Learning Log for Matt Lewis - OCA: The Art of Photography

The first thing I want to say here is something I heard on a TV documentary, Perspectives, in which David Suchet follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Fleet Street photographer Jimmy Jarche. The best piece of equipment any photographer has is his own eyes.  It's not what you see, but how you see it.  Seems like a good attitude to me!

This blog is a continuation of my learning log, following on from the first assignment on contrasts.  No more bad hand writing, photocopying and scanning.

Exercise - Rhythm and Pattern

Exercise - Rhythm & Patterns

2012.09.08.Rhythm
f/22  1/2000  ISO-2000

Rhythm - In this image there is rhythym in the bars and struts of the pier, brokern by the silhouetted figure and the lifeboat building on the left.
This shot implements also implements lines, points, and triangles.

2012.09.09.Pattern
f/8  1/30  ISO-3200

Pattern - A fairly regular pattern has been created here by placing virtually equal sized, and same shaped, objects around one slightly larger one, in a uniformed manor.  I tightly framed the objects to emphasize the shape and pattern.
This image also incorporates shapes in the form of cirlces, and implied triangles through the arrangement of the objects.

Exercise - Real & Implied Traingles

Real

2012.08.23.TrianglesReal1.jpg
f/5.6  1/30  ISO-100

This section of the roof area of my greenhouse may not seem the most exciting subject.  However, I felt it was a good example of how lines and shapes can be found everywhere.  The main triangle dominating the frame, sits above several lines with the door and door frames, circles in the bottom right corner, and a rectangle in the centre.  Slightly abstract perhaps, although the empty pot tray gives a small clue.

2012.08.11.TrianglesPerspectiveTop.jpg
f/12  1/80  ISO-100

 The flat roof of this shed is given a more dynamic shape, forming a triangle with the apex at the top, by moving close and shooting upwards.

2012.08.26.TranglesPerspectiveBottom.jpg
f/16 1/50 ISO-1000

 The semi-circular opening of this mesh bag, now appears triangular through adopting a different perspective.   

Implied

2012.08.23.TrianglesImplied-StillLife1.jpg
f/9  1/30  ISO-3200

In this image, the apex is at the top but close to the corner, so the diagonal sides of the triangle create some tension and movement.

2012.08.21.TrianglesImplied-StillLife2.jpg
f/5  1/30  ISO-125

A similare idea here, although reversed, and with only two sides to the triangle there is an implied line between the top two elephants.

2012.08.26.TrianglesImpliedFaces.jpg
f/11  1/50  ISO-100

The points of the three faces in the frame, imply a triangular shape with the apex at the top.

                                   

Composing images to create shapes, in particular triangles, help to create order and clarity to an image when needed.