This exercise took the form of laying out multiple points to form a still life. As can be seen from the pictures, first one object was added, then another and so on. The final image has ten objects. It was permitted to change the layout as the objects built up, to keep the arrangement interesting.
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| A still life with multiple points. |
The camera was tripod mounted and aimed at a chopping board. I laid out some garlic just to create a little extra interest without it being too distracting. My objects were pieces of pasta.
I started laying out the pasta pieces one at a time, pausing between each new addition to try and keep the composition interesting. It proved quite difficult to do this and I made a few changes along the way. I think the most successful looking group is around the seven and eight pasta pieces. After this the group becomes to big and I found it difficult not to make it look staged. Less than seven pieces and the composition looks a bit 'empty'.
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| The lines that relate the objects. |
The final composition with all objects in place has some direction and movement. There are two triangles visible with an implied third triangle between them. The pasta pieces also seem for the most part to be pointing towards the edge of the board.
The final two images were just a little experiment to see the layout of the objects if they were allowed to fall naturally. Interesting that the second shot almost seems to form a 'two point' composition.
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| Objects allowed to fall into random position. |
