Your Photography Journal
As part of this course, we are going to be keeping a journal where we collect and critically analyze different examples of Photography found on the Internet.
We will be keeping these journals on Tumblr accounts so we can easily reblog, share and house all the cool stuff we find on the Internet.
To begin, please set up a Tumblr account for yourself. You can do that here: TUMBLR
Follow me on my Tumblr here
We will be keeping these journals on Tumblr accounts so we can easily reblog, share and house all the cool stuff we find on the Internet.
To begin, please set up a Tumblr account for yourself. You can do that here: TUMBLR
Follow me on my Tumblr here
I would like to see two postings a week. These postings should be photographs you find online. You can simply do a google search for the subject you would like to explore or use names of photographer. Dig deep, look for something that really pulls you in, is aesthetically pleasing and looks professional and meaningful. A few examples of sites to consider are below.
http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/
By the end of the quad you should have a minimum of 15 posts with analysis and the photo you chose to critique.
So, you will be looking for examples of Photography on the Internet (Tumblr is a good place to look as well, just search "Photography"). You will be posting the photo you are critiquing on your Tumblr account and you will be writing your critique as a comment on your post. An example of how it will look can be found on my Tumblr account which is linked to at the beginning of this page.
You will use the critique outline method that we discussed in class. Begin with what is obvious to you upon first looking at the photo (what do you see). Then you will talk about the technique the Photographer used when taking/manipulating the photo such as use of elements, composition, lighting etc.
Below is an example of how I would like you to critique your choices.
EXAMPLE CRITIQUE
This is a photograph of a man lying in what appears to be his bedroom, or maybe even his entire home. It is barren, with a bed on the floor. It looks as though he is not the only person living in the room as there is another pillow and "bed" laid out beside him. The walls are bare and dirty, almost like a cell. There are a few clothing items hanging on the wall and a small window. It is daytime. The person in the room is lying down with his head propped against the wall. There are other items strewn around him.
The photo is taken from the foot of the "bed" and incorporates the ceiling and the floor but remains at a higher angle, positioning the person lower in the frame as though we are looking down on them. We see all of the walls except for the one directly behind the photographer. We see the entire body plus the surroundings, making this a wide shot of the subject. The subject is located to the left of centre on the axis of the rule of thirds, leading the viewers eye directly to that area.
I believe that the photographer was going after this composition to give us a feeling of despair and feeling closed in by the walls. Since we see all of the walls and the subject only takes a small portion of the photograph, it is obviously intentional to show us the state of the living situation as well as the size of the room. The window is important in this photo because it is clearly daytime and the person in the photo is in despair. One might think they are either a drug addict or perhaps in a deep state of depression from their living situation.
The photo is taken from the foot of the "bed" and incorporates the ceiling and the floor but remains at a higher angle, positioning the person lower in the frame as though we are looking down on them. We see all of the walls except for the one directly behind the photographer. We see the entire body plus the surroundings, making this a wide shot of the subject. The subject is located to the left of centre on the axis of the rule of thirds, leading the viewers eye directly to that area.
I believe that the photographer was going after this composition to give us a feeling of despair and feeling closed in by the walls. Since we see all of the walls and the subject only takes a small portion of the photograph, it is obviously intentional to show us the state of the living situation as well as the size of the room. The window is important in this photo because it is clearly daytime and the person in the photo is in despair. One might think they are either a drug addict or perhaps in a deep state of depression from their living situation.