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Graphic Nature

October 8, 2011 By Paige Balcer

My two worlds are colliding as I stare at this photo of a bug-chewed leaf. The graphic designer in me is enamored with the pattern of organic white-ringed shapes and the veins that connect them. Meanwhile my photographer’s eye is studying the depth of field, contrast and saturated colors. In fact, photography and graphic design are intertwined in many ways. The same elements that I studied as a college design student can be applied to photography as well. Balance, contrast and movement are important for any form of visual art and the lines between artistic mediums can often be blurred.

Today, please share your photos with distinctly graphic qualities and stand back as I am blown away with visual stimulation.

Comments

  1. Val says

    October 8, 2011 at 6:06 am

    I really really get this. Pea tendrils. They get me every time with their predictable unpredictability.
    http://www.mental-chew.com/2011/07/how-does-your-garden-grow-072611.html

    This is my love in photography. Finding patterns. As a former math and science teacher, I am drawn to Fibonacci Sequences and appreciating form and function in nature. Ok, tomorrow I am heading to a pumpkin patch and now I have a new goal!!

  2. Jennifée says

    October 8, 2011 at 6:13 am

    Oh, yes! Food tends to be a bit delayed when I'm cooking, since I frequently run for my camera to document colours and patterns like in this onion:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennifee/6073723643/

  3. Romy says

    October 8, 2011 at 6:34 am

    absolutely understand the need for strong visual guides!:

    http://picasaweb.google.com/102016941117453396812/Vysehrad#5659895351319646402
    http://picasaweb.google.com/102016941117453396812/Vysehrad#5659895623780114386
    http://picasaweb.google.com/102016941117453396812/Greece2011Athens#5661004909588017522

  4. Marcie says

    October 8, 2011 at 8:49 am

    I've always thought that 'design' – whether photographic or simply graphic are inseperable. This image – the horizontal layering:
    http://marciescudderstudios.squarespace.com/home/2011/10/7/mutli-layered.html
    And this – the study of shape and form:
    http://marciescudderstudios.squarespace.com/home/2011/10/6/the-journey.html

  5. rakusribut says

    October 8, 2011 at 9:15 am

    thank you, paige, you have truly inspired me today…:-))
    i have been taking photographs of a piece of discarded paper that has been lying in the grass alongside the water
    it is a kind of waxy paper, like butchers use to put their meat in, and it has been lying there in a crumpled heap, slowly decaying, changing color, getting thinner and dirtier, but always amazing me with its wonderful shape and folds and shadows and layers of color
    i have finally gathered all the shots i've taken together and put them in a set on flickr today, thanks to your post….!!!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/61760618@N08/6222455948/in/set-72157627843456252/lightbox/

  6. Angie says

    October 8, 2011 at 11:42 am

    I love a good log pile for an interesting graphical photo… http://www.flickr.com/photos/angies/4651984023 (plus they smell nice).

  7. Summer says

    October 8, 2011 at 11:54 am

    Loved these cobblestones. . .
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/runningchatter/6222885838/in/photostream

  8. LeAnne says

    October 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    I always thought this black and white mushroom shot looked quite graphic…

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/leanne8790/6044181946/

  9. Jeanne says

    October 8, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    I've always been enamored with design – whether handcrafted, computerized or from nature. Today is one of those nature days. They are full, deep, textured, linear, squiggly.

    http://bostongirlontheverge.blogspot.com/

  10. michelle says

    October 8, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    loved the graphic quality of these ferns

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnetisedbylife/6168651862/in/set-72157627438852705/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnetisedbylife/6168642696/in/set-72157627438852705/

  11. Brenda says

    October 8, 2011 at 5:36 pm

    Today was one of those magical photo walks – minimalist graphic images seemed to be everywhere:

    http://flic.kr/p/atY97u
    http://flic.kr/p/atVtCp
    http://flic.kr/p/atVtA2

  12. Edith says

    October 8, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    I love strong shapes and lines:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616983@N05/6223742567/in/photostream

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616983@N05/6223724427/in/photostream

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616983@N05/6224244264/in/photostream

  13. Gotta Run says

    October 9, 2011 at 1:09 am

    veins in leaves
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/gottarun2009/6096618748/in/set-72157627535058945

  14. rakusribut says

    October 9, 2011 at 9:58 am

    i went back to see if the piece of paper was still there and took some more photos
    i love looking at all the thumbnails together, it looks like a cut up abstract painting….

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/61760618@N08/sets/72157627843456252/

  15. Emma says

    October 9, 2011 at 10:00 am

    I really liked this when I was going for a walk one evening. I took a few unfocused shots and this reminded me of a painting:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/53759195@N05/6132617598/in/photostream/

  16. Bonnie says

    October 9, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    The credit for this design work goes to the spider:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjakobsen-martin/6224482430/

  17. Megan says

    October 10, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Here's mine: http://onethousandwordsormore.com/2011/07/07/santa-monica-june-2011/

  18. Diana says

    October 13, 2011 at 10:50 pm

    beautiful piece of work. nature's work calls on us to be artistic.

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