There's a group in Manchester (UK) that does photography walks on various themes. Todays one, while purporting to be 'architecture', ended up as touching on the 7 formal elements of photography
- Line
- Shape & Form
- Pattern
- Tone
- Colour
- Texture
- Space
It was fascinating as I'd never really considered it like that. But it all made perfect sense and I picked up a lot of knowledge. If you want to know more, here's a brief intro: focus.picfair.com/articles/7-formal-elements-photography
And here's a few (6) pictures where I tried out some of the elements.
A 3D effect from water droplets on the top of a post.
Leading lines to the man
Shapes. We were asked to find as many different shapes as possible and show them off. I didn't win, but there's loads in these two pictures.
We were asked to find patterns. I liked this one in some stone pavings.
Finally - negative space. I saw this picture and it just seemed perfect. Lady on the left taking a picture. a lot of space and anyone around walking away from her, thus making more space. And finally (which I didn't see till afterwords), the shop sign says "Spaces". Perfect.
Feel free to comment.
Alan