What Is Composition?

    

         1.What is composition?
             

                 *Composition is the arrangement of visual elements within the frame of a photograph.  



         2. What is it important to understand & utilize composition in photography?
           

                  *The most important elements in photography are line, texture, shape, light, motion, and perspective. In virtually all photographs, several of these elements combine to achieve a specific effect.

          

         3. Describe aspects of a “snapshot”.             

                           * A snapshot is a casual record of some event, or person, or object.

                   - When you look at a snapshot, the main thing you're looking at is a memory.

             

        4.Describe aspects of a “photograph”.         

                 *A photograph is, or should be, an artistic interpretation of an event, or person, or object.

                      - It's purpose is to the viewer --- any viewer-- something about its subject.

      
       5. “Photography is the art of ____Discovery____________”