This week’s photo challenge is guest hosted by Quintin Lake of Quintin Lake Architectural Photography. Read on for more about this…
This week’s photo challenge is guest hosted by Quintin Lake of Quintin Lake Architectural Photography. Read on for more about this week’s theme and his photography tips!
Geometry. This challenge is about the shapes and rhythms that make up the geometry of our world. Many photographs of any genre have an underlying sense of geometry, but I often like to make this the main subject of my work. I think it’s the most important aspect of a photograph’s success. This could be the patterns of the natural world up close and personal, or the rhythm of your local buildings. The above photograph, “Positive Negative,” depicts the Paula Rego Museum in Lisbon where the sky created an equally strong element of the composition as the building. The image has a totemic quality, softened by the passing cloud. I had waited for this cloud to move into the perfect position within the frame. The colour, light, and form of the image emphasize this geometry.
Share a photo that means GEOMETRY to you!
Tip: Once you have found a good subject that contains an interesting geometry, try to crop tightly into the subject to make an unexpected composition. Your goal should be to create an abstract composition so the image is more about underlying shapes than a literal representation of the subject matter itself — by doing this you create art rather than a snapshot.
I’m Quintin Lake, an award-winning architectural and fine art photographer based in Cheltenham, UK. I’m a former architect and author of Drawing Parallels: Architecture Observed. Visit my blog to share my enthusiasm for architectural photography.
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Beautiful composition and colors…
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This week’s theme is indeed a challenge. I had to browse my unpublished files and look what I’ve found :http://docgelo.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Before we can recognize the geometry all around us, we must learn the basics: http://joyandwoe.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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done !
http://bodhisattvaintraining.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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And I was just in a geometry class yesterday! lol 🙂 I think this will be a beautiful challenge!
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Symmetrical or skewed? Two approaches:
http://photographworks.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Geometry is everywhere
http://irvent.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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here is mine, a repost on the buildings I photographed in New York City’s High Line. As NYC suffers, it is nice to remember my hometown on a gorgeous summer day: http://transplantednorth.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3285&action=edit&message=1
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Your link doesn’t work. I think you may have linked to your edit version rather than the final version (I’ve done it before) 🙂
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Just to clarify, create a *new* post for this challenge, rather than linking to an older post. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing what you cook up!
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This is a lovely challenge! Does this qualify?! 🙂
http://westseventhfreelance.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-2/
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beautiful photo!
I will make some photo’s 🙂
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A strange geometric rainbow to share with you this week on my blog 😉
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My entry http://monirul.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Rice field geometry:
http://rightinfrontofme.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weird-geometry-the-wordpress-photo-challenge/
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My contribution for this week: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Here’s my post:
http://romceg.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/geometry/
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My entry for the “geometry” challenge:
http://hanginoutwithgod.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Here is my entry: http://lensandpensbysally.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/wordpress-weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Here are my two entries for the “geometry” challenge:
http://sandraconner.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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MONGOLIAN BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY, GANDAN MONASTERY, ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA
http://revel-in-it.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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“…The sacred geometry of chance…The hidden law of a probable outcome…The numbers lead a dance.” – Sting. xxx This is my post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry. Pls click url below, happy weekend! Here:
http://marichulambino.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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My entry this week 🙂
http://wp.me/p22vCq-FJ
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Here’s mine: http://wp.me/p1sanj-1ba
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This is ‘shaping’ up to be an interesting theme! Here’s my contribution.
http://cinova.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Here’s my take
http://lonelytravelog.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Love the natural angles of Mother Nature!
From the caves of Antelope Valley nature does it’s thing!
http://patriciaddrury.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Here is my post of the train station in Porto, Portugal!
Great Challenge!!
http://thelifebus.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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My contribution for this week’s photo challenge brings the ‘geometric’ city of Brasilia, capital of Brazil. Pristine modern architecture, represented here by one of its icons: The National Cathedral, where the idea of two hand together, praying to the skies, respond to a very unique sculpture. http://wp.me/p1oMvI-3FE
Thanks for the ongoing inspiration! Hope you all enjoy it! 😮 (I’m bias, it’s my hometown, the city deeply imprinted onto my heart!).
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Hi, this is my entry.
http://ensummerfield84.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/geometry-in-ashikaga-flower-park/
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Here’s my “geometry” contribution.
http://awalkintheword.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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Cool curves in this sculpture: http://jinancitydailyphoto.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/weekly-photo-challenge-geometry/
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