1.  1.close up 2. black and white 3. texture 4. smoothness 5. light reflection
  2. .all the photos above used close up so audiences can observe the texture and the subject more closely and precisely.  In  picture 4, 5,6 and 8,  by looking at the light reflection, we can clearly tell that the photograph mainly focused on the smoothness of the surface. In page 1 and 7, the photographer specifically pointed at the leaf’s texture, and number 2 and 3 focused on an aspect of an animal (or person). In all the 8 photos, the photographer didnt add any other colour rather than black and white. The photographer also didnt use long shot at all, but mainly focused on the the characteristic of the ordinary subject.
  3.  The reason why i chose this photographer is because he’s photograph are closely related to my vision.  The purpose of my vision are to let my audiences find the beauty of the ordinaries by enlarge the subject and only use two colour. Similarly, Edward Weston’s photograph of pepper has attracted me, this is because it has truly presented what i was trying to show.
  4. the quote “The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” by Edward Weston inspired me with the interpretation of his work by a lot. This has also further proven my idea of if people can’t pay attention on the ordinary things in real life, photographer should make use of the camera and capture it to let the audiences realize the importance.

responding to an image

  1. the reason why i’ve chose this image in particular is because this photo has presented what i was trying to show in my vision.
  2. What’s surprising or unusual about this photograph is that the photographer didn’t use much of techniques or skills to represent straight photography. He simply used black and white, and texture to let the audience found the ordinary beauty.
  3. I believe that in this photograph value matters a lot. In the photo shown above, not much of colour was presented, however the audience can still find out the usual part of it. The reason for that is mainly due to the use of value/ tone, a pepper in real life are mostly red or green, but the photographer only used black and white. The black pepper and the white plate had made a big contrast in colour to emphasize and make the focus onto the pepper. Even though the photo is fully focused, which means that there is no such a place that is blurry, but the first thing that i’ve saw is always the pepper. I believe that is due to the use of value / tone to make the contrast in colour.
  4. The photographer used straight photography, which is one of the technique in abstract. He has also included tone, value, light, shape, texture and focus.
  5. I really like this style because it has fully fit my vision “the beauty of the ordinary”. This is because my initial idea for the vision was to let the audience pay more attention onto the small and usual thing beside them instead of fancy things. This photograph has truly expressed my feeling by using its own way (as shown in question3) to let the audience focus on the pepper first.
  6. I will adapt this style to my own photography by using similar technique but different subject. For instance, i can choose to take pictures of an apple and use the same value and texture as the picture shown above. This artist has strongly inspired and influenced me by mainly his quote and his photograph. The quote “The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” made me realize that one of the biggest use of photography is to let my audience see whats beyond thir eyes. It has also inspired me to take more photos of subjects that are usually not being realized.