This is a shot I took of my friend, Jeff. This photograph not only represents a lot about the subject but possesses natural lines and that's my favorite part.
As soon as I look at this photo, my eye is immediately drawn to the the middle of the guitar where his fingers are pressing down on strings creating a chord.
There's a triangle that is created with the color on his hands starting with his rings and his fingers on his left hand to the hand in motion up to the extended colored thumb on top of the neck.
There are many occurrences of ovals throughout this shot. His left hand holding the neck creates a round shape bringing the viewer's eye back to his right arm strumming. His bracelets curve enough to swing the viewers eye back to the colored left hand. The curves of the guitar do the same thing.
There are many diagonal lines throughout this shot. The strongest one to me is the neck of the guitar which possesses even more lines within it.
His left arm holding up the guitar creates a strong line throughout the middle of the picture. His right arm strumming creates a line going downward.
The arms and hands, neck, frets and strings all create lines that act as arrows directing the viewers eyes back to the focal point of the action in the photograph.
The photo draws the viewer's eyes to the left hand and to the area between the two hands. Staying with the rule of thirds, the attention is drawn to the left side of the photo.
I feel like this shot has a few types of vectors going on within it.
First, the right hand creates a motion vector leading the eye to the center of the guitar creating a flow.
The neck of the guitar guides the eye out of the frame or the other way, towards the center of the guitar creating an index vector with the strong lines from the strings.
The vertical and diagonal lines created by the strings and frets forces the z-axis attraction.
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