Theme Tips: Row of things
Photographs featuring rows of objects can create a strong sense of rhythm, repetition, and order, making them visually compelling. Here are some examples of subjects you might consider:
1. Urban Benches
- A series of benches lined up in a park or along a city street can create an interesting composition, especially if they’re identical or vary slightly in design.
- A series of benches lined up in a park or along a city street can create an interesting composition, especially if they’re identical or vary slightly in design.
2. **Parking Meters
- Rows of parking meters along a street can offer a gritty urban aesthetic, particularly in black and white, where the repetitive shapes and shadows play a significant role.
- Rows of parking meters along a street can offer a gritty urban aesthetic, particularly in black and white, where the repetitive shapes and shadows play a significant role.
3. Streetlights
- Streetlights arranged in a row, especially when photographed from a perspective that shows them diminishing into the distance, can create a striking image.
- Streetlights arranged in a row, especially when photographed from a perspective that shows them diminishing into the distance, can create a striking image.
4. Bicycles
- A row of parked bicycles, particularly in front of a vibrant wall or a notable urban background, can make for a dynamic photo with both repetition and variation.
- A row of parked bicycles, particularly in front of a vibrant wall or a notable urban background, can make for a dynamic photo with both repetition and variation.
5. Windows on a Building
- Repeating windows on a building’s facade can create an abstract pattern, particularly if the architecture has unique or symmetrical features.
- Repeating windows on a building’s facade can create an abstract pattern, particularly if the architecture has unique or symmetrical features.
6. Library Bookshelves
- The rows of books on a shelf, especially if captured from a low angle or with shallow depth of field, can create an inviting and detailed shot.
- The rows of books on a shelf, especially if captured from a low angle or with shallow depth of field, can create an inviting and detailed shot.
7. Empty Seat in a Theatre or Stadium
- Rows of empty seats, whether in a theatre, stadium, or other venues, can evoke feelings of solitude or anticipation, depending on the mood you want to convey.
- Rows of empty seats, whether in a theatre, stadium, or other venues, can evoke feelings of solitude or anticipation, depending on the mood you want to convey.
8. Street Vendors’ Stalls
- In markets or fairs, rows of vendors' stalls, each offering different goods, can be a lively subject, showing the hustle and bustle of urban life.
- In markets or fairs, rows of vendors' stalls, each offering different goods, can be a lively subject, showing the hustle and bustle of urban life.
9. Railroad Tracks
- Multiple railroad tracks running parallel can create a strong linear composition. The contrast between the tracks and the surrounding landscape or urban environment adds interest.
- Multiple railroad tracks running parallel can create a strong linear composition. The contrast between the tracks and the surrounding landscape or urban environment adds interest.
10. Shopping Carts
- A neat row of shopping carts outside a grocery store can be an unexpected but effective subject, emphasising order in a typically chaotic environment.
- A neat row of shopping carts outside a grocery store can be an unexpected but effective subject, emphasising order in a typically chaotic environment.
These examples leverage the repetition of elements to create engaging and visually appealing photographs, perfect for competition entries.