Friday 11 March 2011

TAOP - The relationship between points.

Outline: Take three photographs, two of natural occurring situations with two points, and one close up of someones face, focusing just on the eyes.


This picture is of the two lighthouses at Nashpoint. Both points are near to the edge of the frame and both draw your attention. However,  the point on the right is stronger. I think this is purely because it is larger with being nearer to me than the other.


I saw these two shells randomly at a local beach. I didn't set them up like that, that's how they were on the sand so I took a picture of them. Even though they are the same size and shape, I personally think the top shell is the more prominent point. Maybe it's because of the angle and the placement within the frame but that holds my attention more than the bottom one.



This is a close up of my daughters eyes. Here, each eye is equally distant from the frame and both have the same relationship with each other. Neither eye takes more focus than the other one.

Conclusion:
Having two points in the frame does indeed dominate the composition of the photograph. You will need to consider the subject that you are photographing with relation to other points in the frame as to which draws the most attention. It's also interesting to see how the composition changes where both points attract equal attention. It's also interesting that that relationship can change with something as simple as adding the subjects fringe into the frame, as below:



 Here, the attention is intentionally drawn to the left eye, due to the right eye being slightly obscured.

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