Project 29; Applying elements of design.

Pattern;

Rhythms;

Implied triangles;

Shapes;

Regular.

Irregular.

Curves;

Diagonals;

Also in this second example there is a prominent vertical line from the shadow on the left of the frame.

A combination of horizontal and vertical lines;

Several points in a deliberate shape;

The openings in the shutters form a straight line, the shutters themselves form a rectangle.

The three things form a triangle.

two points.

A single point dominating the composition. I am not sure whether these two examples meet the standard however, I think that the diagonal lines are stronger than either of the points.

project 28; Rhythms and pattern.

Rhythms;

I love this aspect of design. I can totally understand and identify with the idea of an optical beat. It seems to me that this is used a lot in street photography.

In this example above I find that my eye follows the arches from left to right. I think that the lamp post at the end acts something like a full stop at the end of a sentence.

Here is a photo I took in Paris. My eye was attracted to the pointy structures on the right of the frame. When I saw the arrow and the line on the ground it drew me to this shot. Taken on a small sony cybershot, it proves I think that the best camera is the one you have with you. I think this photograph has a very real optical beat to it. Perhaps an irregular one, the first phase of the beat is set up by the arrow which sends the eye into the picture where it meets the building at the end and follows the pointy building out of the frame pausing to look at the person along the way. There is I think real movement in both of these photos.

Patterns.

Here there is definitely not the same sense of movement.

Project 27; Real and Implied circles

Real and implied circles.

Well, circles are noticeable by their absence, its not until you begin to look around for them that you realise that there are few real circles about. Here are some of the examples of circles that I found.

Implied circles;

So far I have come across few if any circles. This is the closest example that I have found.

I do think it is interesting that the course notes mention that a circle imposes structure on an image, more than say a rectangle or a triangle. I wonder if that is why with the last two photos I find the pictures hard to resolve? When I originally took them I was thinking of the circle framing the main subject. However when I look at them now I find that the circle has itself almost become the subject and my eye finds it hard to travel past the circle. Perhaps if I had constructed the image with the circle not being so prominent it would be easier.

Project 25; Rectangles

Rectangles.

The thing that struck me with this project as I began to look around is the frequency with which I came across rectangles. They are one of the most common shapes you come across in everyday life.

Here we have a curve and in the background you can see the outline of a rectangle.

Nicely coloured rectangles here. I straightened the perspective in photoshop to lessen the effect of convergence.

I can see two rectangles here, one is obvious but I see a second large white rectangle on the right hand side.

a doorway. The camera was tilted to get the convergence to look right.

project 24; Shapes

Sqares, although I think that the background distracts from the emphasis of the subjects shape.

Not so here.

Or here.

Or here.

Project 23; Implied Lines

the sketch of the two photos from this project of the course. I hope the scan is good enough.

This is like a join the dots puzzles. A series of points suggests a line leading to the subject.

Whats that??

Up the stairs!

This is interesting, I took it a few months ago with a small point and click camera. The arrow on the ground was what attracted me at the time and I was waiting to get the area empty of people but I like the person in the shot now. I think also that there is a nice rhythm in the building on the right behind the person.

Taken with my iphone while skiing. Again join the dots.

project 22; Curves

Curves;

Here following are some examples of curves I have come across.

This was taken with an iphone so the resolution is not too great. There are two curves here, one in the background is a large cornice. I would love to get up close to it and shoot it. It reminds me of a sand feature, of course it is created by the wind too. The second curve leads my eye from the standing figure from left to right, I wonder here actually if it moves away from the background and makes it harder to see it?

These lines are created by the machine which prepares the pistes. This is more of a diagonal than a curve but they are not quite straight. They have a great sense of movement to them though. I keep imagining sliding down them!

Again a curved diagonal. I like the light in this one.

Again a sense of movement here from the curves in the clouds.

My eye keeps following the bright white curve into the picture and the red one back out here so definitly a sense of movement.

not sure about this one, a manufactured curve. I used a fish eye lens.

again i think a sense of moving into the picture and following the curves.

my eye follows the outline of the wheel here. Also notice the triangle formation of the people.