Shapes Element of Art Lesson - McElfish Photography

Shapes Used in Photography

There are psychological and emotional impact shapes can make in human mind when used in the right way.

Circles

Circles exist all around us in nature. Because the Ancients association with the sun, moon, and Earth, there’s a cosmic and celestial link

Circles have no beginning or end, they’re also connected to the idea of cycles, eternity, and timelessness.

They feel complete and unified. Think of the

Characters which have circles in them are processed by brain as chubby, soft, cute and nonthreatening

Squares and rectangles

- Stable/Order
- Boring
- Security
- Communicating power, intelligence, stability

The shape conveys reliability and longevity, while also feeling traditional, trustworthy, and authoritative.

Triangles:

Represents a pointy or sharp object so our brain process it as a threat.

Triangles have dual meanings:

When they’re upright, they feel stable, solid, and balanced
Once inverted they feel top-heavy, wild, unbalanced, risky, scary and questioning

When a kid draws a scary drawing he always used pointy triangles with horns and teeth

If you notice nobody tells him to do that. That is his brain which tells him triangles are scary.

Villains have triangular shapes which suggests fear, aggression, evil

Spirals

Tattoo Shapes:

Cars