Multiple Points

Multiple Points 

I found this very difficult to do , after thinking carefully and deciding just what to do.

Firstly, a background which was unfussy but not entirely plain posed difficulties - I searched for fabrics, surfaces - everything was plain or too patterned!

I then tried the exercise and then re-read the information to find I had missed an important point. I hadn't used my tripod, but had moved the camera to frame different compositions.

Back to square one. I am not yet really familiar with my tripod, so encountered difficulties with angles and my varifocal lenses. Eventually, with an aching neck, I have 6 photographs.

The subject of my still life is composed of a number of items from the sea- shore. A pebble, some bright yellow shells and a small model lighthouse are all from Brittany, treasured souvenirs from  a wedding some years ago. 

The other shells and fragments of coral were found on holiday beaches. I wanted to make the pebble the central focus of the composition before adding the other items.

The addition of the coral meant that I had to move the pebble to the right in order to fit the coral in the frame.

Adding the second piece of coral changes the photograph as it draws the eye and becomes the focal point.

The lighthouse draws the eye now and takes it to  the top of the frame.

Adding the yellow shells emphasises the yellow on the lighthouse and brings the eye back down to the foreground.

In this final frame, I have moved the yellow shells nearer to the lighthouse and added a small white shell which reflects light and brightens the whole composition.