Photo Essay
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Write a statement explaining your final photo essay in complete sentences.
- My photo essay consists of the colors and details of flowers. I wanted to convey the beauty of nature and it's contrast of dark and light, and also show my acquired skill in photography over the course of this class.
- The subject of this photo essay are a series of flowers taken in the school's courtyard.
- I selected this particular area because I feel that the courtyard isn't used or appreciated as much as it should be.
- I tried to portray the beauty of nature and the balance of focus (focusing on the beautiful and light more than the dark and dreary).
- These images convey the light and dark of the world, and how one should try and focus most of their attention on the colorful, the beautiful, and the light (hence why the bright flowers are in focus and the dark backgrounds are out of focus).
- The order of the photos was chosen in a way that didn't put too-similar pictures together but also created a flow from beginning to end. I added vignettes, hue edits, and clarity edits to unify the series.
- I feel like my strongest photo was the first one, for the detail of the flower and its colors.
- (Photo 1:) I used natural light with the sun slightly behind me, and took the photo at the same height as the flower and slightly to the right. I used a 50mm lens to capture the photo and edited it with a vignette and increasing the red and orange hues in the photo.