Concept: Not really much of a concept beyond an advertising image recreated.
Method: I sprayed water on the apple and had a light shining on it.
Motivation: I just really wanted to see if I could capture an advertising-like image with water droplets and everything.
Context: This is just about how advertising pictures are taken. I also thought a little about how much some ad images are manipulated to look way better than anything looks in real life, like by adding water droplets and smearing Vaseline on things to make them look juicy.
Post-crit analysis: I did not present this image at the critique
Concept: I wanted to convey an emotional narrative with this image. I wanted people to wonder what it was about.
Method: I sprayed the mirror with water and took the picture aiming at my reflection and hand.
Motivation: I liked the idea of reflection, and I liked the texture of water droplets, so I combined them.
Context: I wanted to create some sort of story behind the image that people would take away from it, but I didn't want to make it obvious, so it was sort of left to the viewer's own mind. The image could be categorized as a TV or Film popular image, because of the element of storyline and question suspense.
Post-crit analysis:
Interpretation: People really liked this one- they thought the mirror reminded them of a medicine cabinet and the blurry-ness could be relating to depression or multiple identities.
Evaluation: They wondered what it would be like if the hand was blurry and the face in focus, sort of reversed.
Extension: They thought it could work as a movie poster or a book cover, or that on each droplet of water I could have a different image showing different aspects of character and identity.
Composition: This is an image of one of my scarfs.
Concept: I liked the texture of the fabric, and the way it rolled up and folded reminded me of a landscape. Landscapes reference travel for me, so I wanted to make it about travel.
Method: I placed the scarf on my desk and arranged it, then had a light shining on it.
Motivation: A reference to travel.
Context: Close up images are not as common in travel photography, but I think that the detail of fabric, on an item of clothing like a scarf that travels with you all around, can give a sense of travel and adventure as well.
Post-crit analysis:
Interpretation: They really liked the detail on it, and it was successful in reminding them of travel. I told them the fabric was actually really soft and they were surprised because it looks so tough and outdoorsy.
Evaluation: They liked the way I focused it, and the lighting.
Extension: They suggested adding an element of movement to it like little people moving through the folds on a journey.
Composition: Decorative beads in a vase.
Concept: I thought the beads were pretty, so I took a picture of them. I knew that most people wouldn't know what they were looking at when they saw them, but I wanted to portray the texture and details of them.
Method: I shot the picture with the camera looking down the vase to the beads that were tangled up in there.
Motivation: I really liked how the beads looked and thought that they might look nice as a stock image.
Context: I thought it would be interesting to have the image be sort of abstract as in that people couldn't tell what it actually was, but still enjoy the image. Most photography I've seen has been of things where you can tell what they were so I thought it would be confusing to people to mix that up a little.
Post-crit analysis:
Interpretation- They liked the image and thought it could be used as a computer background.
Evaluation- They liked the sharpness and detail in some of the beads- what I chose to focus on.
Extension- They agreed with me that it would be a whole lot prettier and interesting if it were in color, as the black and white color scheme made the image lose some of its dazzle.
Concept: It was meant to be either a stock image or a postcard/poster thing.
Method: I zoomed in on some of the flowers in a bouquet I had in my apartment. I digitally darkened the background, but it was pretty dark originally anyways.
Motivation: To create a clean image of flowers.
Context: I think that flowers are some of the more beautiful things in nature, and as such people have always photographed them, or drawn them. Since they are so popular, I thought it would be perfect for a popular media assignment.
Post-crit analysis:
Interpretation- They didn't really read anything beyond that it was an image of flowers.
Evaluation- They thought the black was distracting and that there could be more highlights on the petals.
Extension- People thought I could add text to it to make it more cohesive and mean something like an advertisement or a card- something to give it more meaning.
