RULES OF THIRDS RESEARCH WK3
Rules of thirds Research
The word “rule” has a meaning that can be looked upon as negative. It’s my experience that people don’t like rules, and they certainly don’t like to follow them. They are always saying the same cliché phrase “well, rule’s were meant to be broken” or “I think it’s good to learn the rules, but then know when to break them.”The rule of thirds is something we can use in our photography to help us organize our composition. We can use the diagonals, verticals, and horizontals.
Artist 1
Jocelyn Carlin
Born 1955, Te Kuiti. Dip.Photog.Tech., Wellington Polytechnic, 1976. Exhibited in solo and group exhibitions since 1977, most recently in Open the Shutter - Auckland Photographers Now, Auckland Museum (1994) and widely published in magazines. A working photographer, videographer and photo-educationalist. Co-author (with Amy Brown) of Mana Wahine, Reed Publishing, 1994. Currently working on Mana Tane, a companion volume. Lives and works in Auckland.
Jocelyn Carlin was an Auckland-based photographer who shot for documentary and exhibition projects. She also worked on assignments relating to illustrative, advertising, corporate, and industrial photography. We say ‘was’ because Jocelyn contracted Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA).MSA is a rare neurological disorder that is completely random and gradual. Over time Jocelyn has lost a lot of control of her speech, she is confined to a wheelchair as she is now unable to walk, and this has lead to her being unable to continue her career as a photographer.
In this image the main subject is the man Sir Ian McKellen,hes composition in the image is centered in the frame making it well balanced.Particularly focusing on his eyes which is placed on one of the top junction points the background is blurred this image would have been taken with a narrow depth of field a low aperture value just focusing on the subject.The subject is standing side ways but looking straight towards the camera.The photo would have been taken from just slightly on the ground not so much on a normal level vantage point just slightly bracing,mid way vantage point because you can see the fern in the foreground facing downwards.
This is a very interesting image because there are two main subjects both standing on the left and right side of the frame with the space which makes it an environmental portrait as well as seen here this is taken on an island on the river bed.The subject on the left is looking downwards and the subject on the right you can see movement by the splash of water which shows where his going which also can be a leading line.This would be taken by a wide depth of field because you can see the background which is the trees and ocean.
Artist 2
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Bernhard "Bernd" Becher (German: [ˈbɛçɐ]; August 20, 1931 – June 22, 2007), and Hilla Becher, née Wobeser (September 2, 1934 – October 10, 2015),were German conceptual artists and photographers working as a collaborative duo. They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. As the founders of what has come to be known as the ‘Becher school’ they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists. They have been awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award.
This structure is in a good placement using the rule of thirds where the water tower is of cause the main subject and is in the center frame making it equally balanced the surrounding or space around the water tower adds more depth to the image.Shot at a low vantage point and a wide depth of field.
The main subject is the water tower,taken on a low vantage point.The placement or composition is equally balanced.This adds visual balance to the image, and now its left and right side, as well as the top and the bottom, are all equally powerful.
Reference
http://theredlist.com/wiki-2-16-601-791-view-industrial-1-profile-becher-bernd-hilla.html
http://idealog.co.nz/design/2015/12/jocelyn-carlins-new-project-every-picture-tells-story
Every Picture Tells a Story
by Jocelyn Carlin
Published by Te Whenua Press
ISBN 9780908689927
Great post Pearllisa. You have chosen some excellent images to research and made insightful comments into the compositional techniques used to create these photos
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