Exploring the Elements 1 – Line – straight lines stretching from one side to the otherf 32.01/60ISO 6400 2 – Line – diagonal linesf 5.01/60ISO 6400 3 – Line – curved lines or S-curves that meander through the imagef 5.01/60ISO 6400 4 – Texture – flattened texturef 9.01/60ISO 6400 5 – Texture – emphasized texturef 6.31/60ISO 6400 6a – Texture – shinyf 8.01/60ISO 6400 6b – Texture – roughf 5.01/60ISO 6400 7a – Texture – naturalf 3.51/60ISO 100 7b – Texture – industrialf 25.01/60ISO 800 8 – Tonal Contract – small amount of light tones amongst a lot of dark tonesf 5.61/60ISO 6400 9 – Tonal Contrast – mainly light tones with a few dark tonesf 7.11/60ISO 6400 10 – Negative Space – emphasize negative spacef 16.01/60ISO 100 11 – Negative Space – reduce negative spacef 4.01/50ISO 100 12 – Shape and Form – Shape: 2-dimentionalf 16.01/60ISO 100 13 – Shape and Form – Shape: 3-dimensional objectf 3.51/60ISO 800 14 – Pattern – create an abstract image using patterns or repeating shapesf 5.01/60ISO 6400 15 – Framing – rule of thirdsf 5.61/200ISO 100 16 – Framing – centeredf 5.61/200ISO 100 19 – Framing – subject in corner of framef 4.51/125ISO 100 22a – Framing – Photograph something in its entirety…f 5.01/60ISO 6400 22b – Framing – …then move a little closerf 5.61/60ISO 6400 23 – Balance – Symmetrical: mirroredf 5.61/200ISO 100 24 – Balance – Asymmetrical: equal visual weight but different formsf 5.61/200ISO 100 25 – Balance – Radial: elements point outward from a central pointf 13.01/60ISO 800 26 – Scale – Make a small object appear largef 20.01/125ISO 100 27 – Scale – make a large object appear smallf 3.51/60ISO 100 29 – Background – background contrasts the subjectf 5.61/125ISO 200