At the photo club of which I’m a member we define a number of themes each year. For every theme we submit 2 photos to be judged by an external professional photographer who acts as a kind of jury. The first theme for this year is Lines and Shapes. When I set out to shoot some photos for this theme, I found myself going after lines (literally) as in the images below.
But they weren’t to my liking. They both missed something. So I gave it a bit more thought. Besides lines (and shapes) in the literal meaning of the word, you can also think of lines as lead-in lines. Well known in photography and paintings. Once again I set out to shoot some photos of lines in combination with lead-in lines. Here’s what I came up with.
Especially the last one I particularly like. It has lead-in lines all over the place, left, right, top. The father and daughter, exactly where all the lines come together, just happened to be there. As a bonus. It was a very impulsive shot. I just walked by, saw the lines and the people, and took the shot in a split second. I’m very happy with it.
To my great astonishment, the cover of this month’s Focus (Dutch photo magazine) shows a picture by Henri Cartier-Bresson that he took in 1947 in New York. In all modesty, I do see a certain resemblance…
I’ll let you know in December how my 2 photos scored in the overall ranking and what the assessment of the professional photographer was.