Foundations of Photographic Art: the main building blocks that permit an ordinary picture to become artistic. Mastery of each foundation will help to create photography which is aesthetically beautiful.
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Lines—leading lines and using triangles, squares, circles which are made up of lines
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Texture—It is that quality that makes something visual seem like it could be experienced through senses other than sight: touch, or taste, or sound, or smell
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Rhythm—the repetition or alternating of elements, often with defined intervals that creates a sense of movement, and can establish a flow or harmony
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Color—hue (tint) and saturation (amount) and luminosity (brightness)
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Tone—the contrast between light and dark, the luminosity of the subject...the “pop” of an image, this can also be used to create a “mood” in an image
