Shape Work Dairy

Shape Work Dairy

In this lesson i made an image bank on shape which showed images that i found interesting that showed shape and then annotated them. When i went out out to shoot shape i found it fairly easy as everything is a shape from a window to a building.

 One way of showing shape is through shadows like i have in my photograph. I feel this image was successful as it showed shape in a different way like a silhouette.

In my second image, it is more of a simple approach to showing shape as it is simply as circle. Although this image is very simple it still establishes shape within the photograph.


If i was to continue with shape i would try and find more interesting ways to show shape and take more images in the first shoot even if they are simple.

Definition of Shape

Definition of shape

The external form or appearance of someone or something.

Describing words for shape

• round
• square
• rounded
• oval
• narrow
• wide

This photograph is showing shape in the way in which the spiral staircase is rounded and eventually creates a circle in the center of the photograph. This draws the eye to the circle due to the stair case leading to the circle in the middle of the photograph. The stairs almost look abstract due to them becoming blurred as they go higher.

  

In this photograph shape is being shown through a shadow. The shadow of the ring on the book is not what people would expect as it creates a love heart which is divided by the center of the book. Therefore the central focus is the shadow as it is not the shape we would expect from the ring.

In this photograph there are 2 black swans who necks are creating the shape. Their necks almost make the shape of a heart which i feel is strange as the swans are black which doesn't relate to love whereas white swans do. The neutral background allows the swans to stand out and be the central focus of the photograph.

In this there is a shape created around the tall building in the background. This shape is therefore giving the image a focal point of the building as it is being highlighted by the the shape around it .The angle at which the photograph has been taken almost makes the building look like it could fit through the shape that has been created.

My definition of shape is the outline of something.

shape

The definition of a shape is the external form or appearance of someone or something.

Here are some example of shape in photography

The first 2 photographs represent shape in photography through silhouettes of the body. The shape that is within these photographs is the shape of the body which makes the viewer recognise what is in the photograph.

 These two photographs are showing the shape that i created by the spiral staircase. For this photograph to be effective in showing shape it has to be taken at a high angle otherwise the specific shape will not be shown.

In these last two photographs, the main shape that is shown in a circular shape which help us identify what is in the photograph.
In the photograph of the grapes, the fact that the grapes are on one side of the photograph, this then gives it photograph its shape.