Prom Gown #3, 2005

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I think this image is very strong because of the exposure that he chose to shoot this in. The way the hair looks black and the shadows are accentuated show sadness. I think the colors convey a sad mood, that could make you feel bad. The grass is dying and the girl looks like she is dying too. There is a large aperture and there is a lot of light coming in. I would maybe turn the girl so you could see her facial expression so it could convey the feeling better.

[display additional info]Jon Edwards 
Tying Off, 2005

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I chose this image by Jon Edwards in 2005 called tying off. I chose this because the way the old man looks in the photo, hard working no matter what, really caught my eye. This image is not saturated, but I feel the image looks stronger being unsaturated compared to being saturated.  I feel the photographer succeeded with the aspect of shallow depth of field. The photographer was also very successful with showing texture and lines. This image seems very calming and is very structural in principles of design. The old man, to me, represents that an older community or society can stay strong and sturdy. 

This picture is called "Farm, Route 89, Wyoming", and was taken by Alan Kupchick, an American, in 2005. This photo is monochromatic with many shades of greens in the grass, house, hills, and sky. This image is also a good example of asymmetrical balance. Both sides of the picture are similar and because the hill on one side balances out the white door on the other side there is still balance. The house on the hill gives a sense of comfort in a place that would otherwise be eerie.

Last House Standing- katie cofran

The Last House Standing

Ben Marcin

1958 USA

This is a picture, taken in 1958, from the portfolio of the Last House Standing by Ben Marcin. Ben Marcin was born in Augsburg, Germany. I like this picture because it seems simple but there are many complex items that go into making this picture soothing to the eye and easy to look at. The blue and grey colors give it a calming feel and the yellow in the middle causes the whole picture to have a good vibe. The depth of field helps the blue building stand out against the duller background. One thing I might have done differently is cropped the sign on the very left out because it takes away from the buildings and fence.

i worked really hard on this so please give me a good grade

Russel Phillips

Hinsdale Theater Auditorium 

1985

Russell Phillips took this picture at the Hinsdale Theater Auditorium in 1985. Phillips being born in 1954 was obviously affected by the cold war in some way or another. This was a very depressing time for Phillips due to him having to grow up in the transition between Korean War and Vietnam War. This picture has more of an eery, vintage feel since the only source of light is artificial and dimmed.  At first glance you don't notice the foreign object that is not exactly centered but is pushed a tad to the front right. This object keeps the observer wondering and curious about the image. This pushes the observer to bring more ideas to a simple picture. 

Blog Assignment- Jaida Sanders

Narrative
Julie Blackmon
New Chair, 2014

   This image by Julie Blackmon has a great use of the different color combinations. There is red and cyan, yellow and blue also magenta ad green. I think the different color combinations really help with the mood of the picture. The shape of the bright red chair with the calm yet exciting cyan sky provide a sense of new change to the photo. The yellow chair and the red chair contrast one another in texture, color and shape. Half of this picture is very clean and new which gives the viewer a light perspective while the other side is very heavy and dirty which weighs down the perspective. In turn the balance each other out. There is also a great variety in this picture. The depth of view is very bold in the front while the colors stay monochromatic in the back. I think the lines on the roofs of the houses are very clean and well put together but, the lines in the center of the photo are very diagnoal and all go different directions. The horizontal line is also not as straight as it could be. The cropping is even and overall the picture is really nice and I like it. I also like the boy who has a bag covering his face in the bottom right corner. :))

Urban picture description

Setting: Midtown Manhattan 2004

Artist: Thomas Micheal Aleman

 I think this picture was very succesful in terms of the mood and colors of the picture. The black and white monotone of this picture gives the feeling of a cold winter night with poeple rushing around. The shutter speed in this picture also set very well because it captures the image in a way, with a slight blur, that shows the business of New York City. Also the reflection on the car is nice and makes your circle around up to the sign and down to the people who are in a side to side blur which then draws your eye back down to the reflection and lights on the car. Finally your eye moves to the darker part of the image and to the drivers sullen face which agrees with the mood of the dark part of the picture.  I think this picture would be more satisfying to the eye if the line of the sidewalk was straightened, but still led your eye to the path the car would follow off the image. 

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Pipo Nguyen-duy 
05-06-A-03. 2004

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This image by Pipo Nguyen-duy Is strong because it is symmetrical and very saturated with the very vibrant green color. This image is also monochromatic however the roof of the green house balances out the vibrate green color. Along with the bright green colors, Pipo

This photo is by Pipo Nguygen, it was taken in 1962 and is called "The Garden". The dying trees in the background and the old car bring up a story and a sense of abandonment. The colors in this picture and having a low saturation helps the image with the story and the feelings. I also like how the car is uncentered. There is also a lot of movement in this image between the ceiling and ground. The only weakness in this photo in my opinion is when you look closely in the right corner there is a red object that is very distracting. Overall this image is very interesting and well shot.

Genre Blog Assignment

Architecture

Pipo Nguyen-duy

The Garden

1968

US/Vietnam

I chose this image because it is very captivating. The green throughout the photo creates a unity of color through the image. The green bushes move your eye through the image creating motion. The repetition of the poles is what makes the photo great. It is a repetition that seems almost endless adding a dream connotation to the image. The green of the grass also contrasts well with the light blue of the sky because the green has slight tints of yellow. The photo can be labeled in the architecture genre because the poles create a sense of structure.

I chose this picture because it shows you how run down this beautiful tree is. I like the line and texture of the image, it makes me want to climb it. The guy standing next to it, to me, feels like he is the only one who still cares about this tree. It gives a feel of loneliness. I really like the background of this image, the setting. It looks like it is in the middle of no where. All in all it is a beautiful  image.

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I found this photo under the genre "narrative". It is called Chaise and was photographed by Julie Blackmon in 2013. This photo came to my attention with its bright and colorful features. The red chair and the mint green wall popped into my focus. All the vibrant colors made this photo to be rich in saturation. This picture also includes a wide range of variety. My eyes move around this room nonstop. To me, this photo was very successful with its color and variety. The main weakness of this photo was the cropping. You can see on the left side that the window was awkwardly cut off. Overall, I really enjoy looking at this photo.

This piece is by the notorious  David Trautrimas ,this is a archival pigment who also does ice fishing hut sculptures.What i really admire about this photograph is the lines between the object and the contrasting sky .I like the way he illustrates the texture in the object.All the the blue sort of goes and against the theme of the shot in the back .I like the way He uses the ruff ground to show how far deserted this really is. i like the way this compound creates a form of mysteriousness .

Pick a Photo (Ward Jarvis)

Portraiture 

Brad Wilson

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle #1

2011

The person that is observing the photo is establishing a state of unity. The photo presents an asymmetrical balance. The colors all flow together and the birds feathers present a very interesting yet simplistic texture that helps the viewer establish a state of simplicity. I believe the photo does a great job of emphasis. The emphasis of the photo is on the eagle's beak. Its bright shade of yellow helps to enforce this element. The one flaw this photo possesses is that their is light shining of the bird's beak. 

Exceptional Conceptual (look at them sick rhymes) Lillie Tritt

CONCEPTUAL

CLAY LIPSKY

ATOMIC OVERLOOK

ATOMIC OVERLOOK: 07

1974

THE VEIWER SEES UNITY IN THIS IMAGE FROM THE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING SHAPE OF THE EXPLOSION THAT LEADS THE EYE TO THE TREE. THE TEXTURE OF THE EXPLOSION REMINDS THE VEIWER OF POWDER AND SEEMS WELCOMING TO THE VEIWER.  THERE IS EMPHASIS ON THE TREE, THEN THE VIEWER'S EYE MAKES ITS WAY TO THE EXPLOSION, THEN THE PEOPLE, THEN THE GROUND AND THE FENCE. THE DEPTH OF FEILD IS LONG, SINCE THERE IS BOTH FOCUS ON THE TREE AND CONTINUING FOCUS ALL THE WAY TO THE EXPLOSION AND THE SKY BEYOND.  WHILE THE COLORS ARE MOSTLY NEUTRAL, THERE IS GREAT SATURATION AND VIBRANCE.  THERE ARE SUCCESSES IN THE EXPOSURE OF THE IMAGE AND THE CAPTURING OF THE MANY DIFFERENT TEXTURES. TEHRE IS SUCESS IN TEH PLACEMENT OF THE PEOPLE, TREE, AND EXPLOSION. IT WAS QUITE HARD TO FIND FAULTS BUT THE VEIWER CAN SEE THE THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS SLIGHTLY OFF CENTERED WITH THE CURVATURE OF THE FENCE AND THE DEPTH OF THE EDGES OF THE FENCE ON THE FRAME. I REALLY ENJOY THE AESTHETICS OF THIS IMAGE. LILLIE TRITT

This picture was taken by Pentti Sammallahti  This photo gives off a sad emotion, and also a mysterious type feel. You don't exactly know what is going on, and you wonder what happened to the guy on the ground. Was this the cow's owner? If so, you feel bad for the cow, the cow seems to be sad. This also adds a theme of loneliness to the picture.

Photo critique

This photo is called Western Screech Owl #2 taken by Brad Wilson and was shot in 2011. This image is also a portraiture image. This image succeeds in many of the categories we have studied.  It does a great job for asymmetry because the blacks balances out the owl. It also has great texture because you can see the texture of the feathers, and beak, and eye. You are not able to tell the depth of feel because the background is completely black. The colors of the feathers flow together and then the yellow of the eyes really stands out. Even though the yellow is bright and bold unlike the brown, black, and white, all of the colors really flow together.

photo review

I found this photo by Tom Chambers called Mare Liberum. I think that the photo moves well throughout the image and the colors of browns, whites, oranges, and hints of blues are a good color combination. I also like the photographer's choices of textures, and having the horse be wet and the water splashing, and just the texture of the hair and dress makes the image more interesting. Something that sort of bothers me is that the bottom left hand corner looks really edited and the orange color doesn't have to be so vibrant. But although he made that choice and how it highlights the edges, it does make the viewer focus more on the horse an girl, and drags your eye to the center before looking around. Also I noticed that by giving the effect of the horse walking gives a good impression of movement, and how the water is moving around, and the birds in the background.

Photo Review

This photo by Russell Philips is from the series Movie Theater Interiors and was taken in 1983. I really like this photo because of the repetition of the chairs. I also like how the curve in the ceiling follows the curve of the chairs. There are complimentary colors, yellow and blue, used in the ceiling along with green and magenta. The saturation in the photo gives it an almost luxurious feel, from the yellow-gold to the deep red. The only thing that I would change is the carpet in the bottom right-hand corner. I feel that it distracts the eye and that it isn't really needed as the photo already has a lot of patterns and saturated colors.

Gothic Arches, Blaine Ellis

This photo is called Gothic Arches by Blaine Ellis. This was taken at Alcobaca Monastery in 2004. Ellis uses depth and lighting to create a very surreal feeling. The lack of color causes the only light to come from the back and spread through the tunnel. This causes the viewer's eye to move from the back of the piece to the front. The use of depth makes it surreal by causing the viewer by not being able to tell where the real back of the scene is. It may go on forever. The lighting and drain of color are great successes in this photo. The lines are a failure in this photo. You see more of the left column than the right, and the middle does not match up perfectly symmetrical. 

Darkness

 

                                                                         
 Hiroshi Watanabe 
Beach House, Barcelona, Spain, 2005

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This image by Hiroshi Watanabe represents darkness to me. The dark colors and desaturation really shows the dark and eerie mood. I think the photographer could have either aligned the structure/building to be in the middle of the picture, or could have taken it from another angle so the structure is on the other side of the picture and has negative space. I like how the building is not straight and kind of bent on the left side. It represents disorder and imperfection. I also think that if the aperture was smaller, than that would create a blurry background and focus more on the building rather than the clouds and sea in the background. The photographer did a great job though of capturing the feeling and mood associated with the picture

I chose this image by Jason DeMarte in 2007 called Cream Filled. The series is titled Utopic. I really enjoy this image because of the balance between the cream-filled sponge cake and the golden bears. One aspect that I think the photographer could have done better in is that he could have centered the bears and the sponge cakes a little better. I think that he succeeded in the aspect of variety throughout the image (i.e.- the semicircles along the bears' backs, the horizon line in the background, and the semicircles tracing the sponge-cakes). I also think that the photographer succeeded in using a shallow depth of field. My eyes are immediately drawn to the Bears and the cakes, but not as much as the background. An aspect that isn't particularly good or bad, is the difference in saturation between the sponge cakes and the bears. The cakes are extremely saturated, with the contrasting element of the unsaturated golden bears. Over all, this is a very powerful image because it makes me feel happy and calm again, agreeing the the title, Cream Filled.

Genre Photo

Pentti Sammallahti 

Hydra, Greece, 1975

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The image I chose by Pentti Sammallahti shows a god example of stop motion on the curtain, that is blowing in the wind. This photo has a good variety of shapes within the window and window frames. This picture also includes horizontal lines, however some are pointed at a slightly different angle. The fact that the picture is saturated with a deep depth of field gives the picture more of an affect on loneliness than it would with a shallow depth of field. in a shallow depth of field you wouldn't be able to see the surroundings of the puppy or window, with a deep depth of field you see how small the dog really is. giving the pictures theme of loneliness a better interpretation.

Genre Photo Review

1 / 10[display additional info]Russell Phillips 
Lake Theater Auditorium, 1984

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I think that this image is strong in complementary colors and principles of design. In this picture, there are red and cyan that are complementary. it also shows an example of a saturated picture. This picture has many of the principles of design in it. One example is movement because your eyes move around the different rows of chairs and they move around the different circles in the celling. Another principal that it has is radial balance in the circles in the celling. A third principal that this picture has is repetition in the seats. As the seats go further back, they get smaller but still retain the same shape. This picture also has a deep depth of field because you can see the whole theater instead of having the background blurred. The strong components of this picture are that there are complementary colors, there are many principals of design, and the picture has a nice depth of field. The only thing I would change about this picture is to increase the exposure a little bit to make the picture brighter.

Blog assignment Brooke Tollett

Photo By: Pentti Sammallahti Published in: 2006 Untitled

I like this photo because its desaturated but still has a happy mood. I also like this photo because the focal point of the picture is the cat, although there is a lot of other things going on in this picture. However, the photo isn't centered around the cat, so the picture feels a little off balance. The horizon of the floor is at an off angle, which continues with the feeling of being off balance. I think this picture would be better if it was taken at a different angle to make the picture feel more in balance. 

What We Learned

The title of the series of images is Rest Stop - Vanishing Relics of the American Roadside. The title of my specific image that I have chosen is Near Thackerville, Oklahoma - I-35. This image is 24x29", unmatted, and an archival pigment print. This image was taken by Ryann Ford and there is no date. As far as successes and failures are concerned I believe this image is almost perfect, if I was taking this I wouldn't have changed anything. This picture contains proportion, emphasis, and I believe it is monochromatic and also saturated. This image also has the perfect lighting for the seemingly glum situation in this picture.

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Type: Urban Landscape

Title: Last House Standing

Artist: Ben Marcin

Year of Publication: 2011

The above image uses many principles of design that help contribute to the development of a strong image. This photo has great emphasis on the red building because that is the first thing my eye goes to when looking at this image, and red tends to jump out when the background has more neutral colors. There is also repetition in the windows of the building, and there is movement throughout the entire image because of the tree branches and the continuous shifts in color. This image is desaturated because of the choice in color. When this image was taken, the photographer used shallow depth of field, because the background is more blurred and the overall focus is on the red building. I really like this image because of the colors. The red ties in very well with the gray sky and the green grass. There is also unity with the colors because the buildings in the background are of the same tone as the red building that the image focuses on. This image is satisfying to the eye is very interesting to look at. 

Genre Photo Review

1 / 20[display additional info]Jon Edwards 
Mug-Up, Monmouth, Maine, 2006

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     I think this photo is really strong, using many elements and principles of design as well as the qualities of a great photo. This photo is unsaturated and also black and white, which adds to the somber feeling of the photo. It is really strong because of the way it was shot, with a very shallow depth of field focusing only on the cup and man's hands. It's really nice how the look on the man's face is still present but since it is in the background and very blurry, the feeling is spread throughout the photo rather than the main focus. I think that makes the viewer more calm and sad, which makes them also feel warm and fuzzy because of the cup of hot drink. The emphasis in this photo is the man's cup and grubby hands, which makes the unity of the photo stronger by sense of home and hearth. These are the many successes of this photo and the only thing I would change would possibly be the image sharpening a bit more on the cup instead of being kind of fuzzy. But, in the same way, I think the fuzziness adds to the mood of the photo.

-Daniella Teixeira per. 7

Genre Picture Analysis

This photo was taken by David Trautimas in 2007. The image is called The Cooler Factory and is part of a series of constructed images made of old items one can find in their house. The picture is asymmetrical and is mostly made of cyan and red. The picture appears to be very flat due everything appearing to be in the front while there is no background. The image feels like a drawing from the fifties about the future. I think this is a very well made image, but I would like to see a version with some sort of skyline in the background.

Picture

Title: Soccer Field

Artist: Frank Ward

Year: 2008

Extra Information: This picture was taken in Mongolia from The Drunken Bicycle II. 

I really like this picture because I like how it was shot. It looks like the photographer shot this image low to the ground. Everything in the picture is centered and is almost perfectly symmetrical. The photographer shot this image with a nice depth of field because it looks like the picture could go on forever. I also really like how the first soccer goal is centered, then the goal farthest back is centered in the first soccer goal. The colors go well with each other because one doesn't take over the other one. The picture is well organized and shot, that's why it is such a good image.

Title- Mon River
Artist- Arron Blum
Year- 2010
Extra Info-taken at the mon river outside of pittsburgh as part of the born and raised project
I think that this image was very successful in the way that the green grass contrasts with the orange trees and how it reflects off river also i like how the background fades with the fog and how the sky kind of matches up with the can in the fire pit.

Picture Analysis

This picture was taken by Ben Marcin in Baltimore, Maryland in 2010. The picture wasn't titled.  The image is very blue and yellow due to the blue of the building and the yellow of the school buses and the poster. The blue building itself is very symmetrical, while the rest of the objects in the image are not. The blues and yellows really stand out against the dull red brick and grey sky. The covers on the windows are arranged in a pattern like a 3x2 grid. The curb of the street and the bottom left and middle of the image really bothers me. Had it been cropped out, I think the image would be more successful.

Picture

Title: Flowering Cactus
Artist: Imogen Cunningham
Year: 1930
Extra Information:Gelatin-Silver Print




I think this image was successful in the way that I like how the plant was centered in the shot. I think it looks appealing because a little part and the very end of the petals is cut out of the image. I also like the angle the image was shot at. If it were straight on, you wouldn't be able to see all the details in the plant such as the center, etc. If it were a birds eye view, you wouldn't be able to see the depth the center has. I don't think the image was successful in the sense that there are distracting aspects to the background. Right behind the plant, you can see the leaves and stems and my eye was dawn to that almost immediately which I think takes away from the image.