Forum: Photography


Subject: Photohaiku

doca opened this issue on May 13, 2003 ยท 8 posts


doca posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 8:15 PM

Attached Link: HaikuHut.com

Well, I guess I need to explain haiku first. Haiku is a form of short poetry, usually 17 syllables or less in 3 lines. Often it is broken down as 5, 7, 5 syllables. Usually, it has 2 lines of description followed by a third line of inspirational awareness called the turn or the "haiku moment" also called the "aha moment." Check out the url on this message and take a look at this one for some examples. http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/ph_top With photohaiku you combine both the poetry and the photo or other visual art into a combined pair that compliment each other. They are usually related but don't really have to be. Here is another example. Poke around the interenet with a search on phothaiku and you will soon see what I mean. I like the phrase that a picture is worth a thousand words. With photohaiku, you get to give the viewer a hint at what those 1,000 words would be. Now, go forth and learn. doc