Exercise: Real and implied triangle

In this exercise, with 6 photographs of triangles we compare the different types.


Subject which is a triangular

This is quite an obvious choice, the triangle used as a danger warning.

Shot on top of "Rocher de Naye".

Make a triangle by perspective, converging towards the top of the frame.

Using the camera's lens perspective the two buildings imply several triangles.

"shot in sebeillon"

Make an inverted triangle by perspectivve

Using the roof of the market  produces the inverted triangle with the apex pointing towards the bottom.
shot in Budapest.

Make a still-life arrangement to produce a triangle with the apex at the top

Placing the cactus this way produces the required triangle

Make a still-life arrangement to produce an inverted triangle, with the apex at the bottom

Placing the cactus this way produces the required inverted triangle, I find it not easy to notice in real life situations,

Arrange 3 people to make a triangle

Here the three heads form a triangle as much as their body positions.

Flava Flav and chuck D from the pioneer old school hip hop band Public Enemy, with a person from the crowd, shot in Lausanne at a concert.

Exercise: Implied Lines

2 photographs, eye line, extension of line

3 photo to analyse

 

 Here the implied lines would be the curved path lead by the tree shadows, it's the only sense of direction and therefore leads the eye from the center then up the  right side of the frame. I admit it's not necessarily very strong here.

In this one, the movement of the people gives a sense of direction through their body language.

All people getting out of the metro are going to the right of the frame. In this case, people had no reason to go to the other side as it lead nowhere. I can imagine this could help in predicting the composition in advance, knowing where people will naturally go towards to.

The implied lines of the lights combined with the mettalic cylinder support draws the attention to the woman at the door of the metro. In this image we can easily fill in the gaps between existing lines being covered.

Eye Line

In this image, the woman looking in the distance could have been used for an eye - line effect. Unfortunately, there wasn't any subject included in the frame. However, following her eye line makes you notice the two persons in the background.

Here, both subjects are used for their eye line. The dog is looking at the woman and vice-versa, both eye lines build up a strong relationship between the subject.

Exercise: Curves

Curves

Not sure this is the most obvious curve example but I've chosen this one for the tracks left by cars on the snow. I could imagine how deeper tracks could create curvy shapes.

Here we can see slight curves increased at the top of the frame.

Again, not the most obvious choice for curve but the shape of this old telephone is indeed more curvy than our modern phones.

the curves  are used both for design purposes and comfort in usage.

 

In this image, the curved path directs the eye from the bottom left of the frame to the top of the path stairs, where a woman is standing. It's amazing how in control of the viewers eye you n be by using curves. It's definitely something to use to the photographers advantage.

The Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne is full of curves and weird shapes, but curves are the main trend

Exercise 2: Diagonals

Diagonals

The stairs has the diagonal feel of it, I artificially implied more diagonals by tilting the camera to the left

Diagonal lines like these are often seen on machines, speakers, fences.

 Why diagonal and not horizontal and vertical? I can imagine on a fence it gives a higher sense of privacy but why would it be useful in the picture above? 

Even though diagonals can be seen throughout the whole picture the way it's been composed is very confusing to the eye. Yet, there is still something I like about it but I would agree it's not in favour of the diagonals.

This picture of the metro station in Budapest is tricky for me to analyse. On one hand there are many diagonals (at least implied), on the other hand there are many implied triangles. We'll all agree a triangle is composed of diagonals but the opposite isn't true. In this case I think both diagonals and implied triangles can be seen.

Using a telephoto lens at an angle on this building produced repetitive patterns of windows and balconies making diagonal lines.