Exercise 18 curves

This exercise requires me to take 4 photographs of curves showing movement and direction

The small river flowing through this field of wheat created a curve leading your eye to further curves in the wheat

The smooth curved top of this wall snakes along with its many curves

Pictured from above these steps have an elegant smooth flow to them with there curves

Here is a gentle curve to this round staircase

Exercise 17 Diagonals

Here are the 4 photos of diagonals that I have taken for this exercise

I have changed the pictures to black and white to put emphasis on the diagonals.
As the blue was quite vivid and eye catching in this picture. I like how this is not an obvious
diagonal but 1 created by the duck as it swims along

I like how the 2 stair bannisters are both in the picture running parallel

This picture shows 2 diagonals meeting at a point to form the apex of the roof on this house

Here is a close up of the metal structure underneath cromer pier showing lots of diagonals

Exercise 16 Multiple points

In this exercise I had to set up a still life the background had to be unfussy but not plain. I used a tripod to keep the camera in the same position and kept adding stones that I had collected from the beach, until I ended up with the final composition

This is the background that I used

I started by placing the first stone slightly in from the bottom third of the frame

I then added the second stone just below to create the start of a diagonal line

The third stone was added above to continue the diagonal but placed the other way around as to stop the flow

I then placed the fourth stone to the right of the 3rd stone forming a right angle

The 5th stone was added and this made the shape of a triangle

By adding the 6th stone to the top left of the shape this changed the straightness
of the shape to show a curve

I added the 7th stone to the top right to balance out the the right side

The 8th stone completes the composition and helps to give a more random look

I have used photoshop to change the image to a pen and ink drawing so that it was easier to mark
the lines over it. I started at the bottom left with the pink moving up to form a curve then also marked in pink the bottom right hand triangle. I changed the colour to green to stop the lines merge into one another and make it easier to see and then marked out 2 triangles at the top with the orange I marked a curve in the middle going in the other direction and then 3 more triangles I had made a note of the lines and curves but did not realise that there were so many triangles

Horizontal and vertical lines

This project required me to go out and find 4 horizontal and 4 vertical lines to take pictures of, not repeating the same subject. I found the horizontal pictures the hardest to photograph as some of them looked slightly diagonal

Here are the pictures

An horizon line

This is a narrow road viewed from the side

The struts of a fence

A straight line of birds on gryones

Vertical lines

This picture of the tall straight trees was taken at the woods around sandringham

posts around the quay at wells

Road markings

Trail left by an aeroplane

Alexander Rodchenko

I have been looking at the work of Alexander Rodchenko, he was a Russian artist, designer and photographer who was born in 1891 and died in 1956 at the age of 65. He was one of the founders of constructivism, he started as an artist and graphic designer before turning towards photography. He often photographed from unusual angles and was quoted for saying "one has to take several different shots of a subject, from different points of view and in different situations, as if one examined it in the round rather than looking through the same keyhole again and again" I find his view towards his photography quite intriguing and it has made me think how I might apply this to some of my work. He became a member of the productivist group in 1921 which supported the inclusion of art in everyday life. In 1922 he worked with and was influenced by film maker Dziga Vertov which lead him to give up painting and spend more time on graphic design work like posters, books and films.

Rodchenko also became impressed by the German Dadaists photomontages and started experimenting in this field, firstly using found images and later moving on to shoot his own. He had his first photomontage published in 1923 which illustrated Mayakovskys poem "About this" he continued working closely with Mayakovsky until 1928 on the publications of constructive artists he photographed many front covers for these Journals. With the changes to party guidelines in the 1930s Rodchenko changed his style from abstract to concentrate on sport photography also taking images of parades and choreographed movements, He returned to painting and ended his photography in 1942 concentrating on abstract expressionism throughout the 1940s

Here is some of Rodchenko's work that I particularly like

I like the abstract feel with the lines and shapes of cubism

With the lovely muted colours and deep shading this picture of the juggler is my favourite


This composition with its lines and curves shows so much detail texture and depth

I love  this black and white photo it looks so modern there is lots of detail to it with the lines and angles

Exercise 15. Positioning a Point.

In this exercise I made a list of possible subjects to photograph, We had a few days of rain so on the first opportunity to venture out I went to the local lake and took some photos. I ended up with a rock, stump and duck as these were all in the lake surrounded by water. I decided to redo the exercise using different backgrounds that are not all the same and have also changed the photos to black and white to  to give more emphasis on the point


This is the first picture

                                          I have placed the daisy to the top right  of the frame
                                          on the top thirds, its not the best example of a daisy but          
                                          it had been raining and had closed up a bit I like how it        
                                          is facing inwards towards the space in the frame
                                       
                           

                                   
                                           This is my favourite of the 3 pictures a horse and
                                           rider along the beach, as you can see the horse is in the
                                           bottom third of the frame with lots of space to head into
                                     
                                   

                                         

                                          In this picture of the boat it is moving from the top third 

                                          of the frame into the middle with lots of space left

                                          to move into

                                       
                           

Feedback for Assignment 1

I have received feedback for assignment 1. This has given me a lot to think about and work on.