Line and  Space

Line

• A mark made by a moving point.
  
• Has greater length than width.
  
• Directs the eye – horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curvy, zig-zag, etc.
  
• Can be actual obvious lines or the borders or edges of shapes.
  

Space

• The area used or unused in a composition.
  
• Positive space – the area the objects/subject takes up.
  
• Negative space – the area around, under, through and between.
  
• Gives the photo a 3-dimensional feeling. (Depth)  
  
• Foreground (closest), Middle ground, and Background (farthest).
  
• Can be open, crowded, near, far, etc.