Visual Elements
Aperture
Visual Elements
Depth of Field
Ansel Adams
100
This element is 3 dimensional with length, height, and width
What is Form
100

The aperture is likened to this of the eye.

What is pupil/iris?

100

This element is the lightness or darkness of a color.

What is Value

100

The size of this has an effect on depth of field.

What is the Aperture?

100

Ansel Adams was best known for taking photos of this.

What are landscapes/national parks(nature)?
200
This element is the path created by a point moving in space. (A dot that went for a walk)
What is line
200

The measurement of the aperture. 

What are F stops/number?

200

This element refers to 3D objects

What is Form?

200

A shallow depth of field looks like this?

What is small amount of the scene in focus?

200

The term coined by Ansel Adams to see in your "minds eye" the photo before you click the shutter.

What is visualization?

300
This element is the light reflected off an object. Sometimes we use the word HUE to describe it.
What is color
300

A F29 aperture creates this size hole.

What is small/narrow?

300

This element is two dimensional and is made when a line meets itself and closes.

What is Shape

300

To achieve a deep depth of field I make my aperture this size.

What is small/narrow (high F number)?

300

The name of the group Ansel and other photographers started in reaction to pictorialism.

What is F64?

400
This element has to do with the surface quality of an object.
What is texture
400

The aperture getting bigger or smaller mainly effects this (also effected by the other two pillars: shutter speed and ISO).

What is Exposure?

400

This type of shape is man made and has rules.

What is Geometric

400

This depth of field is good for portraits (isolating the subject form the background).

What is a shallow depth of field?

400

Ansel Adams photography was noted as having these 3 qualities.

What is clarity/depth, texture, and high contrast. 

500

The area surrounding an object,  2 types positive & negative (shows the illusion of depth).

What is space

500

Aperture size has a major effect on this visual quality of the image. 

What is Depth of Field?

500

This type of shape is found in nature and can appear wavy or irregular.

What is Organic

500

To achieve a extremely shallow depth of field (bokeh), I do the following three things.

What is large aperture(low F number), Get close, and zoom in?

500

Adams advocated to protect our national parks which made him this. 

What is a conservationist?

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