Small in size: Big in Agriculture

This local news article, written by Sean Ellis and photos taken by Jake Putnam, highlights a small, rural county in Idaho while also underscoring the impact it has on agronomics.

Typeface

The contrasting typeface employed here furnish greater distinction between the varying captions by using a sans-serif type font; and the actual heading and body font, which are easy-to-read-in-print: serif font. The originator expertly pairs the serif fonts as both header and body font but creates a bolder and larger font for the header, bringing out the strong differences in these sections while distinctly expressing the differences between taglines and credits via using simple sans-serif and italicize sans-serif for this article.

Contrasting Elements

The bold, large header of this article immediately draw the eye against the smaller font of the body. There is great contrast where the photo captions are in a simple sans-serif but in bold and the credits are in a larger but lighter font weight or italics which and helps to draw the eye to those areas as different but also contrasting to the rest of the body text.

Leading Lines

Putnam utilizes straight or leading lines of both the row crop and the windrows, boldly showing contrast against the surrounding vegetation and pulling the viewers attention to the stark lines all while utilizing depth where he takes one picture looking up a hill and the other one looking down at the field from the cab of a swather, allowing the image to contrast with differing angles and giving a better perspective of the straight lines of these crops.

Photography

Here are three images which could be used in place of the photos of the above article. Each of these images using differing depth and leading lines which are striking and capture the attention of the viewer.

Conclusion

The first image gives a drone view of the distinct leading lines of the downed field with it’s windrows arching against the strait lines of both the outside round of the field and the surrounding fields and their straight lines.

This apple orchard is offset by two large cottonwoods on either side and the leading lines, while more subtle are the straight rows the orchard is planted in and which come to a distinct point. They are emphasized by the road on either side of the grove, framed by the trees on either side.

Lastly, we have a field which is planted in straight rows and the tree-laden horizon behind the field, giving us the opposing leading-lines bringing the row crop into focus at the bottom-center of the photo.

Each of these images contribute to the over-all-design of a small agricultural area that thrives on a diversity of agronomics, helping to sustain the world.