Title: Beauty of Zoom-In photography

In Inset 1 I did blurred photography which was a good experience and for set 2 I am planning to take zoom-in photographs. The message/goal of my zoom-in photographs is to make the audience realize the truth that the zoom-in photographs can be beautiful and to take zoom-in photos after looking at my photos and express abstraction throughout the photo. Also, I will be using many different subjects in the photographs.  So, I will make the audience feel surprised by the beauty of the zoom-in photographs. I will be inspired by famous zoom-in photographers. Also, the photographer I chose will be using many different types of subjects in his/her photos. Lastly, I hope I can learn more about the zoom-in photos and in the end, I hope people who look at my photos also learn the zoom-in photos.

 

Inspired Photographer: Edwin Giesbers

Edwin Giesbers is a famous dutch photographer who takes close-up photos like 12 photos. The first characteristic of his work is that there are many different subjects. For example, when he takes pictures, he sets many different creatures, including animals and plants, as a subject. Another characteristic of the photographs is that he gives focuses on subjects such as animals and plants and gives a non-focus on the background. To be more specific, if you take a look at the top right corner photo, the focus is on the plant and non-focus on the background. The third characteristic is that the photographs are abstract. Since the photographs are using the focus in/close up technique, only a few parts of the subject are shown, so it is sometimes hard to recognize the subject. For example, the down-right corner photo is a photo of an animal but I cannot recognize what the animal is because the photo is closed up. Another characteristic of the photographs is that the photos are in a light tone. Specifically, as you can tell from the photos, none of them is in a dark tone. Lastly, when we look at his photographs, we can identify their beauty of them, which means that one of the messages of the photos is to reveal the beauty of the close-up photos. Therefore, I chose this artist because he has a similar vision in the photographs. To be more specific, I want to take close-up photos using diverse subjects, and I also want to show abstraction throughout the photographs. These ideas are similar to Edwin Giesbers’ idea. Moreover, I hope my message in the photographs is to reveal the beauty of the close-up, and Edwin Giesbers also revealed the beauty of close-up photographs. I couldn’t find a quotation.

 

I chose this photo because it photo best represents my vision for set 2. Specifically, I want to make my photo abstract, and this photo is very abstract because of the use of close-up. I was surprised by the abstraction of the photography because since the photograph is closed up very much so, I cannot even identify the subject of the photo. Since the technique of this photograph is close up, the main element of the photo is the focus because the photo is focused on the subject in this photo. The first important feature of this photo is that the photo is using close-up photos to represent the abstraction of the photo which is part of my vision. The second important feature is that the message of the photo seems to be showing the beauty of the photo, which is similar to my vision because the photo is showing the beauty throughout the photo. If you look at the photo, you can see the abstraction which is you cannot identify the subject easily and this is also because of the close-up technique. I like this photo because it has all my vision in it; it is abstract by the close-up technique and it reveals the beauty of the close-up photos. This will inspire me when I take photos. To be more specific, I will make the subject of the photo unclear and I will make my photo show the beauty of the close-up photos.

 

In my first vision, I did not specify the different types of subjects and the artist by that I will be inspired.

My vision is to take photos that have a theme of beauty, this means that the photographs that I will be taking for this set will express beauty by themselves, and when audiences look at them, they will be surprised by the beauty of the photographs. I will take photos in the style of Edwin Giesbers which is the close-up technique. When I take photos, the subjects will be closed up, which can help the photo to be more abstract. Also, the subjects of the photos will be diverse and they will be either plants or animals because those two subjects are the subjects that Edwin Giesbers used for his photographs. Furthermore

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As you can tell from the photographs, the subjects of the photos will be closed up to reveal abstraction. In the first and third photos, the author focused on the abstraction and the technique (zoom-in),  the photos are closed up a lot, forming abstraction. Similar to the second, it has plenty of usage of the technique and also an abstraction. Also, all of those photos are forming beauty. Thus, those photos fit my goal, so my photographs will look similar to those photos.

 

Blue photos:

For blue photos, I think I can say that all my photos are blue because they all somehow represent my vision. To be more specific, my vision for this set was to make close-up photos with a message of beauty and to express abstraction. As you can tell from the photos, the photos are close-up, forming an abstraction about the subject of the photos. For example, for the photo with a big eye, used the technique of the close-up, and since it is closed up, we cannot identify who that person is. Also, the photos are all beautiful due to the usage of the close-up technique. Additionally, similar to my inspired photographer, Edwin Giesbers, the subjects that I used for my photographs are all plants/animals.

Green photos (10): Green photo for set 2

For green photos, I chose 10 photos out of the blue photos. My photos were all inspired by the photographer, Edwin Giesbers, about the usage of the close-up technique and the subjects that were used for those photos. Also, I chose those photographs to represent my vision, especially the message and the abstraction. The message I chose to express was showing the beauty of the close-up photos, and I feel like all these green photos are beautiful with the usage of the zoom-in technique. Also, the abstraction of the green photos is stronger than the blue photos, which also helps the audience to realize the beauty of close up. Additionally, those photos show diverse types of elements, such as texture, focus, and shape, which effectively reveal beauty from it.

Red photos (3): Red photo contact sheet <– Include Critique

For red photos, I chose 3 out of the green photos, and they are the photographs that best represent my vision. When I take this photo, I used 10 times zoom skills on my phone to take photos. Obviously, those photographs are all forming abstraction due to the well-utilized technique. Also, they are all beautiful due to the usage of the technique which is also another vision for my set 2. Also, just like Edwin Giesbers, I used diverse plants and animals. Also, all of those red photos emphasized specific elements, such as texture, focus, and shape, all those elements made the level of the photos higher. Overall, the best part of those red photos is the beautiful collaboration of the different types of techniques and the technique. Also, similar to my vision, when the audiences look at these photos, they could realize the beauty in them. Lastly, in order to further develop my photos, I could’ve even more zoom in, to highlight the abstraction of the photos, so if I had an alternate chance, I would zoom more. However, I am still happy with my photos which well-reveal the beauty of close-up.