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Course 224 · Lesson 07

The Vocabulary of Photography: Line, Texture, and Shape

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Positive and Negative Space — The Border Between Object and World

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Every object in a photograph has borders. The space the shape occupies within the frame is positive space. The space surrounding it is negative space. Understanding negative space is one of the clearest distinctions between the skilled photographer and the unskilled one. This lesson examines how negative space enhances or weakens a photograph, how the borders of objects interact with…

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