Lines (2.2b) - curves

Requirement

4 photographs

Purpose

To show how curves create movement and direction within an image

Technical learning

• Curves operate like diagonals in creating movement
• Useful in composition because they lead the eye strongly
• Often using a low viewpoint gives an acute angle of view along the lines and strengthens their curvature

Project and review

Take 4 separate images of curves to show movement and direction.


View from lay-by on the A39 near Bawdrip, Somerset 

Showing the curve of the bend in
the road around the field

Display of spices, Borough Market, London

Each sample serves as a point
on an arc like arrangement

Boats moored off the River Wey, Surrey

The boardwalk and line of boats
both create curves that
contrast with each other

'Boris bikes' on their stands

Looking through the rear wheels of
the bikes shows a series of curves