Signs

SIGN (symbolic)
It is a sign that you learn; it represents something. Like everyone in America, who is of age, know that this means no animals/pets. Someone of another country may not understand.

Gestalt's principle of continuation

Gestalt's principle of continuation
The principle of continuation only works due to the fact that our brains try to organize information and make it make sense. This image displays this principle because the B is not fully formed, similar to the figure-ground relationship.

Apparent Movement

APPARENT MOVEMENT
 The look of an object moving is the idea of apparent movement. The ball in the air and the raised hands of my brother are acts that give off the illusion of movement in this photo.

Perspective (one-point)

ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
 The perspective that is head on or directly in front of the figure or figures. When I took this picture, I stood directly in front of the Marilyn Monroe statue in Chicago giving me the one-point perspective.

Chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro

As known as the "graveyard" lighting, Chiaroscuro, is a lighting that strong lighting in only on particular area causing strong shadows that leaves the viewer with a strong, emotional complex of the image.

Warm Colors

Warm Colors
 Warm colors and the red, orange, and yellows that are involved in an image. This image has the red, orange, and yellows used in photos that can add excitement.

Cool Colors

Cool Colors
The blues, greens, and purples involved in an image. This picture that I took was a simple example of the cool colors of green and blue.

Asymmetrical Balance

Asymmetrical Balance
Balance that is deliberately imbalanced which can effect the image by adding visual excitement or energy. In this image, if you split it in half with a vertical line, there would be more chess piece on the right than on the left, causing asymmetrical balance.

Figure-Ground Relationship

Figure-Ground Relationship
This is the relationship between the background, everything else besides the figure, and the actual figure, the positive space. In this photo, the tree's branches design a face and the background draws attention to it.