September 22 Random: Leading Line Photograph

Leading Line Photography Challenge​

Happy Friday AND First Day of Fall!! I'm pretty excited to host my first ever challenge, and to have it be at the Pad!! Oh happy day!!!

I LOVE leading line photography!! There's something amazing about the composition that naturally leads your eyes to the subject of the photograph.

Leading Lines: lines within an image that leads the viewers eyes to the heart of the photograph. These lines typically start at the foreground (bottom) of the frame and move your eyes upwards and inwards to the background.


Some obvious examples of leading lines would be roadways, fences, shorelines, bridges, staircases and railroad tracks. You can also have cylindrical leading lines such as spiral staircases, tunnels, curved archways and even crop circles LOL!!





*fun fact on the El Tovar photo above, if you look in the window that's above the sign you'll see the silhouette of person my hubby didn't know was standing there*

Often times we take a photograph without thinking too much of what's going on in the background, we pull this photo up on the computer later, only to have our eyes focus on something completely different than what the actual subject was. We often want to blame the distraction on someone wearing hot pink shorts, or a banana costume, when in fact it's the leading line we hadn't noticed at the time.

In this photograph, I wanted the eyes to follow the sidewalk, but this lovely gentleman and his bike just happened to get in the way, so now all your eyes want to focus on is him! Had he been down the sidewalk more and more to the left of the photo, this would have been another leading line photo.



I would love for you to take us on a photographic journey with your best leading line photograph. Let your photograph tell the story; journaling should be minimal (date, place, what camera you used). I hope you enjoy this challenge as much as I do!

Here's my layout.




And please remember to follow the Lilypad Gallery Guidelines: Layouts must contain at least 50% TLP products (current or retired product from current designers; templates count as 15%.) Uploads must be less than 250k. List all credits; no off-site linking allowed.

 

Ohhh I love this!! It's perfect!!!

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Awww!!! You both have great minds!! Love this one too!! Looks like a really beautiful place!

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This perfect!!! It looks so peaceful there!!

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Oh WOW!! What a cool shot!!

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What a sweet photo and it's perfect for leading lines!

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Awww!! He's adorable!! Down the hallway shots are so much fun!

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This is perfect!! Love all the stairs!!

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Awwww!!!!! Puppies!!! This is perfect!! Following the leader, the leader, the leader LOL!

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This is great!! Windy road AND fall leaves!! YAS!!!

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