Work diary - Lines

Work Diary

Evaluation

In Monday's photography lesson it was my first time that I'd ever found myself using a professional camera and being told a topic that I had to capture photos for. It may have been a new experience for me, but I found the task extremely enjoyable. I also learnt that objects/things in our every day life that would never usually receive recognition, all had 'lines' somewhere within; at least most things did. I found it slightly difficult at first to notice something with lines in that I could take a photo of, but the more I started taking pictures the more I began to spot other objects that were made up of lines. A result of this was the image below that I took a photo of on Monday.

This is an image of leaves, all a variety of sizes and all pointing in an assortment of directions. This was one of my favourite photos because the whole picture has been filled; there's no wasted space. The different shades of green on the leaves is attractive and  displays an array of detail. The shape of the leaves are all in a long line and the lines within the leaves contribute to the formal element. The lines look 3D from the dark shaded areas beneath the leaves which gives this photograph a more edgy feel.




Above is another photo that I took which I believe was probably the worst one out of them all. Although it may include lines in the bricks and cracks in part of the roof along with the wire being identified as a curved line, to me it just looks like a photo with no meaning. Looking at this, I wouldn't be able to guess the topic being 'lines', whereas in the photo above this one of the leaves, I would. The image also doesn't look very appealing which is why I class it as an unworthy piece of photography. 

Progression

If I were to go out and shoot for the topic 'lines' again there is a range of things which I would do differently. Firstly, I would take pictures of lines from different angles. I noticed how from my first set of 'line' photos, that I took nearly every photo from the same angle; faced forwards. A few were snapped from different angles, but only a very minimal amount. Secondly, I'd try to search for lines in a shadow. Shadows can create allsorts of patterns, especially if the sun were to shine through a bench; that would produce lines of shadows which I consider to be quite photographic. Finally, I would use my own camera to go out to my own scenery rather than just the college premises and find a large area of 'lines' which would make up a whole photograph. Some images that inspire me for this would be the ones I have recorded below:

An escalator.

A zebra crossing.

The woods.

A bridge.

So many things in this world contain lines, that you'll struggle being able to find something that doesn't; that's what interests me when it comes to this project.