Thus, the Plutchik wheel allows to represent in 48 emotions, a particularly comprehensive palette of what everyone can feel at one time or another of his life. Plutchik’s wheel with primary emotions combined 2 by 2 but separated by 1 emotion to form secondary dyads. © Amaury Descoursįinally, there are the emotions that combine 2 adjacent primary emotions but separated by 2 emotions: these are the tertiary dyads. Then, there are the emotions that combine two adjacent primary emotions but separated from one emotion: these are the secondary dyads. Plutchik’s wheel with primary emotions combined 2 by 2 to form primary dyads. First, there are the emotions that are the combinations of 2 adjacent emotions: these are the primary dyads. Other emotions can be added to the wheel of primary emotions. These primary emotions are also opposite 2 by 2 and arranged on complementary colors: Primary emotions are the primordial emotions to life: they are the ones that have allowed the survival and reproduction of animals and humans, and have followed them throughout their evolution.įor example, terror makes us flee, rage makes us stronger to fight an adversary, joy makes us renew the act that gives birth to it, aversion makes us not eating what is repulsive, acceptance makes us feeling surrounded by our loved ones, etc. Plutchik’s wheel of emotions represented here only with the 8 primary emotions and their 3 levels of intensity. Primary emotions have different intensities: the more intense are in the center, the less intense at the periphery of the wheel. This wheel is composed of 8 primary emotions. He gave birth to a remarkable theory of emotions represented on a wheel, like the color wheel well known in painting. The Plutchik’s Wheel: The Catalog Of Our EmotionsĪmerican psychologist Robert Plutchik has spent his life analyzing, understanding and modeling emotions in humans. Like all forms of artistic expression, your ultimate goal should be to capture and share your richest and most powerful emotions.ĭo not think that emotion expression is reserved solely for artistic photographers.Įven when your “audience” is just your family and friends circle, being able to express your emotions in image from intimate events, produces tremendous effects on the beauty of your photos.īut what is the nature of the emotions and what are they used for? Is it really possible to define them simply? Can we express all the emotions in photography? Is it not contradictory to want to master photographic techniques and the expression of emotions? The creative photographer is not interested in remembering the reality, but what emotions he felt when shooting.

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