The Pink Curve

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai 
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Curves are beautiful and they are even more attractive when accompanied by the Pink color. 

Pink as a color, is also closely associated with: Freshness, Youth, Love, Beauty, Femininity etc.

Curves on the other hand find extensive use in Modern Design. They play an important role today in Automobile Design, Furniture Design, Glass-wear,  Product Design etc. 

A Combination of the two is way to tempting to ignore. For example the Pink iPhone 6s. That particular color of the iPhone had way too much demand and was quick to go out of stock at India's largest e-Tailer Flipkart

 

Composition of the Photo

The photo falls under the Minimalism as Less Elements category. There is only one element in the frame i.e The Pink Curve. This a look-up shot taken at a very close range via Canon 50mm F1.4 Lens. The closeness helped me eliminate any distracting elements from the frame and enabled me to achieve extremely narrowed focus on the subject and enhanced visual clarity. 

The One-tone Minimalism is one of the best kinds of Minimalism in Photography. It ends up being fairly soothing and appealing to the eye. Go find a large single colored wall, then look for geometry and shapes on it. Keep your eyes wide open. It is easy to ignore such plain simple walls. 

Even white walls are good and if you do not like the color, you could always convert the photo into black and white and thus add an artistic feel to it.

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Twins from the Left

Repeating Curves

Conditional Love

Minimalism as Simple Geometry

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What is Love? I am "Not" too sure about that, but are you? People talk of love as a feeling which they get into unknowingly. It starts-off as an initial attraction and later turns into extreme concern and care for that special person. When in love, you do not tend to acquire or gain something from the other person, rather you become selfless and try to be as giving as possible. And of course, that person hardly ever leaves your mind, whether in sleep or when you are awake, in happiness or in sadness. OK, but with all of this the real question is,

Is Love really love? and well especially now-a-days? People see and learn all of this from movies and of course through real-life experiences. As soon as something similar happens with them, they jump right to the conclusion that it is "Love". Well, they don't just stop there, rather they move a step further and claim that it is "TRUE Love". How true are their claims can only be found out during testing times. In most cases they take a step backwards and re-classify their feelings as mere "Infatuation". Why? because their loved one is in trouble, or is in testing times, in bad circumstances. Rather than supporting his/her partner they just turn away from them in search of someone else who is free of all the negativity and full of optimism, carries a smile, etc etc. No one wants to accept the reality that there are ups and downs in everyone's life, and measuring, loving and judging people based on their circumstances, is being a very shallow individual yourself. I wanted to show the same scenario with the picture above where two yellow circles or two people were in a close relationship to begin with. Buy as soon as one of them ie the circle on the right started facing testing times (depicted by the triangle created by the dark shadow or problems.), the other one distanced himself from him. There are similar cases in real life and in most cases "Conditional Love" or rather "No Love At All", is being misunderstood for "True Love". In the past, I have had many friends face similar issues in their relationships. What is your take on it? Why is it that people are so shallow now-a-days? Some are even afraid to fall in love. Share your thoughts below. I would be happy to read your insights.

Composition

The shot falls under Minimalism as Simple Geometry category. I tried to use negative space a little differently this time, I placed it between the two circles. Getting the Triangle created by the shadow right, was a little tricky, as a) I was in the middle of a busy street loaded with traffic and b) Shadows change very very fast and If I had taken more time to shoot, the shadow might have engulfed the entire circle and that kind of a shot would have had less visual appeal. 

It Hurts but not much

Minimalism as Simple Geometry

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There are times in a relationship when you get to hear those things from your loved ones which you probably would never want to hear. You feel bad and question nature what wrong have you done other than truly loving someone. But you know that you are committed and its a long lasting relationship.  Things will be better with time, but you cannot wait for the phase to pass. "It Hurts but not much" as it is only a small misunderstanding represented by the little dent in the red metal panel on top left.

Composition

This is Minimalism as Simple Geometry and I have primarily used Lines. The rule of thirds have been applied 3 times

1) For the red metal panel
2) for the little dent and
3) the line under the red panel.

Home Loan

Minimalism as Less Elements

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It is the dream of every man/woman who lives on rent, to have his/her own house one day. Houses are usually very expensive to buy and it generally takes up the savings of an entire lifetime. The dream home here is represented by the hut-like shadow of an electric meter installation, while the white scratch is used to signify the burden of the big monthly installments of the long tenured home loan one takes. The color of the scratch being white represents spending for a good cause i.e for a house and not for luxury. OK, so that was one of the interpretations of the photo, you may interpret it differently and that is the fun part about artistic photography.

Composition 

Coming back to the composition. This photo falls under the Minimalism as Less Elements category. The white scratch caught my attention and I began thinking about how to compose my shot. I had two options a) to treat the white scratch as my primary subject, place it top left and let the shadow fall accordingly in the frame or b. Treat the shadow of the electric meter as my primary subject and adjust the position of the scratch by feet or hand movement. I chose option b, as in option a the problem was that I had to include the ground, and that wasn't looking attractive. Also It was very bright and sunny, so right exposure was a challenge and I already knew that shooting "red" as a color is very very tough. Therefore to be at a safer side, I chose exposure bracketing settings on my camera and shot in the RAW + JPEG format. Hope you enjoyed the behind the scenes action. You can subscribe via email to never miss a post. Have a great day/evening.

Love Story

Minimalism as Simple Geometry

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A Minimalist Photo of Two pipes in close proximity or in love, against a red wall.

He was struggling in his Life. He wanted to achieve what he had dreamt of, but he did not have that special someone to share his success with. Therefore, his efforts lacked conviction. He met her by accident and there was an eye contact. She immediately knew he was the one. For him, he just could not look beyond her eyes and those eyes became his reason to live, his reason to work, his reason to dream and achieve big. His life, now had a purpose. She accepted him the way he was. She was not interested in his past. The bond was instant and deep.

A few years later, the man's dreams were realized. He had made it to the top. And the eye contact lasted forever. If you carefully see, tow lines or pipes to whom I was referring as him and her, enter the frame from the left against a red wall, red meaning struggle. The closeness of the two pipes depict the trust they had in each other.  Once they traveled some distance together towards the right of the frame, they took that giant leap together by moving upwards, which was a result of her conviction in him. He generally used to look for a safety rope before climbing a mountain. She was his safety rope. He knew this time that all the risks he shall take will pay off. Well, the general perception today is, where there is money all is merry. But they forget that one cannot buy love. Their perception is wrong. In fact it is the other way round and I quote: "Once there is love, everything else eventually falls in place".

Composition

The above Minimalist Photograph falls under the Minimalism as Simple Geometry category of Minimalist Photography. The Simple Geometry being Lines.

I sat down on my knees and went very close to the subject. Light was poor, so I increased the ISO a bit. I actually took this shot horizontal but ended up posting it as a vertical one. I flip-flopped it about 18-20 times to see at what point do the lines connect the most to my sub-conscious mind. Going upwards was the answer. It is a very simple composition with lots of negative space. Remember to look for pipes against colored walls the next time you go to a mall or a shopping complex or even a friend's house.

Other Minimalist Photos with Red as a Primary Color:

- Challenging Circumstances

- Low Hanging Twig of A Plant Against a Red Wall

- Open Door and Water Outlet on a Red Wall