The subject, topic or information captured in a photograph

Confronting a scene in a straight forward manner, without using unusual angles or distortion

Photographs whose main purpose is to record a place, person(s), or event

Concerned which communicating emotion

Simple rectilinear or curvilinear shapes found in geometry, such as circles, squares, triangles, ect.

Reason(s) why the artist made a work of art

An image that portrays the natural environment

A point of view free from personal bias, which attempts to consider all available information with equal regard and fairness

Shapes based on natural objects such as trees, mountains, leaves, ect.

An image which shows recognizable objects

The main object or person(s) in a photograph

A unifying or dominant idea in one work of art or in a collection of works

What areas appear clearest or sharpest in the photograph? What areas are not in focus?

What areas of the photograph are most highlighted? Are there any shadows? Does the photograph allow you to guess the time of day? Is the light natural or artificial? Harsh or soft? Reflected or direct?

Are there objects in the photograph that act as lines? Are they strait, curvy, thin, thick? Do the lines create direction in the photograph? Do they outline? Do the lines show movement or energy?

Are there any objects, shapes or lines which repeat and create a pattern?

Do you see geometric or organic shapes? What are they?

Is there depth to the photograph or does it seem shallow? What creates this appearance? Are there important negative spaces in addition to positive spaces? Is there depth created by spatial illusions?

If you could touch the surface of the photograph how would it feel? How do the objects in the picture look like they would feel?

Is there a range of dark to light? Where is the darkest value? Where is the lightest?

The vantage point from which the photograph was taken; generally used when discussing a photograph taken from an unusual or exaggerated vantage point

The part of a scene or picture that is or seems to be toward the back

The distribution of visual elements in a photograph. Symmetrical balance distributes visual elements evenly in an image. Asymmetrical balance is found when visual elements are not evenly distributed in an image

The object(s) which appears most prominently and or most clearly focused in a photograph

The arrangement or structure of the formal elements that make up an image

The outline of an object or shape

Strong visual differences between light and dark, varying textures, sizes, ect.

What the photographer has placed within the boundaries of the photograph

Actual physical surroundings or scenery weather real or artificial

The place from which a photographer takes a photograph