Shape

Shape 

•A shape is an area enclosed by a line. It could be just an outline or it could be shaded in.

•Shapes can be either geometric, like a circle, square or triangle, or irregular.

•When drawing shapes, you must consider the size and position as well as the shape of the area around it. The shapes created in the spaces between shapes are referred to as negative space.

Particularly in a busy city environment, isolating a subject’s unique shape is an effective way to create an image with dramatic impact.

Bill Brandt Research

 Brandt has used a lot of negative space to enhance what he was trying to capture. it enhances her facial expression and you can only see half of her face which indicates that this is what she's feeling inside and its not what she shows on front. There are three negative spaces which breaks up the image and each part tells a different chapter but all together it tells a story.  I see this image as art as to me it appears as she has been sexually abused or mistreated. I like that her arm really stands out and has barely any shadow as it shows that she's putting up a strong persona but behind that she's been abused and finds it hard to cope day-to-day.

Image bank.

I have used the images below to reflect the theory above

 Billboards in manhattan.

 Winter leaf.

Another way to highlight an object’s shape is by using lighting effects — for instance, interposing the object between the camera and a light source to create a stark silhouette.

 Architecture in Lisbon, Portugal.

 Water tower in Brooklyn, New York.

  The Shell Haus, Bernlin.

Mind Map

Kenneth Josephson

Imogen Cunningham

 

The following images were taken with the inspiration of the artists I've researched above.

Best images.

I selected my following as my best images.

Images that require improvement.

 

For these photos i believe the framing is very weak within the lay out of these compositions. And the focus is off . For the glass photo I didnt focus on the centre of the photo, it might have been better to take a more close up photo to further link with Cunningham's images.

If i were to reshoot these i believe that i would use a tripod to steadily hold my camera to get the framing that i want. The overhead flower photo was inspired by Imogen Cunningham's' photos on flowers i would make this better by ensuring that i also have the right exposure as its over exposed.

Editing

My idea for recording shape was to photograph books and flowers exploring different shapes present such as curves, horizontal,vertical lines.   I was inspired from my research of Kenneth Josephsons' book images with regards to the geometry and composition. And Imogen Cunningham's close up flower images with regards to the shapes present within the different flowers. their use of shape and flowers gave me an idea to photograph old books combined with some different flowers.

I chose to take these photos within the studio to try out different settings. The inspiration to use the dark side was Kenneth Josephson as it brings out the shapes that the pages create. I decided to use the light side to try and create shapes  with the shadows, which i believe has worked well, especially with the flower in the glass photo.  

The images came out as I expected, however I had to pay particular attention to getting the right exposure settings.   

The artist research was helpful as I realised that the theory on shape meant that I could tackle the subject from a range of perspectives.  My research of Kenneth Josephson helped me to focus on the hard geometric shapes of mundane items. My friend brought in books for both of us to use for inspiration from Josephson, we also found some flowers to incorporate Cunningham's ideas into the photos. This was helpful to me as it gave me the opportunity to photograph geometric shapes the different shapes that i could create within the composition. The research on shape was particularly helpful to this study as it gave me ideas to take the photos with. 

Best images

I believe that I have produced a strong series of images inspired by my research of shape, composition and the images of  Kenneth Josephson and Imogen Cunningham. The final images produced were refined by developing the contrast, exposure and converting them into black and white images.