Photoville is an event that presents work from different photographers in 90 different photography exhibition and outdoor installations. There are visuals both challenging and entertaining all from a diverse group of people that way you get a different feel from each photo exhibition. I had a great experience because this was my very first time going to a photography exhibition and my view of photography was changed. Usually you would just take a picture and maybe find one meaning but this exhibition had photos where there was more than one meaning which made the photos 100 times more interesting. Three photos in particular caught my eye because if their composition, color and exposure.

Photo 1

In this photo where it’s respective exhibition was made took look specifically at the focus of the photo, I really think this photo captured that design. I was interested because the focus on the middle subject a mysterious look almost like you are wondering what it is and what is it going to do. The field of snow gives the photo a nice surrounding.

Photo 2

This was the very first photo that caught my eye because I feel like a different color light gives off a certain emotion and feel to the area. This photo uses a red light and the smoke that gives off a nice nightlife feeling. You might see it as club hours around 9 or 10 o clock. The subject face in the photo is engulfed in the smoke making you curious about who he is.

Photo 3

I have always liked the technique of using long exposures and this photo from the Korean exhibition really takes the cake. It was said that this was the President of Korea where she started to lose face and the long exposure really captures that. It’s like she is split into two and her face is not visible. You can say it’s like she has a split personality and the way she used to be is still there but is starting to ve taken over by other feeling.

My experience at Photoville was very exciting but before I start here is a little background story about Photoville it is an outdoor exhibit that shows different photographers and their photography and also different photography movements and what each photo represents. Photoville made me look at photography differently normally I will take a photo and sometimes have no purpose, but going to Photoville it inspired me to take pictures that have more meaning or can tell a story for the audience to see. I have some examples of what I mean and will explain what each picture means from the ones that I did love the best.

The first image below is called, “Crying Girl on A Border” in McCallen, Texas, from the movement called, “Undocumented” by John Moore. Out of all photos, this one captured my eye the most because it is basically what happens currently with this Mexican border being up, the composition in the picture was perfect because you’re looking at the main object which is the child and then you only see the bottom half of the police officer and the mom; I felt like I was there just by looking at the photo because it shows so much emotion and it shows impact on how much a mothers love is cherished.

This is my second favorite image and this is in the movement called “The Evolution of Visual Culture”, this captured my eye because I love images with color. In this image it is straight to the point because it has a plain background to focus on the person and the fruitful colors in the picture the colors are so vivid and even the expression on the models face shows culture based on what he is wearing.The way this photo was edited you will almost think that it was a painting which is also amazing because of how vivid the picture is.

This is just a few of many that I loved, I loved the glasshouse, there was also a interactive part where you can pick up a handful of photos and take pictures with them and a whole bunch of photos will print as well, I had so much fun that I wish I took more pictures of everything, I definitely will be coming back next year and recommend everyone to see these amazing photographs. Photoville definitely inspired me to take more photos with great detail and meaning.

I chose Francesco Gola because I like long exposure landscape photography. To me long exposure photography looks mysterious and a bit eerie. I think it’s interesting how in these shots of the water it appears as if it’s glowing and cloudy. I also like how the clouds drag across the sky giving you motion. 

Model:Emmanuel

Emmanuel was sitting on top of the platforms of the stairs of the park. I wasn’t able to take the picture from the to. So I was able to take it through the gaps. What I like from the picture is the focus of the subject and how it’s the focus of the picture. I also like how gap makes the shadow be the focus of picture, it makes seem like it has a frame around it.

I took this picture mainly because of the man on the bike, but when I looked at the picture on the computer screen I noticed that there was a lot more shadows going on. I decided to make it black and white because everything  seemed to look more visible that way. You can see not only the bike shadow but as well as the shadow of the trees and people walking. There is a lot of negative space in this picture. I was trying to take a figure to ground shot but he was going really fast on his bike.

I shot this photo using 1/500 sec, f/4.0 using ISO 100 and used the shadow to create a look almost like the leaves are engulfing him into the dark part of the park to give off a feeling where the subject is deep within thought. Soon the subject will step out into the dark and into the light that is on the other side where the street is.

The message behind the photo is capturing frozen movement since there is no blur. There is also a curve angle at the top to show that its no straight. The composition is filling the frame but it doesn’t show exactly everything from head to toe.

The details of this photo are as follows.

ISO 100  16mm  f/3.5  1/400 sec

Even though the focus of this photo is on the one plant in the middle, there are still dynamic shapes made by the shadows on the left side of the photo and on the right it is nothing but light. Showing the obvious difference between light and dark.