For this exercise I printed of three of the same images in multiple sizes before playing around with them and seeing how positioning and size could effect the image. Some of the placements made it very easy to indicate scale/distance – making it look like the girl was in the foreground, running towards the buildings in the background. I also played around with more unrealistic combinations, the girl being a giant running through the landscape – having each image overlap slightly made it feel like she was in between the objects. I also did another one where she was in the top of the tree top which made for a surprisingly fun image. The collage aspect made the exercise feel quite playful and I was happy to experiment outside of what ‘made sense’.

I think when the figure is smaller than the other elements it feels more realistic and indicates a sense of scale – we can all roughly estimate how big she would in real life so we can figure out how big her surroundings are in relation. I think it is almost subconscious – our brains do it for us when we view the image.

It feels unnatural when the pieces are at an angle although it does make the image seem more energetic. It changes the energy of the piece because it now seems like something more unrealistic – you do wonder why the image looks that way.

I think the images that are more horizontal and vertical in relation the the frame feel more natural as that is how we are used to seeing the world around us. We immediately recognise that kind of environment – even in the ones where the scale doesn’t ‘make sense’ it is still easily readable to the viewer.

I think my favourite composition is probably the one where the girl is bigger than the building and the tree. It is fun and playful – her expression shows that she is laughing whilst she runs. It was also interesting to me to be able to create such a varying range of images using the same three photographs at different scales and different angles!