Elements and principles of design

What would happen if a photographer decided to abandon all elements and principles of design and simply shoot photos without any planning, thought, or incorporation of technical training? Explore the possible results of a photographer who completely ignored, or even did the exact opposite, of what the principles and elements of design suggest.

2. Examine the following photograph. Then analyze the image using at least two of the elements of visual art. Identify the two (or more) elements that you used to analyze and interpret the image and explain how you used these elements and how they are represented in the image.

3. Aiden’s photography instructor has asked the class to incorporate as many elements and principles of design as possible into one photograph while still maintaining the integrity of each element or principle. Aiden and his classmates are extremely motivated to include as many elements and principles as possible because their instructor has promised the winner an incredible prize. Explore and explain how Aiden could incorporate multiple elements and principles of design while creating one photograph. Describe what this photograph might look like and include.

4. In the unit, we learned that sometimes objects can represent things other than what they actually are, like a lightbulb representing an idea. Explore this concept further by identifying at least five objects that often represent things other than what they actually are. Describe what each object literally is and what it often represents, analyzing why you think this object is used to represent this ‘other’ thing.

5. How are the two competing theories (top-down processing and bottom-up processing) another version of the nature vs. nurture debate? Briefly explain each theory and explore how these competing theories exist as a version of nature vs. nurture. Do you believe that we perceive visual information based on what we have already learned or that visual perception is a pure and natural function of information being directly interpreted by our brains? Explain your viewpoint.