Anger
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This image evokes the concept of anger to the viewer. A flame is a typical symbolic representation of anger, however I emphasized this concept in several
different ways, other than with the obvious subject matter. The first thing I did
was increased the clarity of the image.
This made the curls in the flame more apparent and showed the depth of
the smoke behind the image. I also took
down the whites and highlights of the image in order to make it come toward the
viewer against the black background. I
increased the vibrancy and saturation slightly to give more emphasis on each
forceful stroke of the flame. Next, I
altered the exposure just on the bottom of the wick to help frame the flame and
give it a since of placement. Lastly, I
played with the shadows to keep the viewers eyes circling around the smoke and
the flame. The picture takes the viewer
around the flame, brings them back down to the wick, then circles them to the
smoke and then back around to start the process again. This photo makes appropriate use of the black
background to make the flame stand out.
Hope
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The concept I chose for this photo was the category of
hope. Plants and greenery have long been representative of hope. I felt like this broad view expressed a larger sense of hope and prosperity. This photo uses several techniques
to convey this concept to the viewer.
The first element to note is the way the highlights are shining on the
leaves of the plants. This use of light
plays with the viewer’s eyes and bounces them around from leaf to leaf. This play on light against the rich green of
the leaves is one way I conveyed hope.
In order to achieve this effect, I added a slight contrast and then
brought the shadows down. I added a
slight vignette as well to help the viewer focus on those highlights and the
leaves. I brought the vibrancy up
slightly to give the richness to the leaves.
Next, I lowed the saturation a tiny bit so that the effect of the
vibrancy wasn’t too much. Because of the
vignette, the background is darker that the focal point of the image, this
helps evoke the since of new life and hope.
The ground is seen through the plants in two major lines that create a
vee shape and allow the viewer to play back and forth and around the photo.
Order
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This photo gives a clear since of order to person viewing
the image. The viewer’s eyes travel
across each harmonica in a very ordered approach. I chose to slightly tilt the harmonicas in the final photo to help guide the viewer. The eyes travel back and forth on each of
the slanted lines. The theme of order is
also apparent because of the highlights on the numbers on the harmonica. The numbers appear upside down and backwards,
however they are very systematically placed in the picture to convey a since regimen. I adjusted the temperature on the photo and
the tint before adding a cross process.
I did this in order to highlight the gold lines that help to add to the
feeling of order in this photo. I did
crop this photo in order to emphasize the angular lines of the harmonica. This helped to keep the photo interesting
while still conveying the concept at hand.
Solitude
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I chose this photo to represent the concept of solitude for
several reasons. First, the subject of
the photo is old, broken down, and decayed. This theatre has been empty for many years and stands alone as it grows older. The features of the sign in particular make the viewer feel that what they are seeing has been
left alone to the elements of life for many years. This feeling creates the since of
solitude. The sign on the building is
missing may lights and is broken. This
lack of care was emphasized within the photo in several different technical
ways. First, I raised the vibrancy and
lowered the saturation. This allows the
view to see some color left in the sign, however the lack of color in other
places adds to feeling that this sign has been alone for years. I raised the exposure slightly and brought
the whites and the highlights down in order to make it seem more grey and less
bright.
Ugly
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I have used this photo to convey the theme of ugly to the
viewer. The old sign is rusted,
weathered, and worn. The original photo
portrayed this theme of ugly in an ugly way. The photo was washed out and bland. It felt stale awful. To make this concept of ugly pleasing to the eye, I used several
technics when I edited the photo. First,
I raised the contrast and the highlights in the photo. This allowed the texture of the sign and the
brick to pop to the viewer’s eyes. Next,
I increased the clarity slightly and lowered the vibrancy in order to give richness
to the colors on the sign. Lastly I
added a slight vignette in order to keep the viewers eyes playing with the
texture of the sign and the bricks. This
helps their eyes to form a circle pattern in the photo, taken in the rust and
decayed, broken effect of the sign.
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