Describing Photographs

Photograph Basic Directions

Background
Foreground
Middle Right
Left
Title: Bald Eagle Arrives Home
1. Summary: This is a landscape photo of an eagle and
mountains.2. In the Right FOREGROUND is the
eagle. 3. In the Background are snow covered
mountains. The sky is light blue. 4. In the Left
Foreground and EXTENDING toward the Middle is a
blue and peaceful lake.

Title: Field of Yellow Flowers
1. Summary: This is a landscape photo of a field of yellow
flowers. 2. The field extends from the foreground to the
background. 3. In the far background is the sky. It is light
blue and there are a few clouds.
Summary: This is a landscape photo of an ocean sunrise.
2. In the FOREGROUND, the waves are crashing against the
rocks. 3. In the BACKGROUND, we see the first light of the
sun. 4. The MIDDLE of the photograph is mostly calm
ocean. 5. In the right background there is a a high cliff
with clouds overhead.
Title: Sunrise at Rocky Beach
Distance Vocabulary: Just, Near, Far, Off to
Far background; near background
The middle; just left of middle, just off center
Near foreground, back foreground

Focus vocabulary: focus and blurry are opposites

Focused blurry
Sharp Out of focus
clear Not in focus