Photography 20 -Shape / repetition

The project was to search for shapes that are repeating. I will be honest that I didn't quite understand what the assignment meant by shape. It wasn't till recently did I look back at the Line, Shape and Pattern powerpoint and reread what was said about shape. It read: "Shapes are the result of a series of lines that come together to form a circle, square, triangle, and so on. Just like lines, the shape of your subject creates its own dynamic whether it’s round, square, triangular, free-form and so forth.  Lines often lead to shapes, giving your images form." Thus I am now looking back at my two photo sets and realizing that they aren't really of shape as much as design or layout. At least by this definition of shape.  On the other hand, I looked at some photos of 'Shape/ repetition photography' on google images and I noticed that many photos were very similar to mine of fruit and chess pieces. Instead of doing what that definition said of Shape (which again, I forgot about until recently) I decided to create my own unique design that involves repetition. If I had more oranges, I would have used them, but alas I did not. Also it was dark, cold and damp outside by the time I took these, so I really didn't want to walk to the store to buy more oranges. I also wish the apple had been more bold and sharp. I used a lamp to provide additional lighting, but now that I look back at the 20 photos, I think that if I used a different lighting, they might have turned out a bit better. I shot in Aperture priority mode for these fruit photos, and changed to the Close up mode (Flower symbol) mode for the Chess setup.

I made sure that I never changed the setup, I would either move to take some of the photos or move the stool in which the fruit was resting upon in order to get the photos I wanted.

The shadows are nice in this photo.

One of my favourites, in my opinion

I would have liked using a black background for these fruit, to match the footstool, and now that I look back, I wonder why I never thought of that until now. I'm positive that I have some kind of black blanket at my house, and I regret that I never thought about using it until now. I had a number of other ideas for repeating objects, maybe I will take some photos of them with a black background.

I took this one for the partial reflection in the black leather of the footstool , I'd say it turned out pretty well.

My favourite of the fruit shots ^

I like this one because of the bold colours and waxy like coating on the apple and oranges.

Maybe it was a good thing the apple wasn't completely red, the green stands out very nicely in this photo 

A shot from behind. I turned the setup around to take this shot and I was tempted to turn the apple around to get the red, but I resisted the temptation to tamper with my design.

I like the sticker in this photo.

Perhaps if I cropped the photo a bit or better yet had a macro lens (I'd really love to get a macro lens, or a good telephoto lens) I'd be able to zoom right into the bottom of the orange.

I wanted to try to capture the bold, deep red of the apple beside the orange of the oranges. Why did the only apple in my house have to be only semi-red? We need more fruit in my house, I and the rest of my family need to eat better. At least I think so

Again, a black background would have made these shots better, but the sharpness of the first orange makes the photo stand out.

One of my favourites

A little too bright and once again I wish I had used a black background. I feel I should have changed the settings or moved the lamp for this photo, it's just too bright.

I took 20 more shots of a different layout. This time I used a chess set. My family is obsessed with chess, we have at least five or six chess sets. Maybe that's not obsession, but I'd still consider it a lot. Not to say that I don't enjoy chess, it can be a very interesting, strategic and time consuming game. I don't remember where we got this chess board, but I've always really liked it for its unique style. The green marble pieces are the 'black pieces' and the white marble pieces are the 'white pieces', obviously. In order to make the design appear more like a shape or repetition, I only used the pawn pieces, instead of the bishops or queen...which actually look more interesting. Like with the orange / apple design, I did not move my design at all, I only shot pictures of it from different angles. 

My favourite ^

The board reminds me of an Aztec or Inca style, which I like seeing as how I love South America and its culture. 

A good photo, but I wish I would have gotten all 4 pieces in focus. 

Not the best photo, I'll admit. 

notice the one piece without a head. I think......well I know that my brother and I were responsible somehow for the beheading of the pawn's head, but I can't remember how. 

Wish I didn't get the brick background in this photo, but it does provide a bit of variety to my backgrounds. 

I was trying to capture the detail of the board's pattern. 

I found it difficult at times trying to take 20 shots of the same subject, from different angles. At first I thought, 20 shots isn't that hard; but wow....I was surprised at how difficult it was to try and think of "how can I take 20 shots, all from different angles of the same subject." 

The heads remind me more of Aztec art / sculpture rather than Inca. 

One of my favourites 

This photo was very difficult to take. I tried a number of times to zoom in on the white piece's shield, but each time my camera couldn't focus properly or was lagging for minutes at a time. So, I was finally able to focus (as I was able to previous times, but when I tried taking the photos, they never turned out) , and then I switched quickly to manual mode and took the shot. Nice, detailed shot. 

Photography 20 -Line / some framing

 These photos were my line attempts, as well as some framing photos. The first six were taken at school, and aren't the greatest. It's difficult finding a subject and then having lines that draw one towards that subject. Some of my later photos in this set are of the same subject, as for these school ones, they're all different.

The horizontal line and the church were the main points in me taking this picture 

I took this one because of the diagonal lines leading towards the Fire Cabinet sign 

This one is a repetition photo, however I forgot that we were suppose to have 20 photos of the same subject for the repetition photos, thus I am doing the Shape / repetition photos as a separate post which will be uploaded soon.  

An attempt at a horizontal line / framing, not very good in my opinion. 

Horizontal, or kind of diagonal lines with a blurry person that I tired to sneak a photo of. 

Horizontal line with Ginger

The line between the white and grey and Ginger's position is what I was trying to achieve in this photo. 

Diagonal line towards Bonnie 

Vertical line or vertical bar leading down towards Bonnie. 

Again, I forgot that the repetition photos were part of a separate project, well the Shape part, thus I didn't take 20 photos of the same subject. Nonetheless, I decided to include 2 of the ones that I took at the same time as I took the majority of the rest of these photos. I thought this one looked better in black and white  

This was supposed to be a vertical line of the wall downwards to Bonnie, but I couldn't really get close enough to the wall without Bonnie moving out of the way. She's very polite, always moving out of the way when people are walking, unlike Ginger who could care less if she's lying in the middle of someone's path. 

Diagonal line towards Bonnie 

This one doesn't have much to do with line, other than the curved line of the trampoline, I include this one because my goal was to get Ginger to try and bite the end of the stick, while having the rest of the stick act as a vertical line along with the curved trampoline line. Alas, Ginger never took the bait. 

I thought this photo would look good in black and white, the diagonal wood lines are what make this photo interesting I find. 

I thought this one was cute, though it doesn't have much to do with line. The stick and drainpipe behind Ginger act as diagonal lines, but they don't really lead the viewer to the subject. 

Framing with Ginger 

The next two are vertical line photos, with the sunlight acting as my vertical line down Bonnie's face. 

An attempt at framing with Ginger being a goof as usual 

Diagonal lines, but not really leading to any subject 

I purposely make the exterior of the window over-exposed so that more attention could be drawn to the flowers and the vertical line behind it. 

One of my favourites, diagonal line. 

horizontal lines and diagonal leading lines, but to no real subject. However, I've found that the second bright light seems to act as a subject or focal point for me. 

I saw a number of line photos on Google about stairs, and seeing as how I live in a bungalow, I don't have really nice stairs besides my basement stairs. I don't think this one is as good as I hoped it would be.  

The vertical lines didn't come out very well in this photo. 

I like this one because of the interesting pattern and cool objects that I chose to be in it. Perhaps the dice symbolize time or the days left until the egg hatches.  

Framing, not as nice as the Spanish one shown in class though. Obviously a tree in my backyard isn't as interesting as the skyline of Seville.  

Diagonal or vertical lines leading down towards my family's klompens. I'm Dutch and proud of it, so I took some photos of my dad's klompens. Klompens are traditional Dutch clogs or wooden shoes. The pair that my family had belonged to my dad when he was a kid and I guess he passed them down to my older brother who kept them / keeps them in his room. When we were kids and our feet could actually fit into them, we would used to walk around in them. My Opa (Dutch for grandfather or grandpa) was an artist and he painted the design on the shoes which include a Dutch and Canadian flag, symbolizing when he, my Oma (grandma), my dad and his brother all immigrated to Canada and became Canadians.   

Thank you Ginger for ruining my shot >_< 

Vertical line and one of the klompens. I meant for the vertical line to be more to left though. 

proud to be Dutch. 

Ginger, convex curved line and the klompens.  

Good horizontal lines and good use of colour. The bold red really matches with the yellow clogs. 

I love this one because of Ginger's face, the perfect convex or parabola like line and of course, the klompens. I like how just the Dutch flag / Canadian flag part of them can be seen. 

I thought this one would also look good in Black and White, it's also one of my favourites  

I included this one because the horizon line of my lawn acts as a horizontal line, as well as the slightly curved pavement line below. 

The stick acts as a horizontal line in this photo and the one below it. 

My favourite ^

I don't like this one and the one below it a lot. I only include them because of the lines, in this case the horizontal / diagonal line leading towards the egg. 

The Chess set has an interesting patten, but other then that, I don't really like this photo. 

This was a fun assignment, photos of Shape will be uploaded soon.