Composition & Visual Design
5 terms
Vanishing Point
Composition & Visual Design
The point in an image at which receding parallel lines appear to meet.
Visual Path
Composition & Visual Design
The route the eye takes through a photograph, determined by the arrangement of weights, lines and contrasts.
Visual Rhythm
Composition & Visual Design
The pace at which repeated elements carry the eye across a frame, set by their spacing and variation.
Visual Tension
Composition & Visual Design
A sense of unresolved energy created by elements that pull against each other or against the frame.
Visual Weight
Composition & Visual Design
The degree to which an element in the frame attracts and holds attention, independent of its physical size.