Photography: Capturing Design Elements

Photography is a form of design. And with the help of design elements you can capture one simple object into a very eye catching and exceptional one. These elements includes lines, texture, form, shape, space, size and color. you’ll find all these elements in your surroundings and when you’ll start observing them it will be very surprising for you when you start discovering shapes in clouds, different colors in a leaf, countless different textures in one trunk of a tree and several sizes in pebbles etc

The arrangement and selection of colors can destroy or make your picture. It’s very important to remember color theories and you can also compose your frame with the color classification like primary, secondary and composite colors etc. Like below in (photography I) I have captured the primary colors.

Lines are the most important element of the design and in the picture it creates movement and sometimes the feeling of sadness and happiness it depends on the line weight and direction. Lines in the picture also allows you to find the focal objective in it. In the (photograph) I have only captured the lines in the nature. And the second one is a staircase and these are diagonal lines. Without lines no other six design elements exists.

Shape is also a very essential element and with the help of silhouettes you can show the shape in your picture because of the contrast of the background with the black objects directs your eye and focuses on the shape.

Texture is also important design element and it can be captured with different angles and sometimes it creates the feeling of 3d in 2d photography, if captured correctly. I have captured this tree texture from a low angle and this flower with the high angle.

Form can only be captured when the contrast of light and shadows are there other wise it will be a shape. Lights and shadows can make a form.

These are few photographs in which I have tried to capture the element of designs.