Exercise – Rhythm and Pattern

For the last exercise before moving on to assignment number two I needed to look at rhythm and patterns, repetitions within images and the effect they can have.  Repetition can create a kind of visual beat to an image,, and repetition can be created through either rhythm, moving dynamically across the picture, leading the viewer along a particular route through an image, or through pattern, which is more static, and generally fills the frame. I needed to take at least 2 images, one demonstration rhythm, and one demonstrating pattern, and have ended up with more, which can’t be a bad thing!
	Weston Beach Car Park I love heading down to the beach on a sunny day – even if it’s mid-December! The tide had not long gone out, with water still sat in the ripples in the sand, so as well as the rhythm of the posts, there’s a touch of it in the sand too.
Nikon D800 | ISO 200 | 1/250th Sec | f/13 | 60mm focal length
	Sand Ripples I can’t decide of this is more pattern than rhythm, I think it’s both in one – the pattern of the ripples in the sand, which also creates a flow through the image, along with the footprints moving through.
Nikon D800 | ISO 200 | 1/125th Sec | f/11 | 75mm focal length
	Baubles I wanted to play with the Christmas decs whilst we still had them out, so set this up, but not really sure I like it that much, I think it’s just too contrived, but there is a rhythm there, leading along the candles and baubles.
Nikon D800 | ISO 400 | 3 Sec | f/13 | 60mm focal length
	Baubles too Again, not massively enamoured with this one, not too sure what’s lacking, but something is!
Nikon D800 | ISO 400 | 3 Sec | f/13 | 60mm focal length
	Yellow Box I spotted theses walking along the seafront, and thought the contrasting colours created an interesting pattern with the yellow against the red tarmac. Again this could be more rhythm than patterns as it does lead the eye along the image, but with the tightness of the crop the viewer has no idea of what’s outside the box, making the pattern the important part of the image, not it’s surroundings.
Nikon D800 | ISO 200 | 1/125th Sec | f/13 | 300mm focal length
	Nuts, Nuts and More Nuts I thought the bowl of Christmas nuts looked pretty, and framed tightly created quite a nice pattern, without all of the items in the image being exactly the same.
Nikon D800 | ISO 400 | 3Sec | f/13 | 75mm focal length