Points (2.1c) - multiple points

Requirement

6 photographs

Purpose

To show how implied lines exist between multiple points, creating a shape or movement

Technical learning

• A group of points implies either a network of lines or a shape
• Grouping objects/ people in an active way is a key factor in producing a successful still life

Project and images

Set up a still life composition on a simple (but not plain) background. Identify 6 to 10 identical, or at least similar, objects. Organise these objects into a shape. Fix the camera firmly in position and aim at the composition. Control the group by re-arrangement. Consider each move and its effect. Shoot 6 images. 

Decided to look as much as possible for points forming shapes that occur without my intervention. This led to the first 5 images below. The 6th image is a still life arranged by me.


Tree stumps in a wood

Several triangles (e.g. front 4 stumps, 
middle plus bottom 2, middle plus 2 in left half).
Outside 5 stumps make a a pentagon. 
4 in top half form a square

London Eye in the mist

Line of pods create a parbola

Anchors on a wall, London Embankment

Outside 4 anchors create a square
4 sets of triangles around anchor in middle 
(top and bottom halves, left and right halves)

Water bowl with flowers

Flowers create a pentagon

Door at entrance to Paternoster Square, London

Rivets in wood form a rectangle

Stone Backgammon Board

Counters on board create an arrow
inside the rows of triangles on either side