TAOP Balance.

Outline: Take 6 previously taken photographs. Identify and highlight the balance in each photograph and accompany each photo with the 'weighing scale' diagram.



Image 1




With the balance highlighted




Weighing scale comparison



• Image 1 has symmetry about one axis. The daffodils are the same size and shape and are positioned in the centre of the image with the same distance from the edges. 



Image 2




With the balance highlighted




Weighing scale comparison

Image 2 also has this balance. The shoes are off to the side of the image but large enough to fill the frame to the top and bottom. The rest of the image is the carpet which takes up the same amount of space on the other side of the image.







Image 3

 



With the balance highlighted

 



Weighing scale comparison





• Image 3 has two unequal objects. The water feature and the tree take up a large portion of the image in the foreground and near the centre. The building is smaller and nearer the side of the image, in the background, balancing the image out.



Image 4




With the balance highlighted




Weighing scale comparison



• Image 4 is also balanced by two unequal objects. The graffiti takes the larger, central position with the light at the end of the tunnel balancing the image, being a lot smaller and off to the edge.



Image 5




With the balance highlighted




Weighing scale comparison



• Finally, image 5 is balanced by two unequal objects too. The house is the larger and more central even though it's in the background and the statue is off to the side to create the balance.

• The only image with maximum symmetry is image 6 (below). The tree is the focal point of the image and is centrally placed from all edges.



Image 6




With the balance highlighted




Weighing scale comparison



Conclusion:

I didn't know how this exercise would pan out. After looking through and examining the pictures that I had previously taken, not only from this course but even photos taken a while ago, it's fascinating to see that the eye will automatically balance out the image when considering the composition. Even when there are not even obvious objects, the eye will find something undefined to balance the image out.