Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Balance

This week, I was tasked with composing photographs with symmetry, asymmetry, and balance. Initially, I was tasked to do so with silhouettes but I found this challenging because my options for subjects were limited—I had to shoot into the sun and I only really got buildings and trees. On the last day I was allowed to branch out (no pun intended) because the weather was not ideal for this shoot. Though I tried to keep with this tone by making the other photos black and white. The black and white filter also helps make the photos look symmetrical—it eliminates color as a differentiating factor between the objects. Symmetry was especially hard to find out in the wild becuase nothing is really perfect, but I was able to find things nearly perfect.

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Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2018 at 2:36 PM

    Hey there. I think the black and white is really great for this set of photos, giving it a great sense of cohesion. I think each photo works in its category, but some of the asymmetry photos like the basket with the onions would work better labelled as balance. Otherwise, nice work this week.

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  2. Pablo OteguiSeptember 30, 2018 at 1:09 PM

    I like how you used the black and white and I really like the silhouettes in the first couple of photos.

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  3. MaliaSeptember 30, 2018 at 4:48 PM

    I think your asymmetrical photographs are very strong. There super interesting to look at and my favorite one is the stairs with the shadow.

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  4. DannyOctober 1, 2018 at 8:10 AM

    I really liked how you focused on black and white for all of your photos. They all show the main points we were supposed to focus on (symetry, Asymetry and balance)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 2, 2018 at 11:53 AM

    Good work this week Bethany! I understand how difficult is was to display balance, symmetry, and asymmetry with silhouettes and shadows, but I think you demonstrated these concepts very well. Your best images are the ones with a darker tone with a lighter background. Great work.

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