are attracted to the houses rather than the road and sky which shows emphasis.

Principles of Design Personal Photographs **Principles of Design:** //Balance// **Principles of Design**: //Contrast// **Principles of Design:** //Emphasis// **Principles of Design:** //Movement// **Principles of Design:** //Pattern//


 * Principles of Design:** //Rhythm//


 * Principles of Design:** //Unity//