Composition: I wanted to focus on Snuggles the bear so that his actions would be the main idea of the photo. I decided to center him each time so as not to distract from the story.
Concept: This was my narrative. I want to do something cute with toy characters, and when I saw the two bears I got the idea. Snuggles is reading Harry Potter. He wants to cast a spell that will get him more money, but turns himself into a glass bear.
Method: I brightened Snuggles and dramatically darkened the background. I wanted a sinister moral to the story.
Motivation: My motivation was funny comic book stories that I read. I also wanted a hidden moral within like a fable.
Context: I think this photo relates to children photography such as photographing a toy doing silly things that gives them character like a human.
Interpretation: My classmates thought the story was funny.
Evaluation: For photos this dark, I should have put them on a lighter mat board. Also, there should be more steps to tell the story.
Extension: I could make a picture book series for Snuggles.
Composition: I took the photo with the camera on a branch. I liked the branches in the background that created an interesting scene. I wanted the main branch to be off center but still the obvious focus.
Concept: My concept was altered reality. I wanted the viewer to fell like something small climbing a branch.
Method: I originally had the photo dark, but I decided to lighten it up a bit and make the details on the main branch stand out more. Also, the branches in the background look more like a pattern against the bright sky.
Motivation: My goal was to create a dramatic pattern with something simple and give an illusion of scale.
Context: I think this photo relates to nature photography and could be used as a cover to a book or something about reaching heights.
Interpretation: Classmates enjoyed the background and the effect achieved.
Evaluation: Since the prints were dark, lightening the photo up was a good idea.
Extension: I could make a series of nature objects in different perspectives.
Composition: I wanted my small trees to appear to be apart of the ground.
Concept: My concept was something that disrupts. These are obviously man-made but could be apart of the landscape. I left cars in the background to symbolize man-made objects cohabiting with nature.
Method: I twisted branches to make small figures and stuck them into the dirt so they would appear to grow out of it. I also edited the photo so that the shadows of the 'trees' were evident.
Motivation: My goal was to create something that could be a part of nature, although it wasn't originally.
Context: This photo could relate to artists that actually spend their time constructing objects that look like one with nature, only using natural materials. This relates the ecological issues in how can we use natural materials that have been disrupted from their natural state and return it to nature.
Interpretation: Others thought it looked apart of the land, but not naturally of it.
Evaluation: More of these in one photo would work.
Extension: I could make a series man made objects made from natural objects and placed in nature.
Composition: I wanted to take the picture at a distorted angle that would only give a curious hint to the amount of things in the collage.
Concept: I wanted to give a tribute to those that have died recently in my life, and balance it with those that were born in my life. I honor my dad, my dog, and my uncle. The 'life' section of the life and death collage included my nephew as a child. The in-betweens are the vampire teeth that symbolize being 'undead' or immortal and the rose that is clearly a dead rose, yet still radiates with the beauty of its afterlife. The bottom of the photograph states 'the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.' This has personal meaning to me as far as the memorial goes, because I heard the line in the Harry Potter movie I went to see before coming home to discover my dog dead.
Method: I wanted the contrast to be extremely dark and dramatic. Each flaw, such as the tears of the photograph were enhanced. I also wanted the texture of the cork to come through.
Motivation: My goal was to take a dark picture, but leave it vague as to what is really going on.
Context: This photo could be more of photos taken for a memorial. It's psychological; every time I look at the collage, I will be reminded of my loved ones.
Interpretation: My classmates liked the angle of the photo and what it meant.
Evaluation: I definitely need to lighten the photo up for prints. I could possibly make the words stand out more.
Extension: I could do a series of things to memorialize my fallen family.
