April 19, 2009

journal #2

Before:
I'm excited about this assignment. I like how i'll tell a story with multiple frames instead of one-- it increases my number of options. Before and after: i could do an unmade bed and, then the same bed made. or maybe a full dish, and the plate after it's eaten. maybe someone right when they wake up, and after they're ready for the day. I'll think of better ones later. I also like the close closer and closest. The first will be boring, and i won't change the angle from straight on. The second will be the same, just with the subject taking up the entire frame instead of having a background. And lastly, I'll do an abstract one from a new angle; but you'll still be able to tell what the subject is. The end.

After:
Hmm. This didn't work out as planned. I liked my ideas, just not so much the execution. For example, my door. I photographed a house, then just the door, then just the handle. Loved the idea, hated how it turned out. Oh well. Then I did a clock for the far away and then close. The first image of a far away clock is awful. Horrendous. I can hardly believe it was me who photographed it. Probably worse than any eighth grader's first photograph ever. Sighhhhhhh oh well. The second on is great and abstract. That is what I printed. I also printed a picture of my little sister right out of bed, one when she was doing her hair, and one when she was all ready. These were not great photographs. They told the story they were supposed to but awful composition. I wish I could reshoot. Actually just the first is awful. Maybe I just don't like it cause it's the part of the day when she's ugliest, cause I love the other too when she's cute. Baha. Really though those have great focus with a mirror, and not so much the first. I also shot an apple and cutter, and then one of the sliced apple. I liked this best, but ended up not printing it. Hmm. Maybe I will later. It worked out pretty great. Mediocre idea but good composition. Hopefully next assignment will go better. The end.