Design Through Photo pt. 3

This picture below of multiple Buddhas put together in what almost looks like a collage, is a picture made to show asymmetry with a complimentary color scheme. No where in the picture can you fold it and two equal halfs of the same thing. I did so by resizing the buddhas, flipping around the image, and tilting it. Using reds and greens, I made the background fuzzy and combined it with red hues since the Buddha contained a lot of reds in it. Then I adjusted every Buddha on its own with a red or green hue. Therefore, my design describes asymmetrical principles with complimentary colors.

Pt. 2- The Object

Paying attention to small details in small objects is what I tend to enjoy doing. So this close-up shot using natural lighting from my open window shows great detail in this golden Buddha's face. I really like how you cannot see the rest of his body and only can see his face and part of his hand. The natural light gave a nice color to the figure and a nice shot from my camera without using flash.

This was an interesting shot because it was using night light. The colors are rich and dark and yet you can still see enough details to understand what is going on. This long-shot allows us to see the entire Buddha and is framed to have objects in the background. It's as if no matter where you go, whether it is to drink a cup of coffee, Buddha can be there. The colors blend well and the glares from the Buddha, coffee cup, and small moisturizer make the picture look sleek.

I thought a semi-worms eye view shot would provide an interesting shot with a strange angle of the Buddha. I titled my camera and tried to grab a piece of my poster in the top left corner. This long-shot while using a two light source of natural light and my lamp made the details noticable in this shot. The Buddha looks superior, as if he is looking down at someone.

The fourth photo was one of my favorite shots I took due to the natural light combined with a direct light, from my lamp. Also I added this strange angle to emphasize the peace the Buddha gives to empty space. The Buddha gives off a shadow and the colors are very plain to represent the feeling of serenity the Buddha gives off. I Framed this angle to demonstrate the long-shot to be a powerful way to describe something small to have a huge meaning.

Regardless of the shots, lighting, and framing...this object means a lot to me. It is something I found randomly at a store last year when I was learning about Buddhism. At the moment I was kind of sad and I saw it, remembered the things I had learned, and it made me happy. I knew I had to purchase it and it still serves as a constant reminder of finding serenity through all the obstacles life throws your way.

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Design Through Photo pt.1- A Background Library

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Multiple surfaces, clothing patterns, textures, and gripping colors are all over the place. The key to noticing these backgrounds is to stop and simply look around. When I was taking my pictures to define patterns, textures and colors I thought there would be no better place to start than the place I visit all the time, my apartment. I started looking around in every corner and I found endless canvases with different forms of the art principles. I found colors that stood out and balanced off of others. Patterns in the arrangement of objects prevailed in the most random places that I never noticed before. This assignment allowed me to explore the place most people would think is easiest to understand, but in reality most of us do not even notice the art that surrounds us. The colors, shapes, and textures we place within our homes are our own choice and is a mirror representation of our personalities. Through this assignment I not only learned about art principles, but I learned my own artistic personality through the art surrounding me. The reason I choose to use the objects within my own apartment was to prove to my audience that there is so many designs within everyday objects and we do not have to look further than our own homes to notice the simplicity of art.

Candice Breitz- Mother + Father, 2005

The intentional empty space of this movie spread in two different rooms over eight meduim size monitors makes it very enjoyable due to its diverse way of showing a film. There are cropped out images that Hollywood chose to use in order to portray mothers and fathers and Breitz made their famous lines into a story of its own. The design of these images fading in and out on separate monitors made the movie powerful. Repitition also helped emphasize key points from the film and helped give the audience a new meaning.

Isaac Julien- Fantome Creole, 2005

This was my favorite movie of the exhibit due to its narrative and cinematic effects. Displayed on four large screens, the movie uses thematic energy in each of its scenes to make the color pop out at you, whether it is in the cold locations or hot ones. Shapes are thrown out everywhere along with lines and curves to form symmetrical and asymmetirical shots of nature. Extreme cropping of shots is used throughout to movie to emphasize movement and sound. The scenes move quickly and so do the actions within them. Different angles create different moods.

Corinna Schnitt- Living a Beautiful Life, 2003

The narrative of this movie was overall interesting because it was made in the form of an interview in which a rich family describes how great their life is, but in their stories the hidden truth of an imperfect life comes out without them even saying it. But the way it was filmed makes it very unappealing because it used boring colors, basic framed shots inside an empty looking house, and had a lot of intentional empty space. The interviews seemed very boring and slow making the film not too interesting.

Kerry Tribe- Double, 2001

This was my least favorite movie in the musuem due to it had the least amount of cinematic effects. It simply went from a meduim shot of just one person talking with a plain background to a quick black shot and then occasionally showed a shot of someone doing something very ordinary in a real life situation for a mere second. The colors were very boring and made the movie unappealing to me. The narrative was not interesting either so it did not help the boring scenes.

Julian Rosefeldt- Lonely Planet, 2006

This movie had a lot of asymmetrical shots that caused me not to really enjoy it because it seemed it set the tone of it to be very hectic most of the time. Repetition was used throughout the movie, especially during scenes such as the metro shot where people of the same color are just walking through the metro. Intentional obstruction was used along with horizon shots, for example the boat scene where the backpacker is standing up and the camera is behind him. I did not like this film either because the narrative was strange to follow.

Mungo Thomson- New York, New York, New York, New York, 2004

Unfortunetly, I did not really enjoy this film because the narrative was too boring for me. It had four large screens that switched different images filmed of empty New York City resturaunts, buildings, stores, or objects found on the street. The visual texture was harmonisously organized with the brick from the buildings and fruit from the store being right there in front of you almost ready to be touched. From this a depth perception and framing were visible. The unification of shapes and calm colors throughout the empty streets was another thing clearly defined.