The above album will show how I took a selection of objects, and then went through a process of positioning them one by one as points within the frame, carefully moving them so that it changed the relationship between them with implied lines and shapes. It took me a while as each new object added and each new position changed the dynamics of the still life photograph. This was my final image in which I thought the objects were best placed and still kept the image active, not static:
The objects create two implied lines that draw your eye from the upper left to the lower right and back round again in a sort of loop. There are also implied shapes between the objects that helps you group them together, but also lines that zigzag across the frame so that the eye is constantly moving around between the lines of the objects, keeping it an active image. The examples below show the implied lines and shapes and how they work within the frame. Please click to enlarge:
Implied lines
Implied triangles
Implied zigzag
Over all I like the way that the items sweep across the frame, like they have just been blow onto the material. I’m not so keen on how obvious the straight lines are from the left to right, I think I could have positioned the objects in a slightly less orderly fashion and still retained the effect of having them draw you across the image.
Multiple points work well within a photograph if they are not positioned statically, and in this way they keep the eye constantly moving and discovering new lines, paths and shapes throughout the image. If the items are seemingly very random or similar and have qualities that are neutral then keeping the image active is important. If my chosen objects had been ones that were trying to create a very strong message then placing them in a more traditional way might have added to the amount of tension in the image, making it much more dramatic.
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