VCT 382
Project 1
9/11/08
Project 1 Rationale
Why-
I chose to show the emotion of sadness in my image by incorporating the color blue throughout the shot. I tried to make blue the most dominant color in the frame by dressing my model in all blue and turquoise. I also had her hold some blue flowers to further emphasize my plan. I also tried to give the color photo a light blue tint to everything in the photo, again, further emphasizing the blue for sadness. The location of a cemetery was chosen because it carries with it a great stigma of being a very sad place to be.
How-
For this shoot I knew I wanted to show the subject kneeling down placing blue flowers on a gravesite looking very sad. Luckily my model does in fact get quite emotional when she visits graveyards, so it worked out to my advantage. I knew that I wanted to shoot very tight, so that I could show the emotion on my models face. I didn’t want it to be an extreme close-up though, because I also wanted to get the point across that she is actually at a graveyard. My compromise ended up being that I would shoot very tight incorporating almost an over the shoulder shot from the gravestone’s point of view. It took a couple of tries but I eventually found the framing that I had pictured in my head.
Critique-
It has been quite some time since I have gone out and shot photos on manual mode again, so this assignment was like a re-learning experience for me. Once I had found the appropriate exposure for the lighting that day I just started shooting according to my plan. I didn’t realize it until I had looked at the photos on the computer that there was in fact some slight digital noise in some of the pictures. Including my best shot of the day that I was planning on using. I don’t think it takes away much from the shot overall though. I think the composition of my shot is quite strong, and when I look at the picture it does make me think “blue for sadness”.
Photosig.com-
http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=2228464
Changes-
For this assignment I was able to follow my plans and achieve what I set out to do.
I chose to show the emotion of sadness in my image by incorporating the color blue throughout the shot. I tried to make blue the most dominant color in the frame by dressing my model in all blue and turquoise. I also had her hold some blue flowers to further emphasize my plan. I also tried to give the color photo a light blue tint to everything in the photo, again, further emphasizing the blue for sadness. The location of a cemetery was chosen because it carries with it a great stigma of being a very sad place to be.
How-
For this shoot I knew I wanted to show the subject kneeling down placing blue flowers on a gravesite looking very sad. Luckily my model does in fact get quite emotional when she visits graveyards, so it worked out to my advantage. I knew that I wanted to shoot very tight, so that I could show the emotion on my models face. I didn’t want it to be an extreme close-up though, because I also wanted to get the point across that she is actually at a graveyard. My compromise ended up being that I would shoot very tight incorporating almost an over the shoulder shot from the gravestone’s point of view. It took a couple of tries but I eventually found the framing that I had pictured in my head.
Critique-
It has been quite some time since I have gone out and shot photos on manual mode again, so this assignment was like a re-learning experience for me. Once I had found the appropriate exposure for the lighting that day I just started shooting according to my plan. I didn’t realize it until I had looked at the photos on the computer that there was in fact some slight digital noise in some of the pictures. Including my best shot of the day that I was planning on using. I don’t think it takes away much from the shot overall though. I think the composition of my shot is quite strong, and when I look at the picture it does make me think “blue for sadness”.
Photosig.com-
http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=2228464
Changes-
For this assignment I was able to follow my plans and achieve what I set out to do.
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