Robin Michals | COMD 1340 Photography 1

Author: Aljierh

Final Project Statement and Mood Board

For my final project I’m either going to take pictures of some places that have been a good part of my childhood and life or different pictures of places and things that interest me. The goal is to capture my interests well and it will create a sense of story through my point of view. I will be taking photos in Manhattan and Brooklyn because that’s where my enjoyable places are located. I will aim to do different techniques like rule of thirds so the spacing will look good and leading lines so the lines can lead the viewer in a certain direction. I will also take long and medium shots and use different angles of view to make the photos visually interesting. I will have a mix of pictures of different neighborhoods, parks, basketball courts, and other fun places. I want color to have a good effect on my photos and I would like it to be different for the photos and fit in well with the mood of them.

Here are some photographers that I will have some inspiration from:

Brett Sayles

Mihar Kathiriya

Allan So

Lina Kivaka

Well Naves

Aleksandar Pasaric

HW 1 – Photo Description

The Photo I chose is Bedroom by Thomas Holton from ” The Lams of Ludlow Street” photo collection. It is a photo of a bedroom belonging to a Chinese family living in Chinatown New York. Something I noticed about the picture is that it seems naturally put together instead of purposely being set up in the way it is and the clothes and sheet hanging looks like a normal thing. there are also blankets on a bed which seems like laundry was just done and they needed to be folded and the bed has wrinkles and lines which seems like people was on it right before the photo was taken. The colors in the photo fits well with it and the bed colors lightens up the mood of the photo which has a chill feeling.

one of the three formal elements that is important to the photo is Diagonals and they are shown in the ceiling and bottom wall of the room, and it shows great movement. Patterns is also shown in the upper right of the photo with pictures lined up in a pattern and the beds are also in a pattern. The third element would be Framing, and it is shown with the windows and also the whole image looks framed.

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