curves

Photograph one is a row of curves on a ceiling the movement is shown by drawing the eye along them.

Photography two a bridge over the Swale here you have not only the curve of the bridge to show movement but also the columns that support the bridge are curved.

Photograph three is of steps these curve from the bottom left of the picture to the top right leading the view to follow them.

Photograph four this one is slightly different in that its the branches of the tree that have the curves to them, I looked at this and found myself wondering why the branches had grown in such a way.

What have I learnt from curves? I have learnt that they show movement in a picture and that I enjoyed looking out for curves.

Now I am going to do some tv viewing of a programme called how to take stunning photographs, the one I am watching today is about portraits and although I don't need the information at the moment I thought that it would be worth watching and also writing down some notes for future reference.

Diagonals

Diagonals, well this one was challenging to begin with, I wanted to do a still life and this idea came to mind of the pencils in a diagonal shape I didn't know quite how difficult this would be to achieve what I wanted and it took many attempts to get close.

Above is one of my attemps in colour but I prefer the black and white one and would be happy to have some think like this on a wall in a modern house.

This one is a country church I noticed not only the diagonal lines leading to the front but also the horizonal shadows across from the pews, also I noticed how the eye is drawn to the front by the lines.

This one was a chance sighting I liked the way the eye was drawn down the passage way making you wonder what is at the end of it.

Herne Bay Sea Front and this time the diagonal lines are leading the viewer out of the picture and into the distance.

Having completed several of the exercises in this project now I have noticed that I am looking at  how lines  change the view of a photograph alot more now before I take it.

Horizontal and Vertical Lines

The first part of this project is horizontal lines, I choose take some of my shots at Whitstable as I thought there would be a good selection of things to photograph. Photograph one is of a line of small boats, in this picture there are actually two sets of horizontals I think the first one is the horizon but also the line of boats is the other, although I had to stand to the side on this one the boats do in fact line up horizontally to each other.
Photograph two is a sea scene here the horizon is the point of the picture but interest is added with the windsurfer and the windmills.
Photograph three is part of the groynes, I stood face on to this and you can clearly see the vertical lines in the wood.
Photograph four was a still life one I wanted something a bit different, I tried lines of pencils but I wasn't happy inspiration struck for this one when I went into the conservatory and saw the blinds.

Vertical lines, these were quite interesting to do and I enjoyed finding these.This time I headed to Herne Bay ( I like to get to the coat when I can I usually find I get inspired there), Photographs one and four were taken of a shelter along the promenade the first one is of the supports and the other one was taken of the detailing on the roof. Photograph three was of the roller rink on the pier I was watching people crabbing from the pier when I noticed the shapes along the side of the roof.
Photograph three was again taken walking along the promenade there are some garden just down from it slightly and this is the ornamental walk that houses it.
Overall Ifound this a very interesting project to do and have found that I look out for these lines more now.

Multiple points

The object of this exercise is to take about 10 objects all compact and to create a still life photograph.
Still life and food are both things that interest me so I decided to combine the two.
Picture one shows a single clove of garlic, I decided to place it just off centre with the idea that I could build the rest round it but I thought a central posisition would be too static.

On picture two i added another two cloves, I left the original one where it was then place ne just about in the right hand third and the other just going out of the frame, I noticed that this made a triangle which I thought would be a bit more interesting that a straight line.

When I got to place the next clove I needed to more not only the first one I had placed but the other two as well, I noticed that there is a connection or a line that can be dran between the cloves but that the shape is still slightly different.

Picture four and thing are starting to get more interesting and challenging, I left three of the cloves where they were and moved the right hand side one then added a further two.

Picture five they have all been moved again this time they are almost in lines maybe a bit too regular.

Picture six and the final one things are really challenging now, I found it difficult to arrange them in  a non regular shape that was interesting i was really tempted to pick them all up and just throw them down and see where they landed and I think I will try this at a later stage. I think the shape I finally ended up with looks abit like a star with cloves pointing away from the main group.

The final part was to produce a sketch showing the relationship between the points which as I said previously has a rough look of a star.

The relationship between points.

This exercise was as predicted a bit difficult to do, I went out on several occasions to try and find something to fit the bill, in the end I photographed two birds flying above my house, I think the bird furthest away is the stronger visual element but I think that could be mainly because it is almost a silhouette against the sky, the other bird is flying out of the picture.
The second picture again was of a seagull, this one is sitting on a cluster of rocks and there is a buoy in the water, this time I think the buoy is the stronger visual element due to the colour and also its positioning within the frame. Having looked back over this photograph I don't really think it works as the foreground is too noticable, I will look out for a better example on my travels again.

For the third photograph I did as suggested in the notes and took a close up photograph of someones eyes (thank you long suffering hubby), this I found to be a very strange and almost eerier photograph and I could see at once exactly what was meant that both points demand the same attention, I printed the photograph  but I found looking at the image on the screen to be the most unsettling. I understand the principles with a single and two points now so I am looking forward to the next section which is multipule points.