Friday, April 23, 2010

Lines, Lines, Lines! Its All Lines!

That's A Line! 
In photography, a technique of photography is to use lines to draw attention to the subject. Lines technique is a variation of the framing technique. This technique is commonly seen in many photography books. Again, people tend to find unnatural things in nature. If nature seems random (because it is), finding human-made arrangements would make it unusual. And unusual things are always good photography subjects. Sometimes, finding ordered things in human architecture always seem to catch one's attention. Again, my students took days looking for patterns and lines in nature and in surroundings. It appears that some got the clue, but some couldn't. 
This is an example of a classic line to nowhere (a road). Not a good shot but its a good example anyway. Taken by Krista Mae Villamor using Pentax Optio E10, with 1600 by 1200 pixel dimension.


The next photo is a tube and the wall going towards a classmate. A sepia enhanced picture (to enhance the mood). A better example of lines technique. Taken by Meshaq Dangel using my Cellphone camera! (320 x 240 pixel Samsung SGH-M610).


Below is a picture using a film-based Pentax Z-10 which is an SLR Camera. A really old camera but the mood made by the picture really affected me. At the height of a typhoon, a man, carrying half-sack of rice, braved the swaying bridge under which the water is rampaging just to bring his rice to his family. Its a great photojournalistic shot. Taken by Krista Mae Villamor and scanned using an HP-G1020 scanner. Lines direct the eyes to where the man is going



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