Leading Lines

LEADING LINES

Leading lines is a set of man made marks which acts as a pathway towards a photographic subject that the photographer wants their audience to focus on.

Here are my own examples of the use of leading lines in photography:

This photograph was taken in a college corridor. I attempted to make the railings act as leading lines. This did not work very well as the railing are too short, they do lead to my subject but there are distractions in the background which takes the focus off of my subjects, Kit and Hayley.

This photograph was taken at college, the main object of this photo is the bin located just behind the row of chairs. This shows leading lines as the row of chairs makes the audience follow them towards the bin. This could be improved by making sure that there is no distractions in the background to draw the audiences eyes away from the subject.

This photograph was taken at college, the main object of this photo is the bin located just behind the row of chairs. This shows leading lines as the row of chairs makes the audience follow them towards the bin. This could be improved by making sure that there is no distractions in the background to draw the audiences eyes away from the subject.

This photograph was taken in the college library. Kit is the object of this photograph, the shelves of books either side of him act as leading lines as they make the audience follow them to see the subject. This would have worked better if there were no distractions behind Kit.

 This photograph was taken in Gundymoor Woods, this is a bad example of leading lines as, although there is a pathway which would act as a good example, there is no subject that the pathway leads to.



This image was also taken in Gundymoor Woods. This photograph shows leading lines as there is a pathway which makes the audience follow it to focus on the subject.