Formal elements and Compositions in Photography

This resource contains 2 PowerPoints that include:

• a presentation designed to cover at least 3 lessons, with clearly detailed instructions for delivery.
• information on the formal elements of art and design, and several key compositional techniques often used in photography.
• a retrieval practice starter activity for each lesson, designed to develop students recall.
• a printable help-sheet slide for students during practical lesson.
• a personal learning checklist for the topic.
• a student template PowerPoint, which students can complete with a clear structure linked to the teacher resource.

The aim of this resource is to introduce or reinforce learning on the formal elements of art and design, and also introduce key compositional techniques in context of the photographic medium. These lessons should build their understanding of these concepts and provide opportunity for students to experiment them.

This resource is designed to be used for at least 3 lessons, however could be adapted over more. It has been created and used by myself for KS3 lessons, but could equally be presented to KS4 students.

Notes on use of interactive slides:
When presenting these slides, some elements will be animated and require to click through.

This resource has been developed on Google Slides and may have some small formatting issues when opened in PowerPoint; text box size/placement, etc.