I’m taking an “Introduction to SLR Photography Class,” and my assignment for this week is to take photos of scenes containing interesting geometric shapes. The assignment can be interpreted loosely — e.g., a pine tree can be a triangle, and the geometric shape in the photo may exist only because I’ve cut off the edges of an object in the way I’ve framed a shot. I kind of copped out on my last assignment because I was so busy and out of town for a few weekends in a row — I ended up finishing my assignment by taking photos around Microsoft campus during my lunch break. As you might expect, they weren’t very interesting.
This time around, I have all day Sunday free and I want to go do some shooting in various parts of Seattle. Here are some thoughts on places to go (mostly very obvious spots):
- The library
- The Olympic Sculpture Park
- Pike Place Market
- UW campus
- Volunteer Park, and the Conservatory (mmm, maybe I should stop in for a sandwich at VPC)
Any other ideas?
Construction sites and alleys are the favorites of several of my photographer friends. The seeming unlovely environment is supposed to force your eye to the shapes, and not the standard prettiness of traditional subjects.