Elements of Art -- VALUE in Photography

Описание: This video demonstrates how VALUE is used in photography. One of the seven ELEMENTS OF ART. Demonstrates art vocabulary & concepts using student-created photography. Short, succinct, and school-appropriate. Elements of Art Playlist: https://bit.ly/3jPG839

TRANSCRIPT:
Value refers to light and dark. We see and interpret objects as three-dimensional because of the contrasts between areas of light and dark.

Photography translates to “Drawing with Light,” and photographers use light in many ways.

Value is commonly referred to in terms of black, white, and gray tones. However, value is related to light. So, those same terms can be used when discussing color. For example, pink, maroon, crimson are all values of red.

If we take out all colors of a photo, turning the image into black and white, we can still see and recognize the object that’s being depicted.

We can define the different values in the image and compare it to a grayscale. Artists use these scales, going from black to white, to help them find or establish specific values in their artwork. Breaking down the variety of values in an image can give you a sense of its value changes. All colors have a similar scale, ranging from dark to light.

Photographers can use value to create a focal point, or an area of importance in an artwork, by emphasizing either light or darker values.

Light values, also called tints, are made by adding white to a hue, and dark values, called shades, have more black added.

Value contrast is the difference between these light and dark values. The farther apart the values are on the scale, the more value contrast. Values next to each other have the least value contrast.

High key artworks contain very little value contrast, they might have little to no dark shadows, and they might use mostly light values. While low key artworks can have very striking contrasts, usually with lots of dark tones and lots and lots of shadows. Using high or low key values helps create different moods within your work.

Textures can affect how we preserve value. Changes in values help us feel different textures by showing us how light reacts when it hits the subject matter, creating both highlights and shadows in an image.

Images that show deep space, such as landscapes and cityscapes, show a type of value change called atmospheric perspective, in which objects get lighter in value and hazier as they move farther away from the viewer.

So use the element of value to create emphasis, to add some variety, or to convey a mood in your photography.