Part two - elements of design

A short posting here. I took some household items and created a couple of still life shots to explore some of the elements of design in the coursework, principally implied lines and triangles.

For the first, I simply took a mug of tea and a torch, using the light from the torch to lead the eye in the direction of the mug. Its basic, and there's no real relationship between the use of a torch and the mug - if they had been related in some way, perhaps to use a spoon for example, there might just be some meaning in this image.

The use of black and white, and the texture of the worksurface adds some tonal interest to what is a strong image, but one lacking in real meaning.

For the next image, I simply took some papers and a pen. The papers and the notepad form a clear triangle formed by the pen and the outline of the notepad, almost mirrored by the triangle formed by the typed letter.

However, its the directionality of the pen, leading the eye to the logo of the European Union which is the main issue. The letter was discussing compensation and what to do to claim it. Thus the pen becomes the instrument of the claim and the European Union is the implied provider. Perhaps the claim was sent on the torn off piece of paper, a scrap indicating the opinion of the writer regarding the EU?

Photographically, the strong lines attract the eye, though the right side of the type letter does weaken the composition by leading the eye away from the EU logo. However, this is partly compensated for by the strong colour of the EU paperwork which attracts the eye.