Perspective

2 Apr 2020

Lines Versus The Floor Mat

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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A Looking down Minimalist Photograph of a Lines versus the Floor Mat, shot at Poppin Cafe Jaipur.

Poppin Cafe has now shut down, but I used to visit if often and I made friends with the owners Akul and Ritika.

Since I was friends with them, at times I used to carry my Camera to the Cafe and roam around freely searching for shots.

This is the reason I was able to get such a shot. I was free in the mind.

This twisted perspective is what I would love to shoot even more. Believe it or not, I started by placing the Wooden Table on the top left as a bar of straight line, then I adjusted my movement for the rest of the elements to align and form some kind of balance.

As you can see, there is a lot of Simple Geometric Elements in the frame and Negative Space, hinting at a classic Minimalist Photograph. The Floor Mat forms a Triangle and there is another one under the table and then there are Straight and Diagonal Lines.

The EXIF Data of the Photo is as follows:

Camera Model: Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Lens: Canon 100 mm Prime Lens

F-stop: f/11

Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec.

ISO speed: ISO-6400

Focal Length: 100 mm

Metering mode: Spot

Exposure program: Manual

Hope you enjoyed the Lines Versus The Floor Mat Minimalist Photograph.

Thank you for your time. Have a Nice Day !

22 Apr 2019

Park Bench Handle

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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A Minimalist Photo of the Curved Handle of a Green Park Bench, at Central Park, Jaipur.

It was very hot today in Jaipur and I was out at Central Park at 4.00 pm in the afternoon, hunting for Minimalist Photography subjects,

It was 38 degrees. Well, I have also taken pictures in 46 degrees but since summers have just arrived and I am not used to the heat yet, so it felt really hot today.

This Green Bench was spotted near the Park's gate which is bang opposite Tapri Central Tea House.

I went down on my knees to capture this which helped me to bring the subject to eye-level.

A fairly low aperture was used here to play with the depth of the field and to increase the attention on the subject.

Later, I realized that the lines in the bench might work well as Leading Lines, so I even tried a few shots on Apertures as high as F/22 - F/32.

But those shots did not turn out well, therefore, I settled for the lower aperture shot.