Photo Challenges: June 2012

Photo Challenges:
June 2012

Roads

Once again, this month, I chose a topic from the pool of reader submissions on our Ultimate Photo Tips Facebook Page. This month’s challenge topic is Roads.

Roads make great subjects because they usually form a line in the image that you can use to guide your viewer’s eye through the picture space. Read more about how lines can be used as visual design elements to make a more compelling composition.

Roads lead us figuratively, as well as literally. They pull our imaginations along, as we mentally travel down them to the end. A road can leave the viewer wondering, "What’s around the corner?" A straight road is a direct route, and can instill a sense of speed, or a fast pace. A meandering road is the scenic route; viewers can take their time to explore along the way. There’s no right or wrong to the road you choose. It’s all about the story that you want to tell!

Stay on the straight and narrow, or venture on the long and winding. Take the high road, or the low road. Photograph a cart track or a super-highway! Look for a fork in the road, and the road not taken. Have fun, and show us your best shot of a road!

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