Retired Grunt

For the current set on “mood and atmosphere”, Diane went big and requested atmospheric portraits; so expect a betwixt of environmental and documentary style portraiture in the pool. As i was scrolling down this shot had it for me.

Personally, i see it all here; bold spectacle, great colour grading along a subtle yet implied swirly feel. Not to…[Read more]

I couldn’t help anticipating the clapping motion from this clean finding. Also, do you see how lines smoothly converge in a grap-like fashion? Such juxtaposition of a frozen structure and motion is what makes this image so pleasing to the eye. Many great shots were shared in Diane’s last call on the language of lines.

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As anticipated by Diane, leading lines are tricky to master; they offer structure in plain sight or they can remain hidden and implied. They can be straight or messy, and they coexist with other elements within a photograph. Horizontal, diagonal, vertical, organic, you name it.

For this week’s selection, @retiredgrunt‘s clean shot from the…[Read more]