This project was much more difficult than I originally percieved it to be. Its not as easy as you would think to come up with ideas for many of the Elements and Principles of Art. I did however find that nature was one of the places that fufilled a variety of principles of Art, but I didn't want to limit my photo selection to just nature. I also found alot of objects around the house to be useful. To be honest i have never owned a digital camera, or have really taken photos of anykind. Thankfully my brother was home from college and allowed me to borrow his camera. The camera I used was a Nikon Coolpix and that could be one of the reasons the quality of the photos isn't as good as the Sample slideshow provided to us by the Professor. My favorite photos was the way the sunlight hit the rug, the texture of the starfish, as well as the variety picture I used(which was how my brother transfers his electronics from his apartment in buffalo to back home in saratoga area). Overall id have to say that still, photography isn't my thing. This could just be from my inexperience with it, but I do like nature so I can only assume that if i had to pick something to take a picture of, those would be the type i most enjoyed. Rather, I moreso enjoy the drawing/painting aspect of art much more and im looking foward to the self portrait project. I hope this reflection is up to par as I wasn't even sure what to write about. Hope you enjoy it!!
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I liked the texture on the starfish, you can almost feel every ridge and bump. Your emphasis and movement picks were both great but one technical advice would be to turn on the macro for close up photo shots. I know your not too familiar with digital but it is the button with the flower on it. I was having a similar problem myself by leaving the macro in the on position. I couldn't figure out why my art gallery photos were fuzzy even though they were taken at a good distance, the macro was on. I like the pic you used for space, it was a great photo and really showed perspective, drawing your eye down the road. This photo also had great balance. You seem to have a good grasp on the elements and principals.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that this project was more difficult that I first perceived it to be. I figured that I was going to just blow through it but I actually had a tough time finding items that I wanted to photograph.
ReplyDeleteI used a lot of outdoor and nature pictures also. The long road picture was amazing, great for the space element. The picture you used for pattern could have also been used for line. Nice job
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