Color-coded photographs

Contact Sheets

Set 3 Blue Contact Sheet link

I have chosen these photographs in my blue contact sheet because they relate to my vision and artist. It provides the viewer a calm feeling. Uta Barth, my chosen artist, has taken photographs with brightness and different colors. I also tried to depict different colors, such as green and red. Moreover, I experimented with what Uta Barth did of totally and intentionally unfocusing the background.

Set 3 Green Contact Sheet link

These images are inspired by my chosen artist named Uta Barth. He usually focuses on the element of light and focus. He often intentionally unfocused the subject and uses different colors of light to provide the viewers a calmness. I experimented with different colors of light using different backgrounds. Moreover, I narrowed the list down by relating to my vision and mostly on my artist. The calmness of the images provided by light has been the critical point for me. Furthermore, I also experimented with his use of intentional blurriness in multiple environments.

Red Images

These images are all inspired by my chosen artist, Uta Barth. The photographs emphasize what Uta Barth did, which is light and brighter tone. I experimented using different brighter colors to provide the viewers a calm and warm feeling. Moreover, I also intentionally blurred the photo to make it more abstract, just like Uta Barth did.  The formal elements that I have been focusing on are tone and shape. The aspects of tone and light work well. The light usually affects the tone. Something that worked well for me was using different colors as background and light to present the warmth and the pleasingness. During the process, I used different techniques such as pictured from a different angle. Cropping the photographs to make them more abstract, and editing to make them brighter. For some photos, it has a straight and bold line. The other focuses more on shapes but also has curly lines and straight lines. What makes the photographs interesting is that some of them are intentionally unfocused, and include reflections that catch the viewers’ eyes. Same as my vision, I definitely want the viewers to feel the warmth or the pleasingness of these photographs. Something that I need to improve on was choosing better warm lighting. More yellowish light like the sun in the evening provides the viewer more warmth than other brighter lights. I also want to develop my editing skills to make the photographs more interesting and abstract. I also want to play more around with the warm sun and the shadows.

Photographs

Characteristics

1. Light as the main theme
2. Unfocusing
3. Not too busy in the backgrounds, simple, no humans
4. Always having two photographs in comparison in one artwork
5. Provide a feeling of calmness and pleasingness

As shown in her photographs, the main theme or the focus is light. She also uses blurring techniques in a “not too busy” environment to make the images more abstract. Her photographs use brighter colors that have a brighter tone. This provides to the viewers a warmth or pleasingness which relates to my vision. It is interesting to see as a viewer using different lighting techniques either subtle or clear. Furthermore, she always gives another photograph for comparison. The second photograph is taken either from a different angle or using a different lighting technique. I have chosen this artist because it strongly bonds with my vision. My vision is to provide the viewers a calmness using lighting techniques. Her main theme or focus is also on lighting.

Quote from Uta Barth

“Specificity of time and place drop away and one starts to think about the picture, as much as what it is of. My work never directly addresses the literal subject matter of the photograph but attempts to ask questions about vision itself.”(Uta Barth).

I like this quote because it lets us understand more about Uta Barth and how she thinks about her photographs.

I have chosen this photograph as my favorite one, because the lighting, the color choice, and the shadows provide me a calmness. This is literally what I want the viewers to feel, the pleasingness. The yellow color effectively helped it. It is surprising that the artist included shadows or reflections in the photographs instead of just showing the yellow couch or the background. There is also a contrast in the photograph. It makes it more abstract which I like about it. I believe the formal element that the photograph is focusing on is tone. Even though the shadow might be another main focus, I think the first thing that the viewers will notice is the actively bright yellow color as a theme. It makes the viewers feel a strong calmness and warmth by the color. There isn’t any real focus subject in the photograph. Moreover, adding different elements like shadows make it more abstract. I really like how she is using light and color in her photographs which spread calmness. It shows her uniqueness and interesting style. I will adapt this style or theme by using different bright colors that bring pleasingness, lighting effects, and reflection.

Color-coded Photographs

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Blue Contact Sheet Set 2 link

Green Contact Sheet Set 2 link

Red Contact Sheet Set 2 link

I have chosen the photos by selecting photographs that relate to my artist and my vision. Furthermore, I have chosen pictures related to constructions, objects that are frequently seen, and nature. These photographs in the Green Contact Sheet fit my vision of using colors. This time I used Black & White. I also focused on providing the viewers a feeling of calmness. In most of my photographs, I experimented with the use of shadows and the contrast of the tone. Different other formal elements were also included, such as lines.

Red Photographs

These photographs are red images I have chosen for my set 2. The artist Albert Renger Patzsch inspired me with his use of shadows, Black & White tone, pleasingness, use of frequently seen objects, and reflections to take these photographs. These images link to Albert Renger Patzsch’s pictures because I experimented with depicting the commonly seen objects, including nature and constructions. Albert also used kitchen utensils in his photographs, so I took photos of a spoon, a knife, and a fork. Furthermore, the main focus of the pictures by Albert Renger Patzsch was the tone. He used the technique of Black&White, giving the viewers a pleasingness. After I took the photographs, I went out of my comfort zone of using different colors and edited my images to Black & White. It showed a pleasingness and a clear contrast of the tone between darkness and brightness. The elements emphasized in my photographs should definitely be the tone and lines. The components work together to show a strong idea which makes the pictures “work” and unique. Something that the photographs work well is showing the pleasingness through Black & White. It also includes the use of shadows and clearly shows the contrast of colors. When taking pictures, I used the grid rule and focused on the subject I was taking. Moreover, I also altered the ISO setting in different environments. At last, I used the photo editing skill to change the photographs to Black & White and cropped them to make them more abstract. In addition, the pictures include different kinds of lines, which also makes the photos enjoyable. The lines have curves, straight, bold, and thin.

When the viewers see my images, I want them to feel the calmness and warmth as my vision made them think that. I believe, in general, the Black & White photographs of objects that are frequently seen will provide a pleasingness. Moreover, I want the viewers to think that the different brighter colors will bring calmness and the collaboration of Black& White.

I need to improve on or develop further to focus on different angles and focus on objects. It will make it more abstract. For my set 3, my goal is to continue providing the feeling of calmness and warmth to the viewers using different elements.

Photographs

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Characteristics

1. Black & White
2. Related to Nature & objects seen frequently
3. The background isn’t busy, realistic
4. People aren’t focused, rarely seen in the photographs
5. Use of shadows

Albert takes photographs of every stuff. He is more likely to focus on objects not related to people. One of the most apparent and significant elements included in Albert’s photographs is definitely the Black & White feature. Every picture he takes has Black and White, no matter what the main subject is, even Nature. The Black and White theme grabs the audience’s attention.  Moreover, he also focuses on objects related to Nature or frequently seen things, including buildings or kitchen-related. Furthermore, the viewers can identify the variety of angles he is taking photographs. For construction-related objects, he is taking them below them. Other objects are taken from different angles.

I have chosen this artist because I like how he used the theme of Black and White. It relates to my vision as well since I am focusing on lighting. As I see his photographs, I also kind of feel the calmness just by the theme of Black and White.

“In photography, one should surely proceed from essence of the object and attempt to represent it with photographic terms alone.”

This quote inspires me, and it will remind me when I am taking photographs. I should think about the purpose but also about the main subjects.

This photograph is my favorite image from Albert Renger Patzsch. I have chosen this photograph because of the way he uses Black&White, Shadows, and Shapes. It is exciting and surprising that Albert didn’t show colors in the picture but consistently used the theme of Black & White. The colors are straightforward. Furthermore, the shadows coming out from the glasses contrast the white background nicely, which attracted me. From my perspective, the simple color of Black & White with the shades provides the viewer’s warmth and please. The tone itself from the photograph doesn’t show darkness but calmness. Even though he also included shapes in the pictures, such as circles, the element of style or value is essential here. It is evident by just looking at the photo. The tone is clearly shown. The most attractive part is the Black & White theme, which is related to the tone. These photographs or other photographs taken by Albert Renger Patzsch are all abstract due to the fact that there are no specific main subjects. He takes subjects that are frequently seen and add on with different perception. I like the style of him using shadows showing the contrast and the theme of Black & White. Furthermore, I also like his style of taking photos of subjects that can be seen at any time. It provides calmness, pleasingness, and uniqueness. I will adapt this style by using the sunlight and making shadows with different objects. The objects will definitely be related to everyday used objects or frequently seen by people. At last, I will use the photoshopping skill to edit my photograph into Black & White to show the tone of pleasingness.

Revised intent or vision

My vision is to take photographs that provide the audience a pleasingness or calmness by the colors of the tone of the photographs. I will also investigate using other different elements.

The calmness of Light

The message that I want the audience to think about is how collaboration with different light or tones and other elements including repetition provides a calm or pleasing feeling. I will be mainly investigating the tone including using the technique Black&White but also brighter tone.  When looking at my photographs, I want the audience to feel peacefulness, calm, and pleasingness. I will get inspiration and develop my ideas by looking at photographs from multiple artists. These artists include Uta Barth, Albert Renger Patzsch, Angie McMonigal, and Alexander Jacques. These photographers have several photos that provide the viewers a brighter tone, black & white, and a feeling of pleasingness. Light will be the main theme I will be focusing on especially the pleasing lighting. I hope I can learn multiple lighting control skills and photo editing skills.

Blue & Green & Red Photographs

Blue Contact Sheet

Green Contact Sheet

These photos in a green contact sheet mostly fit with my vision that was linked with the artist Alexander Jacques. The photograph mostly are focusing on the formal element repetition. Moreover, I also focused on different shapes or lines.

Red photographs

The three images above The inspirational photos links with the formal elements of tone, shape, and mainly repetition. I chose these images because they strongly related to my vision and had a strong cohesive theme with elements together. Most of my artists works include different kinds of shapes with repetition. Moreover, the tone isn’t dark but mostly bright. Something that works well with the photographs is that they strongly and clearly show the element of repetition. When taking these photographs, I managed the different ISO camera settings in a different environment. In the darker places, I used higher ISO. I also selected some of these photos to be cropped and adjust to the brightness. The purpose of doing that is to make them similar to Alexander Jacques’s photographs. Moreover, the photographs include specific and multiple shapes and lines. It mainly includes the shapes of rectangles and squares. In addition, there are different kinds of lines- horizontal, vertical, straight, bold, and thin. I want the viewers to feel pleasing when they see my images. In addition, I want to make the viewers think of other usual objects that can be taken with the element of repetition. Something that I need to work on and develop further is my photograph editing skills. I also want to experiment more on the angle, because when taking pictures of the repetition of buildings. It was hard for me to take it under the building rather than in a higher place. To do this, I need to stand in a higher position next time.

Photographs

Quote

“I was more interested in the buildings than the rest of New York folklore. I saw lines and patterns everywhere. It was amazing. I spent whole days looking to the sky,”

I have chosen this quote from Alexander Jacques because it shows why Alexander takes repetition photos. Some might think it’s ugly but he thinks it is interesting and amazing. I also agree with that. It also shows how repetition was created by the buildings in NYC.

My favorite photograph

Why did you choose this image in particular?

I have chosen this image in particular, because of the repetition of the subjects. What I like about the subject is the repetition which is in weird triangle shapes. Alexander Jacques usually takes repetition of the constructions, but this isn’t related to constructions. Moreover, I love the way the tone of the photograph isn’t dark but bright. It feels pleasing to look at the photograph.

What do you find surprising or unusual about this photograph?

The image includes different weird shapes. Also, it is unusual that the repetition included in the photograph isn’t related to constructions. Most of the photographs from Alexander Jacques are related to repetition and buildings.

Look carefully and choose ONE of the Formal Elements that you think is important in the photograph (E.g.Focus, Light, Line, Repetition, Shape, Texture, Value/Tone). 

The most important element in the photograph should definitely be repetition.

Describe why you think it is important (2 or 3 sentences) 

The artist Alexander Jacques only focuses on the element of repetition. This photograph clearly shows the repetition of the weird shapes. There are other elements included in the image but the clearest and main one is repetition. There is a strong theme of repetition and simplicity in the photograph.

In what ways are your chosen artist’s photographs abstract?

The subjects of the photograph have no particular meanings that the viewers can define. It only provides a feeling of pleasingness. It is just a repetition of the weird shapes.

What do you like about the style? Be specific and explain your answer.

I love Alexander’s representation of the abstract landscape using the formal elements of shape, tone, and repetition. In addition, there is less contrast of the tone or the lights in the photo which I like. I also like his way of capturing the diversity of unusual and usual subjects.

How will you adapt this style to your own photography? How does the image/artist inspire YOU?

I will adapt this style to my own photography by finding subjects that are unusual or usual to take a repetition photo. Alexander’s photographs make me take photographs that usually give the viewers a pleasing feeling.

Vision

My vision is to see and take objects with the element repetition. Moreover, my photographs will illustrate different shapes or lines. I will take photos in the style of Alexander Jacques. I am particularly inspired by his repetition of the building photograph and will take pictures that include usual or unusual subjects that can represent the element of repetition.

I have selected these photos because most of the images chosen show the element of repetition. Moreover, the tone of these photos is not dark but calm and warm. There are also some photos in which the background is unfocused purposely, or the angle I took was interesting. I thought it was cool to see these images taken by me.

Photographer- Alexander Jacques

Photographs

Characteristics of these photographs

1. All of the photographs include the repetition feature.
2. The tones of the images are bright.
3. The images include different shapes and lines, including verticle or horizontal lines, rectangles, triangles, etc.
4. Make the viewers feel pleasing with the brighter tone and repetition itself.
5. There are different textures included in the pictures (rough, soft, etc.)

Describe the work of the artist referencing these characteristics 

The artist Alexander Jacques uses the repetition technique to make each photograph unique. It makes it an abstraction. The artist usually depicts the picture of repetition of constructions with a brighter tone. There are no darker tones like grey or black colored backgrounds, yet more like blue, red, and yellow colors. Moreover, the repetition includes several different shapes and lines. For example, the fourth photo consists of the repetition of the horizontal lines. However, there is also a repetition of the round-shaped poles of the building.

Explain why you have chosen this photographer

I have chosen this artist because this artists’ photographs always include the element of repetition. For me, the repetition gives me a pleasant feeling when I look at the photographs. In addition, it looks simple in general. Furthermore, the artist usually uses a lighter or brighter tone instead of using a darker tone which I also like.

Quote

“I was more interested in the buildings than the rest of New York folklore. I saw lines and patterns everywhere. It was amazing. I spent whole days looking to the sky,”

I have chosen this quote from Alexander Jacques because it shows why Alexander takes repetition photos. Some might think it’s ugly but he thinks it is interesting and amazing. I also agree with that. It also shows how repetition were created by the buildings in NYC.

Photo Safari

There are lots of images that didn’t work well. It was hard for me to find materials or environments that can be taken exactly as the drawings. The images looked forced and it wasn’t just natural enough. For an example, I personally thought number 10 and 11 was hard. There wasn’t a specific environment to take the photo of number 10/11. On the other hand, depicting pictures of drawings that contained the elements of lines and shapes was easy. There were numerous places or tools to show these kinds of elements. For example, Numbers 1,4, 6 were the easiest. It also stood out and it seemed natural than other pictures.