Assignment #5 review

Composition: The perspective on this photo looks straight at the figure, at eye level. Natural lighting creates a soft and natural effect.
Concept: This image is a small stage depicting someone looking longingly out a window. It represents how small and lonely someone can feel when trapped on the inside.
Method: This photo was taken using an aperture of 1.8, creating some select blurred areas. Natural lighting lit the scene and photoshop was used to boost the levels and burn/dodge in a stronger vignette.
Motivation: My goal for this image was to personify a non-living thing. Through careful angles and lighting, I wanted to achieve a feeling of longing that even a viewer of the photo could feel.
Context: This photo is somewhat similar to other personifying photos. However, I believe it takes on a new scene. Often times figures like this are seen looking out windows, however this time a screen obscures the outside, representing a confusion and blurring of the "persons" view as well.
Interpretation: Others felt that this image really personified the doll. The tone and lighting helped create a mood and focus more on the subject.
Evaluation: The perspective and lighting is working well in this image. The composition could be improved by possibly zooming out a bit more or involving the figure's arms to enhance the mood.
Extension: I would like to jump off this image into a set about the emotions that an emotionless doll could feel. Through careful placement and lighting I could create emotions and moods.

Composition: Perspective and lighting played a very important role in this image. The "stripper" figurine it looked at from a lower point of view, much like someone would look at someone in a club. The lighting also highlights the figure and "pole", while also creating a smokey effect in the background.
Concept: This image is about the hidden sides of every human. The stripper is a man in a suit wearing a mask. It can be assumed that his "normal" side is a businessman while his side seen in this picture is of a spontaneous and wild, yet hidden, individual.
Method: This image was taken using an aperture of 1.8, giving a very shallow depth of field. A desk lamp lit the photo, providing a lot of strong highlights. And the figurine was set up on a plastic cup and straw. Photoshop was used to burn/dodge select areas.
Motivation: My goal for this image was to once again personify a non-living thing. However this time, I also wanted to show another side of something that really cannot change sides. Humans are able to change so much about themselves, but to see the other side of a doll that is permanently the same, it took a lot of thinking.
Context: I have not seen a picture like this where a figurine is made to show two different sides in one image. It carries a social and cultural meaning about how so many of us are "batman personalities," one during the day, and one during the night.
Interpretation: This image was seen in many ways. One was a business man that masks himself at night and takes on this sexual role.
Evaluation: Lighting was highly regarded in this photo. It created a smokey effect while also appearing as though a spotlight was on the figure. The angle of the shot could have been experimented with a bit more.
Extension: A set I could make from this image is of people's other sides. Find real people that a part of the batman complex. Completes opposites from day to night.

Composition: Lighting and perspective played the biggest roles in this image. It highlighted the water drop while creating an angle that gave the water a structural feel.
Concept: This image is about the subtle constructions in every day life. This scene is so subtle that it most often cannot be seen with the naked human eye. By inverting the image, it shows an angle not commonly seen either, showing a different side of something we take for granted.
Method: This image was taken with an aperture of 1.8, creating a very shallow depth of field. A flash was used to capture the image at such a high speed while also highlighting the water. Photoshop was used to burn and dodge certain areas and add a vignette, and invert the image.
Motivation: My goal for this image was to see how interesting of a structure I could capture in water. I also wanted it to be something that the human eye could never see by itself because it is such a subtle and quick occurrence.
Context: I have seen many images of high speed water photography, however I believe my image ads a deeper meaning and artful quality to that theme. This images relates strongly to naturalistic issues. It shows a beautiful and natural scene that humans may never see without the help of photography, almost like nature hides its best work from us.
Interpretation: Many saw this as a very high quality but did not follow the reasoning behind it. I had to explain that it represented a subtle structure that is very rarely seen.
Evaluation: The focus and sharpness of this photo was very good and added to the composition. The lighting of the frame and water also added greater interest. A different composition, more like the one below, was favored and could be edited.
Extension: Finding other subtle structures with high speed photography would be my jumping off point. Possibly with water balloons, dropping fruit, and other detailed and unseen things.

 

Composition: Framing and lighting played pivotal roles in this image. The off-center faucet ads some abstractness to the image while the lighting highlights the important structure of the water drops.

Concept: This image is again about the hidden structure of nature and the subtle things we take for granted that are near impossible to see.

Method: This image was taken with an aperture of 1.8, creating a very shallow depth of field. A flash was used to capture the image at such a high speed while also highlighting the water. Photoshop was used to burn and dodge certain areas and add a vignette, and invert the image with some cropping.

Motivation: My goal for this image was to continue capturing subtle structures hidden to us. I also wanted to see just how unique water could be in high speed photography, never having done it before.

Context: I have seen many images of high speed water photography, however I believe my image ads a deeper meaning and artful quality to that theme. This images relates strongly to naturalistic issues. It shows a beautiful and natural scene that humans may never see without the help of photography, almost like nature hides its best work from us. Scenes like this are also most commonly seen with bright vibrant colors, creating most of the interest. However this image in black and white still brings focus to the water while adding more interesting texture and shadows.

Interpretation: People saw the structure of this image more than the first. They identified it as a very subtle part of nature that we rarely see.

Evaluation: The range of value works well and the composition adds a lot of interest and a more unique angle. The contrast and sharpness could be fixed or changed just to experiment.

Extension: This photo inspires a set based on falling objects and their different angles. I am not sure why this interests me, but I think that in slow motion, falling household objects can be somewhat artful.