Create Your Own Photo Book by Petra Vogt

Author:Petra Vogt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2012-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 6.30: Selective use of shallow depth of field makes it easier for the viewer to concentrate on the main subject

Gestalt theory developed from studies of the psychology of perception at the beginning of the 20th century. These studies examined why we perceive certain visual elements as forming a cohesive whole (or “gestalt”) while we perceive other elements as bearing no apparent relation to one another.

One of the main principles in gestalt theory is the concept of figure and ground. In prehistoric times, the ability to tell a mammoth from the forest behind it enabled our ancestors to hunt—an ability that was far from trivial. [Fig. 6.32]

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