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Title: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: Dale Villeponteaux on September 06, 2015, 11:44:36 am

    I suppose we all respond to these forms intuitively, but I hope having them explicitly stated will allow me
to think about them directly. May even help me choose better compositions

Regards,
Dale.

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: jerrygrasso96 on September 07, 2015, 08:06:56 am

Kudos to Alasdair Gillespie for a wonderful refresher, all in one place discussion.

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: LesPalenik on September 07, 2015, 08:54:05 am

Very nice collection of inspirational images.

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 07, 2015, 09:58:37 am

It's sort of like a nice checklist of things to be aware of when looking for images. Nobody should try to get them all into one photo, but if it reminds you to ask yourself questions like "What are the lines doing in this scene?" or "Would a different viewpoint be more/less dynamic?" then it can be helpful.

It's like an abecedarian list of design elements instead of alphabet letters.

Cool!

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: John R on September 08, 2015, 10:39:20 pm

Fine examples showing the principles of visual design. Appreciate that you showed examples that are both simple and non-traditional to illustrate these principles. One can abstract anywhere and you have demonstrated this.

JR

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: Alasdair Gillespie on September 09, 2015, 09:42:17 am

Thank you, John R.!  All excellent photographs incorporate some or many of the Elements and Principles.

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: Alasdair Gillespie on September 09, 2015, 09:51:32 am

Jerrygrasso96 Thank you!  I'm glad to hear it was helpful!

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: Alasdair Gillespie on September 09, 2015, 09:55:49 am

Dale Villeponteaux: Thank you for your comments.  Yes, hopefully it will help with better compositions.  I know it guides me and the Elements and Principles do become intuitive.

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: Alasdair Gillespie on September 09, 2015, 09:59:38 am

LesPalenlk: Thank you for your comment.  Glad you enjoyed viewing them.  More of my images can be viewed at alasdairgillespie.zenfolio.com 

Title: Re: Elements and Principles of Design
Post by: Alasdair Gillespie on September 09, 2015, 10:23:35 am

Eric Myrvaagnes:Thank you for your comment...Yes a sort checklist and I agree you wouldn't be able to put all those in one photo.  Yes, it should inspire a photographer to ask those questions while shooting.  The Elements...L 3S C V T (line, shape, size, space, colour, value, texture) will help to make better photographs.