“Spiralized”
These were my favourite pictures from my photoshoot for the Formal Elements topic. I tried to focus on the idea of repetition, natural vs man made, geometric shapes, spiral rhythm, depth, line etc. I think my work overall worked well as I have tried to focus on the idea of taking an object and using certain angles and cropping to take the focus away from the object and onto its formal elements, here I found this challenging at times as I wasn’t taking photos to make them”aesthetically pleasing ” or have a “conceptual” meaning and instead had to focus on the face value of the objects and what formal elements they bring.
Spiralized shows the geometric, man made side of the formal elements this is due to the wooden picks being carved by humans into straight tooth picks and therefore emphasied the lines of each individual toothpick. Their is a circular rhythm shown through the arrangement of the picks their is also depth and dynamic range shown through the shadows towards the top right corner of the image which allows the image to look. Another point to add is the repetition of the amount of picks and all the points at the end of the pic this draws the attention of the audience. Overall I think I have linked well with my style of images to my photographer not only by the colour but through the style and careful choice of objects; I think this has helped to achieve these outcomes and I believe that they blend in well with Albert Ranger Patzch’s photographs.
