4. What photo have you taken this school year that changed how you viewed photography? What is your decisive photo? Why? (include the photo and explanation)
Taking Digital Photography was a very new and unique experience to me. I always aspired to be a photographer but I never knew that I could take pictures with such detail and dexterity. There are many photos that I have taken over the course of the semester but none as transforming as this picture posted below. After I took this photo and edited it, I saw how beautiful it truly was and this proved to me that I had the potential to become a good photographer. I took this picture from a flight window and I also took many pictures of the cloud. I became more and more confident as the images I saw with my eyes transformed exactly into my camera. This picture gives me hope and aspiration to become a photographer someday. This photo is very decisive as I had several other favorite pictures but I ended up choosing this one in the end as always because something speaks to me in this picture. I took this picture in bird's eye view and looking down at San Francisco from that height and perspective was magical. I took my breath away. Every time I look at this photo, my heart fills with joy and it makes me really proud. This is why I would say that this picture really changed my whole view point on photography.
5. What is the difference between shape and form?
Shapes are made at the intersection of three lines and are noticeable inside and outside of the natural world. The way shapes are portrayed in pictures lures the eye to look and pay close attention to its composition. The positive area in a picture may be composed of numerous shapes. The form of an object is seen via lightness and darkness of the picture. The form is the three-dimensional aspect of any object and since a picture is two-dimensional, form can be seen in the photo as light and shadow. Form includes three key elements: length, width, and depth while shapes only has two: length and width. The form is predicted by the intensity and direction of light in the picture. If there wasn't any light there wouldn't be any type of form or even a picture. A black and white picture is really useful in seeing form as it highlights the objects in the photograph without any color distractions making everything simply light and shadow. Shapes are two-dimensional while form is three-dimensional.
6. What is the difference between pattern and repetition?
Repetition is an object, form, or shape that is recurring. Repeated use of a shape, color, or an other art element or design in a picture can help to harmonize the different parts as a whole. The repetition however maybe limited to an instance or two therefore not enough to create a pattern or rhythm, but enough to have a visual impact and accent certain aspects of the photograph.While, pattern id s combination of elements or shapes repeated in a recurring and regular arrangement. Pattern has been used for several centuries and it is symbolic of people's beliefs, tradition, religion, art, and history. They can be motifs as well. For example, a mosaic which is an ancient Roman art of form of creating images by arranging glass, stones, or other materials into a picture uses pattern.
7. Define movement using one of your photos and an explanation.
Movement is the path the viewer's eye takes through the photograph, often focal areas. This type of movement can be directed to shapes, lines, edges, and color within the work of art. It is this rhythmic effect that has a visual element that often repeats itself. The picture which I referenced earlier shows movement as it takes the viewer's eye through the beginning of the San Mateo bridge till the end where it disappears. There are also cars that are moving along the bridge and the plane is in motion as well. The clouds are also moving in this picture. Hence, this picture indicates movement in several aspects.
8. Of the last three projects, what was your best work? Include the link to your best work and explain why you believe this is your best work. How did this project change you? How did you learn to see differently?
Of the last three projects my best work was this picture that I took for the Spring Expo project. I really like this picture because it is very vibrant and it truly captures the ethnic diversity that I hoped would be seen in my pictures. I think that this is my best work as the picture itself is very bright and bold and after I edited it, the photo became even more prominent. The bright color of the bangles against the neutral background creates a contrast and adds a very unique and vibrant element in the image. I am very satisfied with the way it turned out. This project changed me as I began to look at the normal, ordinary things in life differently. Before when I wore Indian clothes or attended weddings I never paid much attention to each aspect of the outfit, I just focused on the entirety of the outfit itself. This project made me to look at the ordinary things in life with a new found perspective. I saw that even the most simple and common things in life could be seen differently. I have begun to value these small elements more.
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