OBJECTIVES: -Take photos that focus just on the reflection of the hand on the mirror -Edit photos that enhance the hand and focus less on the background
RESEARCH:
MY 20 NEW PHOTOS:
MY 4 EDITS:
PRINTED/MATTED PHOTO:
CRITIQUE: Describe: This is a photograph of my hand in the center of the photo and in the background, to the right, is the reflection of the camera blurred. The photo was printed on Lustre paper and matted with white mat. It was made by adjusting the hue and saturation and adjusting the levels so the background darkened and lightened my hand without it being over powering. When these things were adjusted it made the hand have this pink sort of filter or coloring to it, and the background became mostly dark with the blurred area of the camera reflection.
Analyze: In this photo the space creates emphasis mostly in the middle of the image. The dark space of the background behind the hand, makes the hand stand out that much more even if the reflection of the camera is still visible. When you first look at the photo, your eyes focus on the hand and then travel back to the reflection beings that majority of the background is almost black. This is important because it is good to experiment with having a certain focal point or object that is emphasized in a photo and I did so by adjusting the lights and dark and even when I adjusted the hue and saturation it made my hand stand out even more. Also in this photo, the shape creates proportion in the middle/slight right of the photo. This is happening in this area because the way my fingers sit in front of the reflection of the camera it clearly shows how much larger my fingers look than the camera. This is important because it shows how the placement of objects in a photo can make something look strange, larger, or smaller than it actually is. This can be a cool feature to play with by using two of the same or different objects and placing them a certain way. Also, proportion can be done with the perspective you are taking a photo from.
Interpret: The idea of this image was to take a clear, focused image of the hand but to also include some type of reflection. The evidence for this is in the middle of the photo where the hand is in focus and you can see a small amount of reflection of the hand but also a blurred background reflection of the camera. Also, the theme of this image can be hard work starts with yourself. I believe this can be the theme because to me hand represent hard work or labor and the mirror reflection can symbolize your self because when you look with your eyes in a mirror you see your physical features but also can go further and you can see what is within and that can either motivate you or not.
Evaluate: My overall opinion of this piece is fairly well. I liked how focused I was able to get the hand with the reflection and how I edited it as well. I think this photo is successful because I was able to take a variety of photos that went with my objectives and the editing process was something new that I just played with and it ended up working out. I think to improve this piece it could have been more creative and broad to a certain extent just because photography of hands can be common and also in the piece I could have tried taking the photo from a different angle.