Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Person, Place and Thing

The objective of this assignment was to take a picture of a person, a place, and a thing in the most attentive way possible. We were supposed to pay attention to creativity, composition, angle, and lighting while taking the photographs. At this point of the class, we had not yet received our cameras, so these were taken with a cell phone camera. I took all three of these photos at the "Kites over Lake Michigan" festival in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. 



Person


The "person" picture is of my husband. I had him stand on that particular background because I like the monochromatic aspect with his gray shirt, blue/gray jacket and the gray of the rainy lake, as it was obviously an overcast day. I kept quite a bit of white space, because I generally like that aesthetic, and it increases the calming nature of the photograph.

Model: Chris L.



Place

I picked the "place" in this particular location because I liked the ambiance of the fog, the mood it created with the house, and the line of the waterway that draws the eye from the house. 



Thing

The thing, or "things" are japanese lanterns that were released en mass at the festival later in the day.  Unfortunately, the fog obstructed the view, making the photo not quite as impressive as it could have been (with many lanterns in view, if there weren't fog), but I think turned out beautiful, nonetheless, as the fog, once again, added some interest itself.  I considered cutting out the trees at the bottom, but decided to keep it in, as it added orientation to a picture that might have been confusing otherwise.

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