First Attempts at my Triptych Formation

I have taken four out of my planned eleven triptychs over the last week, and put them together on Photoshop to gain an idea of how I want to place my images in my book for submission. Here are some screenshots and how I feel about their composition.

Originally, I wanted my photographs to be presented in a portrait book, in the style outlined above. However, when I actually put my photographs together, I didn't think they looked right. My eyes naturally wanted to flow to the right, where there were no photographs to be seen.

I decided then to place my photographs in the same portrait format, but in a landscape triptych. The landscape format worked better than the portrait version, however, I still wasn't happy with the portrait pages. I went onto the Blurb Book Creator Plug In again and looked at the other formats the books offered. There was a landscape version and a square version. I decided to try the square version to see what the outcome would be.

After changing my book format, I decided to stick with the square format, but present my triptych on a white background rectangular frame. The triptych would blend into the background of the book and become unnoticeable. This is my favourite triptych from the set I have produced so far, the composition has just worked, and the decay of the image that he has carried around for a week is what I imagined. I am not going to reshoot this, and have not needed to edit, as the contrast from my new 17-40mm lens is just right.

I am going to have to re-shoot this set, as the younger model was facing the find and therefore, she is struggling to look at the camera and keep her eyes open. I am going to find a more suitable day to re-shoot this triptych, when the sky is clear but when there is less wind to put my subject off. Scheduling a re-shoot should be relatively easy, as I live with the mentioned subject, my sister.

I do not need to re-shoot this triptych either, as I feel that the composition and contrast between the shadows and highlights works perfectly.

I love the way that the subject is holding the photograph, as it is different from the others. I wanted to keep some sort of rigidity within my final triptychs in forms of composition and where I am stood with the camera. However, letting the subject hold the photograph any way they want makes for the small change that makes them interesting.