Pattern, Shape, Texture and Form

Well, I started college on Monday and have taken Photography A Level. I had my second lesson today (followed by lots of stupid commotion with my timetable, I'm so annoyed!) and we got homework for Friday to 'find dictionary definitions of Pattern, Shape, Texture and Form and take a few photographs depicting these terms.' So I started today and took these this afternoon.


















Any C+C would be appreciated!
(Oh, and I don't know if this is in the right place, sorry >.< )

Very nice Cessy - please do keep us updated on what you get up to on your course

Re the photos, I like them all - except for the 2nd one, just can't quite put my finger on why tho!

Pattern and Texture are pretty easy, almost everything has a texture

Shape and form (form especially) become more tricky, and quite often sillhouettes are used.

Whenever I go out photographing, if I can't seem to get inspired, then I resort to images of pattern, texture, shape and form, even if these images do not relay what the overall scene might have been.

Enjoy the course

Alan.

Cessy some lovely textures and forms tthere, really love the last shot

Like Azz, I think no. 2 is a bit weak. I think if you were to get in close on the silver bark it would make a really good demonstration of texture. 5 out of 6 successes ain't bad

Like WW I lose inspiration when actually looking at the subject I have gone to photograph and frequently finish up shooting the shadow the subject makes in place of the subject I intended to shoot. LOL have a large collection of security shutters and their shadows.

Thanks guys
I'm struggling with form, I just can't think of anything to do! I'm like 'does she mean form as in the outline or form as in an object's shape in relation to its use?!' So I think I might leave that one out haha.

I see what you mean, I did take other shots, but I don't think they're as effective.
This is one:


but I'm not too keen :/

I also took these today:


not sure if that would count, I was trying for nice, fluffy clouds but they were having none of it!



Any thoughts?

If I had access to the silver birch (I think it is a birch) I think I would try to get as close as possible and pick up the detail and texture around the area where you can see a bit of the bark beginning to peel off.

If you could catch it with the sun shining obliquely across the bark accentuating the bark I think you could have a winner on your hands.

Form??? I never quite know what is meant by form but I think I would try things like fire escape steps captured from odd angles, details of concrete buildings like multi storey car parks, curves in railway lines glinting in the sun as they disappear into the distance.

I've probably got the wrong end of the stick

Steve

Unless the photographic circles see form to mean something special or different from us normal mortals I think the green chrysanthemums is a good example of form, perhaps cropping the left side to the edge of the out of focus flowers would lessen the distraction otherwise a subject showing form and beautiful.

EDIT to say I have re-read the thread and it would seem others, more experienced than I, see form as meaning something different. Will be interested to see how your lecture defines the word form when applied to photography. Odd one really; as almost anything you can think of has form but to me, the comprehension of form requires that you see a the complete formation of something be it a complete detail or a complete object. Guess I am talking gibberish, often do when I am allowed to think.

See, that makes sense to me, whereas form being 'the external shape/appearance of an object and how it relates to its use', just doesn't seem to fit to me. Its like, um, a whisk or a seive looks like a whisk or a seive because that's what it is. If it didn't look like that, it would whisk things properly or whatever. Oh, I'm getting confused now!
I have a class tomorrow morning, I shall ask my tutor, but I don't think anyone understood really haha.

Thanks for the tips Steve, next time I'm near there I'll have another go. I've only got little legs though, I may need to take my zoom out with me :P