COMPOSITION FOCUS GRADIENT TONE CONTRAST APERTURE BLURRED DEPTH OF FIELD EXPOSED OVER EXPOSED |
Composition is the placement/arrangement of visual elements in an image.
Focus can be either be a word to describe the central part or point of an image (the main focus/focal point) or to describe the blurriness/non-blurriness of an image. Gradient is a word used to describe the smooth transition between two tones, this effect can also be described as 'colour merging'. Tone is a word used to describe the quality of a colour, it has to do with whether or not a colour is warm or cold, bright or dull and/or light or dark. When something's difference causes a striking juxtaposition e.g black and white are contrasting colours A hole or opening which controls the amount of light admitted into the pinhole camera. A texture used to describe a particularly hazed out, in-focused image. The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects giving a focused image. An image can be 'exposed' to light. When an image is exposed to too much light. |
BLOOM'S TAXONOMY FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
When looking at a photograph, students might be asked to:
Describe it.
What do you see in this photograph?
What words would you use to describe this photograph?
How would you describe this photograph to a person who could not see it?
Is this a naturalistic or abstract image?
What things do you recognize in this photograph? What things seem new to you?
Understand it.
What equipment, techniques and processes have been used to make the image? How does this affect the way we view it? What does this photograph remind you of?
How would you describe the lines in this picture? The shapes? The colors/tones? The textures and patterns?
How has the photographer captured the play of light in this image?
How is this picture different from real life? What interests you most about this work of art?
Analyze it.
How is space represented in this photograph?
Which part of the photograph strikes you as most interesting? Why?
What questions would you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here?
What can you discover about this image and the work of this artist through research? How does this new knowledge affect your understanding of the work?
Interpret it.
What title would you give to this photograph? What made you decide on that title? What other titles could we give it? What do you think is going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea?
What do you think this photograph is about? How did you come up that idea?
Pretend you are inside this photograph. What does it feel like?
Why do you suppose the artist made this photograph? What makes you think that? What do you think it would be like to live in this photograph? What makes you think that?
Evaluate and create it.
What do you think is effective about this photograph? What doesn’t work so well?
What do you think other people would say about this work? Why do you think that?
What do you think is worth remembering about this photograph?
Create a photographic response to this image. What did you choose to create and why? How does it compare to the original stimulus? What have you learned from exploring this work of art?