Exercise: Rhythms and Patterns

For this exercise i needed to take 2 photographs, 1 conveying rhythm, a sequence in which the eye follows within the frame and the other conveying pattern, a regular shaped sequence filling the frame that will look as if it carries on way past the edges of the frame.

This is my photograph conveying pattern. I chose a metal gate with a circular pattern on to photograph.The pattern fills the frame, and looks as if it could carry on way beyond the means of the frame. The background behind the gate was in darkness already, as it was leading into a cave. I tried to ensure the background remained in the darkness as not to ruin the pattern or add any irregularities to the background. Luckily the sun was shining in the opposite direction and I had turned the flash off on my camera to try and ensure I didn't create any extra lighting.

To convey rhythm I took a photograph of some swans swimming in flood water one night. I cropped the photograph so only the swans that fell into this sequence were in the frame, as not to ruin the rhythm or throw it off. Your eyes follow the swans in a diagonal, almost zigzagging rhythm across the frame.