Image Correction

I originally clicked Auto Tone- Contrast. Then, I increased the contrast while increasing the brightness along with it. This caused the highlights in the palm trees to show up and look much more realistic. It also no longer looks gloomy and is more enticing.

composite exercise 2

I thought the way the legs were much larger in scale over the water was interesting and created an appealing composition.

composite exercise 1

Artist Crits.

My favorite of the four artists is Gregory Crewdson. I thoroughly enjoy how each photograph makes the viewer really think about what is occurring. I stare at the picture and know what is currently happening, but I have no idea what happened to get to that place. For instance, in the picture of the lady in the middle of the road stopped in the passenger seat of a car, once questions what on earth happened. I love how there is always this interaction. The artist i dislike the most is Cindy Sherman. I do not like how similar all her pieces are. I feel as if what she is doing is not as original as it could be. I also do not feel as if there is enough in her pictures for me to get excited about.

Gallery Opening

My favorite piece of the opening was "The Nightgown Pictures". I enjoyed how I could look at this piece from three different angles. At first, I studied all of the pictures on the left side of each pair that held the child in her nightgown. Just by these pictures, I felt as if I was back in the awkward stages of puberty. I then attempted to look at all of these landscapes separately from the picture beside each one that consisted of the child in her nightgown. Finally, I looked at it as a whole. I thought it was a great idea how Nina Katchadourian then went back and took pictures of the same (or as close as she could find) location as the original picture. I felt such a connection between each photograph. It was amazing how strong the passage of time was present.