3: elements of design. project 17

Positioning a point

This project experiments with the positioning of points. There are essentially 3 classes of position in which to place a point:- middle, a little of centre and close to the edge.  Placing a point in the middle, in most cases, gives an image a feeling of being static :-

The shell is placed in the middle of the frame so  having  no connection with the frame of the image. It’s placement is final and static.

In this image of the shell the red lines illustrate the connection between the shell and the frame thus giving the image more life. 

I think that the sense of movement is more clearly illustrated in this image of the fishing boat.    The boat is placed in a position whereas the eye connects to the intersection point between the boat and the frame thus allowing scope for the rest of the image to be explored. In addition, the boat is also pointing towards the far, bottom right hand side of the frame again adding energy to the shot.

What I have learnt

As also illustrated in the positioning of points in my images in project 16 consideration between the frame and the subject is crucial to avoid an image being static.