Monday, March 1, 2010

Mariel's assignment


My first assignment from Christy was to take a "simple, natural, expected" shot.  I tried to think of normal things, and my first thought was brushing teeth so I went with it.  My assignment from Torie was to play with shutter speed, which I played around with as well, but I didn't really like how it looked with this particular subject, so I didn't post any of the ones with a really slow speed.




(ps the yellow/redness is on purpose)

5 comments:

  1. I really like the first and the last shots they seem like the most "expected." The color is an interesting way to break up the expectedness. you could have a better model though --Brian

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  2. I feel like the first and the last shots are interesting just because brushing your teeth seems like something intimate. I like how that's what you view as "expected" because that's not what I would've thought of at all, however routine-related it is.
    ~Emily

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  3. Good job, Mariel! I like what you did with a everyday scene. I think the first photo is your strongest because of the focus, framing, and I love the bit of the light in the corner. The lighting on all of these makes it interesting, too.

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  4. I like your first and last photos because they are so close up, and I like that style of photography. It is an example of getting your point across without using text or being overt. You tell a little narrative. I'm not sure if this was intentional, but I like how you organized your photos in the post. Your first and last photo are of the same thing but taken from a different perspective. It speaks to the power of point of view. I like the repetition with the last photo. ~Lena

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  5. i like the first one and the last one...
    i think you could just have a triptych with photos of him brushing his teeth, focusing on different parts, because i think both of those images are pretty visually interesting.
    the other two are okay as well, and they fit, but i wish the second one wasn't so out of focus.

    i get that the yellowy tone is on purpose, which is kind of ironic because i think of brushing teeth as refreshing, clean, white, etc...and irony is somewhat in your style, but for this i almost wish that the colors were different...

    good job though :)
    kirslyn

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