Line Contact Sheet

Line Work Diary

This photo was taken with a macro lens with a very narrow depth of field with an f stop f 5.6. The ISO sensitivity was 100 and the shutter speed was 0.8 seconds. The location was at southend-on-sea. I think that this is a good photo since the shutter speed shows the flowing lines of the water. However this photo could be improved by keeping everything in focus.




This photo was also taken at southend on sea with a large depth of field with an f stop of f 22. The shutter speed was 1/200 and the ISO was 200. I think that this is a good photo since it clearly shows the lines of the sand and the fade into water.






This photo was taken at Harlow town. The f stop was 22, the ISO was 200 and the shutter speed was 1 second. I think that this is a good photo since it clearly shows the different lines involved such as the cycle path and the fence since it has a wide depth of field. This photo could be improved by slight color enhancements to bring out the green grass and the yellow reflection.




This photo was taken at the Harlow Water gardens with an f stop of f22, shutter speed of 1 second and the ISO sensitivity of 200. This is a good photo since it clearly shows the horizontal lines involved. This could be improved by color enhancing the golden clouds to bring out a warm feeling to the photo.

Line Straight Images

These are my pictures taken to show the element of line

This is my favorite image before being edited. It clearly displays vertical lines with wooden textures which appeal to my sight. Furthermore, it questions me where this picture could have possibly been taken.







This picture also represents the vertical lines of a beach. This photo also shows the various tones of the sand which encourages the viewer to question what could be at the end of this beach.








This picture of a  demonstrates the vertical view as expected when approaching. This photo also demonstrates the horizontal line of the dock further out into the distance. This photo makes me question what happens there.








This picture demonstrates the horizontal views of a beach. This clearly demonstrates the tone of the sand and then the change into water. This picture in particular shows the shared colors of the sky and sea, displaying the reflection the water has.










This image shows unusual structures placed nearer to a beach. This personally looks like plane wings built into the ground which could also influence the viewer to question why the structure has been built in such a fashion.

Line Image Bank

Curved lines

Diagonal lines

Horizontal lines

Converging lines

Vertical lines

I have chosen these images to represent an image bank since they all show a form of line such as the photo above that shows vertical lines of bamboo.

Line Definition

Line Definition

A line is a representation of a path between two points. These lines can be straight, curved, vertical, horizontal, diagonal or zig zag. Lines could imply motion and suggest direction and orientation.

A line can also be implied and is then filled in by the mind when several point are positioned geometrically within a frame. Placing four dots in the shape of a square can imply that these dots are linked since the mind searches memorable patterns.

For example:

•Horizontal lines imply tranquillity, peace and harmony

•Vertical lines imply power and strength.

•Diagonal lines imply movement, action and change.

•Curved lines or S shaped lines imply quiet, calm and sensual feelings.

•Lines that converge imply depth, scale and distance - a fence or roadway converges into the

distance provides the illusion that a flat two-dimensional image has three-dimensional depth.

•A line is an effective element of design because it can lead the viewer's eye.

•To create more effective photographs actively look for lines and arrange them within your viewfinder to invoke specific feelings.

Example of horizontal line:



Example of vertical line:



Example of diagonal line:



Example of curved line: