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.
Photo #1
For this first one, I was focusing on square. These mailboxes provided a fitting subject. I feel that in general, squares are used to denote structure and order, and sometimes constraint. Interestingly, the mailboxes represent the compartmentalized lives so many of us live, and how that can be both restraining and helpful. I also like the curved lines contrasting in the background.
Photo #2
This was the hardest: The triangle. I tried a few triangle shots but I liked this one, mainly because the subject wouldn't normally be defined as a triangle, but the angle of the camera creates one. The picture is chaotic, ambiguous, maybe even a bit menacing. Triangles can be created often by using other shapes and shooting them from the right angle.
Photo #3
I swear the people that built this structure constructed it solely for TMA 319. This is a great example of contrast of circles and squares. It looks aesthetically pleasing, but also a bit "off." Also really liked the color contrast between the yellows and the teals. Looking at the design, it's almost as if the circles are boxed in...or perhaps the boxes are circled in...we may never know....
-Tanner
1) I love the colors in your first photo! It really brings out the contrast from the round arches to the square mailboxes. It's a pretty well composed photo in general, but after looking at it for a bit, I realized the thing it's missing is a subject. I think either adding a human or animal could have been a quick solve, or somehow indicating that one of these mailboxes is not like the other, and drawing our attention to it would've better a good alternative as well. There's just not quite enough in it that hints to me a story or a feeling.
2) The coolest part about this photo is the triangle in the middle. Like you mentioned,…