Symmetry: One way to imagine symmetry is if what you are looking at can fold over onto itself, and be identical. Of course, in photography, perfect symmetry won't always be captured, but there are things in our everyday lives that are close to exact symmetry, and that is what I captured for this category this week. My goal here was to get as close to real symmetry as possible. In one of the photos, the first one here, I used the mirror effect to create a cool image that showed me a new way of creating symmetry through photographs. A lot of these symmetrical photos were objects that appear in everyday life, and I wanted to show much symmetry there is around us.
Asymmetry: Asymmetry is pretty self-explanatory, it's not symmetrical. For my asymmetrical photos I found using two objects of different shape or size to work the best. I went around the neighborhood looking for objects that were close to each other, and not the same. Instead of flipping the image onto itself and having it match up, like symmetry, asymmetrical photos don't match when they are flipped onto themselves. My goal here was to have the asymmetry be clear, and make sure the viewer knew that I was intentionally capturing two separate objects that do not match.
Balance: Balance is the concept of objects in an image that carry the same weight. They don't have to be the same thing necessarily, but they do need to carry equal weight within the picture. My goal for this category was to switch things up a little bit for me. Usually in these categories I stick to theme and there are commonalities between each of the 5 photos, like my symmetrical category. Instead, I wanted to create more diverse set of pictures. So, I took pictures that were balanced with anywhere from 3 objects to upwards of 20. That was my goal in this group of pictures, not only to capture balance itself, meaning each subject is seemingly equal in the photo, weight, but to also have a variety of pictures that fall into the balance category.
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Hey Elliot, Great job on your photos this week. Your Symmetric photos had very defined lines and the composition was very good. I think your first and last balanced photos could use more definition. Great Job!
ReplyDeleteHey Elliot, Your photos are great. Maybe bump up the contrast a bit. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteElliot, you did really well this week with your composition. I think that the color and the simplicity of your images really highlight how much effort you put into this blog post. You deserve a lot of credit. Keep on going.
ReplyDeletehola elliott,
ReplyDeletebeautiful work this week. i loved your use of the mirroring effect. I also thought that the simplicity of your photos created an amazing aesthetic. good job!
Hi Elliot, I really liked how all of your photos have a clear focus on the concepts and that you used a varying number of objects in your balance photos; I especially liked the very last picture with the rubble. Your use of the mirror effect in the first symmetry photo also stood out to me. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteHi Elliot! I really like how you find picture that fit the assignment in small objects, or stuff that must people would normally walk past. Keep up the good work! Duos?
ReplyDeleteGood work Elliot. Your photos are very strong and it looks like you put a lot of work into this assignment. Your balance are very strong. Good work.
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