Shape

Use the silhouettes of real world objects to create shapes: 1) Square or Cube, 2) Triangle or Pyramid, and 3) Circle or Sphere. Each has to be done at least once. One photo should show contrast of shape.

These record cases caught my eye with their uniformity and contrast. I tried to emphasize their two dimensionality by shooting them straight on. The reflection obscures the focus of the image but I like the way that these squares read otherwise. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get any other photographs of this subject before they told me I wasn't allowed to take pictures. BUT I am pleased with emotion of the result despite the conflicting elements.

In this photo I was trying to show a contrast of shape: Cube from the butter, a circle in the plate and Whirley-Pop, and a triangle from the silhouette of the knife. I was surprised by how difficult it was to compose an image with all of those elements and keep it somewhat appealing. I was drawn to this subject as I scoured the house for shapes. I realized that the kitchen has a lot of natural circles which I could add other shapes to. I think that this image works to a degree but I think that there are so many lines and tones that the contrasting shapes struggle to jump out.

This photo has circles and in sort of an intriguing way. The rhythm of the lids moves our eyes through the image but because they are transparent we get messed up by the cables and lines behind them. I don't love that because it muddies the shapes but I think they still read and speak well here. I took this photo because of the way that the overlapping circles caught my eye. By shooting at an angle I was trying to minimize the depth of the circles but generated more depth in the plane behind.