The Architecture of an Image
Most people have heard of RULE OF THIRDS when used to describe composition.
However an image can be built by the items listed below in isolation or in combination.
LINE
SHAPE
VOLUME = Shape with depth.
PERSPECTIVE - Line with vanishing point.
PERSPECTIVE - Point of view. Depth of Field. Focus.
LIGHT
MONOTONE
SYMMETRY
ASYMMETRY
Picture for Exercise One
Behind the Gare St. Lazare by Henri Cartier Bresson
Jim Harrison, Montana by Alec Soth
Picture for Exercise Two
Fairway Motor Inn by Alec SothÂ
HOMEWORK.
Using only paper, light and shadow, create a series of five photographs which serve as samples of one or more of the above compositional elements. Have 5 images ready for viewing. Images can be on any online gallery you wish.
Samples:
