Thursday, 16 April 2015

Connecting Essay 1


This is an image that I have discovered through my photographer research. It shows many of the micro elements in various ways. Depth is clearly shown through the recognition of objects getting smaller as they get further away, effectively shown through the general public. This is also shown through each side of the composition converging towards the centre of the piece. There is a great contrast between either side of the composition in relation to colour and light, showing the two different times in which the photographs were taken, before being blended together. The left side is significantly darker than the right; colours such as yellow and orange are seen as they stand out on the dark surroundings, therefore enhancing their shape. Contrastingly, the right side is much lighter and brighter and the variety of colours seen, along with the recognition of blue sky symbolises day time.

This is my own piece of photography in which I produced during my exam. The most dominant aspect of this photograph is the different colours seen. The left side is dominantly green whereas the right side of the composition is made up of much warmer colours of oranges and reds. The recognition of the different coloured leaves demonstrate two different seasons, being summer and autumn. Dark lines are also visible travelling upwards in order to show the stalks and branches. Form is also implied through the shadows of the trees being seen on the path. The path itself travels in a straight line upwards until the centre of the composition where it ventures round to the right where it goes out of sight.

These two images can be connected very effectively for a variety of reasons. Firstly they both imply a sense of two different time frames which are separated to either side of the composition. Also both of the photographs have used the effect of blending the two differences together in order to create one consistent image. This blending takes places near the centre of the composition, and in these cases, slightly towards the left. Contrasts in colour are both very evident in the pictures above and also used for the same reason. They both included differentiating colours in the piece in order to signify the different time zones being displayed. Depth is a key aspect in both of the images where the composition tends to converge towards the centre of the composition, clearly demonstrated through lines either side of the centre path in both cases. Also the centre path seems to end in the middle of the composition as it increasingly gets thinner in width and therefore implying distance.




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