The Brown Square

Minimalism as Simple Geometry

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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Hello Everyone !

I guess its been long since I did a post. Well, I have been busy with my Social Media, especially my Twitter Account https://twitter.com/PrakashGhai 

You see,  in a world where everyone is a photographer, it is very difficult to make yourself stand-out. I, for one believe, that for a Photographer, its now 50% Photography + 50% Branding. 

Lets keep it short, that point has been made :) 

Composition Details

The above Minimalist Photograph of The Brown Square, falls under the Minimalism as Simple Geometry Category of Minimalist Photography.

I placed The Brown Square on the Top left corner and I also carved out a Small Brown Rectangle on the bottom right of the frame. The Small Brown Rectangle balances the overall composition. 

The Two Diagonal Lines that you see on the top left, is actually a metal wire going across and its respective shadow. 

The shot was taken from 100mm Canon Macro Lens.  The shadows inside The Brown Square is of the Tree Branches. 

The Color Palette is primarily Light and Dark Brown, hence that is Minimal too. 

Ten Lines

Minimalism as in Repeating Shapes

Minimalist Photography By © Prakash Ghai
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My friends were sitting at Indian Coffee house at Jawahar Kala Kendra and I was supposed to join them for a cup of coffee and some afternoon snacks. It was about 4 pm. While I was on my way I found this fantastic play of light and shadows on my right. I took about 15-20 shots and by the time I joined my friends my cup of coffee had gone cold. I would never sacrifice my coffee or the green teas that I like for anything but for Minimalist Photography.

Now lets go back to the Minimalist Composition. 

To frame this, I moved very close to the subject i.e the wall and took this photo from the side so that I had two diagonal lines running from left to right cutting right across the lines in repetition. The lines created by the shadows are eight in number total and I added to two diagonal lines to it i.e 8+2=10 and therefore I titled the post "Ten Lines".

Just like us friends, had at nice discussion over coffee that afternoon, these Ten lines too had something to argue about.