Principles of Art: Using BALANCE in Photography
This video demonstrates how BALANCE is used in photography. One of the seven PRINCIPLES OF ART. Demonstrates art vocabulary & concepts using student-created photography. Short, succinct, and school-appropriate. Principles of Art Playlist: https://bit.ly/3hrJ6t9 Made using Adobe Spark: https://spark.adobe.com TRANSCRIPT: Balance refers to the arrangement or distribution of elements in a work of art. Objects in photos have visual weight. Balance describes how this weight is distributed. When you split an image in half and the elements on either side of the central vertical line are equal in shape, size, value, color, etc., the work is considered symmetrical. Symmetrical balance doesn’t have to be a mirror image on both sides, it’s more about visual weight rather than exactness. Approximate symmetry means that objects taking up the same amount of space are being used to achieve a sense of visual balance. Sometimes objects of one value can balance out objects of a different value creating approximate symmetry. And if a photo is close to being balanced, but isn’t perfectly equally weighted, it can also be referred to as approximate. When the weight of the two sides is different, the balance is considered asymmetrical. Asymmetrical balance can be seen when a photographer uses the rule of thirds and places the focal area at one of the cross points of a 3x3 grid. Radial balance happens when the elements in the image radiate from a central point. Flowers are an excellent example of radial balance. So are other organic objects like this artichoke that’s been cut in half. Photographers can also use editing tools to change the balance in a photo from radial to asymmetrical. So whether you are using symmetrical, approximate, asymmetrical, or radial, balance is an important principle of art to consider for your compositions.
This video demonstrates how BALANCE is used in photography. One of the seven PRINCIPLES OF ART. Demonstrates art vocabulary & concepts using student-created photography. Short, succinct, and school-appropriate. Principles of Art Playlist: https://bit.ly/3hrJ6t9 Made using Adobe Spark: https://spark.adobe.com TRANSCRIPT: Balance refers to the arrangement or distribution of elements in a work of art. Objects in photos have visual weight. Balance describes how this weight is distributed. When you split an image in half and the elements on either side of the central vertical line are equal in shape, size, value, color, etc., the work is considered symmetrical. Symmetrical balance doesn’t have to be a mirror image on both sides, it’s more about visual weight rather than exactness. Approximate symmetry means that objects taking up the same amount of space are being used to achieve a sense of visual balance. Sometimes objects of one value can balance out objects of a different value creating approximate symmetry. And if a photo is close to being balanced, but isn’t perfectly equally weighted, it can also be referred to as approximate. When the weight of the two sides is different, the balance is considered asymmetrical. Asymmetrical balance can be seen when a photographer uses the rule of thirds and places the focal area at one of the cross points of a 3x3 grid. Radial balance happens when the elements in the image radiate from a central point. Flowers are an excellent example of radial balance. So are other organic objects like this artichoke that’s been cut in half. Photographers can also use editing tools to change the balance in a photo from radial to asymmetrical. So whether you are using symmetrical, approximate, asymmetrical, or radial, balance is an important principle of art to consider for your compositions.