Exercise 19: Diagonals
(4 photographs)
Diagonal lines are easier to create in a photograph, as they depend mainly on viewpoint. Whereas many scenes contain real horizontals and verticals - Streets and buildings, for instance - there are few real diagonals, staircases are one of the only a few instances. The camera angle and perceptive, however, make diagonals common in photographs. To add to your set of examples of horizontal and vertical lines, now take four photographs which use diagonals strongly.
Straight edges, such a a flat top to a building, or the top of a wall, will become diagonal in the picture you photograph along them towards the distance - this is the normal effect of perspective. If you look down onto something, such as a simple still-life arrangement, rotating the camera will turn horizontal or vertical lines into diagonals. If you have a high view of something on a large scale, such as a road comming directly toward you, moving to one side will create a diagonal. They are also very important in giving feeling of depth in an image - linear perspective is largely based on diagonals.
Diagonal lines are easier to create in a photograph, as they depend mainly on viewpoint. Whereas many scenes contain real horizontals and verticals - Streets and buildings, for instance - there are few real diagonals, staircases are one of the only a few instances. The camera angle and perceptive, however, make diagonals common in photographs. To add to your set of examples of horizontal and vertical lines, now take four photographs which use diagonals strongly.
Straight edges, such a a flat top to a building, or the top of a wall, will become diagonal in the picture you photograph along them towards the distance - this is the normal effect of perspective. If you look down onto something, such as a simple still-life arrangement, rotating the camera will turn horizontal or vertical lines into diagonals. If you have a high view of something on a large scale, such as a road comming directly toward you, moving to one side will create a diagonal. They are also very important in giving feeling of depth in an image - linear perspective is largely based on diagonals.
My feedback
The exercise was to take 4 photograph diagonal, but as I really like this kind of photography I decide to take 9 photographs. They all show in a different way the diagonal line in the photograph. The one with the bottles I like the most. Its colourfull, you can see the deep of field in it but also the diagonal lines.
I learn in this exercise that it is nice to take photos of food and drinks and when I change the camera the picture looks totally difference. I like to take more photoraphs diagonal. I think they look better than just vertical and horizontal. But offcourse you can not take from every subject a nice diagonal photograph.
The exercise was to take 4 photograph diagonal, but as I really like this kind of photography I decide to take 9 photographs. They all show in a different way the diagonal line in the photograph. The one with the bottles I like the most. Its colourfull, you can see the deep of field in it but also the diagonal lines.
I learn in this exercise that it is nice to take photos of food and drinks and when I change the camera the picture looks totally difference. I like to take more photoraphs diagonal. I think they look better than just vertical and horizontal. But offcourse you can not take from every subject a nice diagonal photograph.