Abstract Photography is a unique genre of photography that emphasizes the use of shapes, colors, forms, patterns, angles and textures that create images which do not directly represent the original elements. Instead of capturing a clear image of the reality, abstract photography focus more on the main elements itself, this allows the audience to interpret the image based on their personal feelings and experiences, which allows the image itself to have more creativity and imagination.

Abstract photography can be defined as capturing images in which the subject isn’t the most interesting element. Albert Renger-Patzsch and Aaron Siskind photographed the ordinary to reveal their beauty. Uta Barth reversed the typical use of the camera, shooting out of focus and Andreas Gursky photographs the repetition of elements. During this unit, you will investigate appropriate examples of abstract photography and respond in your own way

My initial thoughts about Abstract photography was Abstract photography can helps to capture pictures that are mainly focusing on normal or common elements, it may bestow various meanings, perceptions, and feelings by taking the photos with different angles, lights,  patterns and scene.

This photo depicts a reflection of a random scene, it portrays error by the weird angle and ratio of the photo that is being taken, this had caused to a disorganized space, leading a unclear key structure/focus point to be seen by the audience

This photo indicates an image that is mainly focusing on the puff chair, it shows errors by including too much complex details in the background, which blurs the focus point and blocks the view, making the picture look disarray. It also shows a weird ratio of the photo, which intermingle the balance and portrays a disorganized space.

This picture presents an working space inside the design center, which demonstrates a mood of busy and a focus point of the game consoles being shown on the table, however, the picture includes too many elements inside the workspace, leading out a unclear key structure and a disorganized space.

This picture shows mainly an organized space with a gray and white tone, the photo is separated by the floor of reflection, which reflects out the image of the couch, table and TV beside it. From the picture, it brings out an mood of depression and an emotion of loneliness, the bright color of blue from the TV can attract and indicates the focus point, however, the unbalance ratio of the picture leads out a unclear key point and makes the space too empty.

This photo demonstrates an image of looking up viewing the ceiling, the area that is being shown on the left presents a leading line to lead to the end of the picture, however, the weird ratio of the picture shows too many details and make the focus point unclear.

This photo portrays an entrance image of the art studios, it indicates a feeling of experiencing and exploring for new things. The white wall on the left area isolate the hallway on the right area, which creates a leading line to lead to the end of the photo. The area on the top depicts details of the light which might shows an emotion of hope but also blurs the focus point.

This photo present a scene of stepping in to the design center, the area of the entrance indicates a color of sky blue, which separate the whole picture into two parts. The light that is being present in the blue area brings out a mood of hope, which portrays the mood of exploring new things, however, the right area to the end of the picture also brings out light which might blur the key points.

This photo presents a reflection of the table and the lamp on the top of the ceiling. The picture included to many random details and elements in the background, this had lead the key points unclear , which presented a messy picture with weird ratio.

This picture had shown a reflection of the light being hung on the ceiling with different patterns, it indicates the complex emotion that is being reflected in your heart. The image demonstrates a weird space organization by not catering the focus point of lights, it also included too many elements and random details in the background which might blurs the main idea

Referencing the picture above entitled “Wrong!” Can a ‘bad’ picture ever be ‘great’? – How important is context in photography?

The picture “Wrong!” present a photo with only black and white colors. The main structure inside the picture was a person standing beside the road, in front of the tall palm tree, on the back of the person was a blurry house with some trees surrounding around.

Throughout the whole picture, there are some ‘errors’ inside the picture that made the photo unable to understand. First, the only person that appears inside the picture was standing just in front of the palm tree which made it portrays a weird scene that the palm tree ‘grows’ on top of the person. Another ‘error’ that shows inside the picture was the blurry background, which was cause by the whole color tone of the picture. The background of the picture shows mainly darker colors instead of lighter colors, this unified the background colors, which made it blurry and hard to identify the details. The last ‘error’ that appeared inside the picture was the unequal space organization, the unequal space organize shows a unbalance picture, this had lead out a view that some part of the photo was too empty and made the photo monotonous.

From the scene that the picture presents, the person standing alone in front of the tree evokes a feelings of loneliness and disconnect, the unique color tone of black and white shows the a old texture of the photo, which explains the time of the picture. This photo influence my appreciation by showing various errors and the irregular style, which helps me to understand the feeling of ‘not being restrained.’

Eventually, talking back to the question, I believe that a ‘bad’ picture can be great by using specific techniques, such as editing the ratio of the whole picture and using the filters to change the overall color. These techniques can help to revise the picture by changing the view of the picture, which can help emphasize the key points.

Lanterns give people a sense of warmth and comfort, it also has the meaning of bringing hope and light. And so, inspired by the colorful, bright, lights when walking down the street, I decided that I should make a lamp for my first wood project because it is both practical, and it has a good meaning. I want to have two sides with strong light coming out from the lamp and two sides with weak light coming out from the lamp, so I designed my lamp on the progressing paper with two sides having the letter of X and B, and the other two sides with a cat and a moon. I have spent a lot of time on changing the the lines and the mm for offset of the cat to make sure it is what I want and the light is weak enough. I had made a few mistakes during the process of making the lamp, for example, I accidentally mixed up the distance of the circle that is between the bottom wood of my lamp, and I accidentally glued the wrong side of the “B”on my lamp.

While making the lamp, I had faced many challenges. Such as designing the decorations for the lamp and drawing out different designs on Fusion. One of the biggest challenge that I faced during the time of making the project was tighten ing and securing the light bulb to the lamp with screws and nuts. I received my light bulb late, but I have already glued nearly all the wooden pieces to my lamp. And so, this turned my lamp into a semi confined space. I wasn’t able to fit my hand in and tighten the nuts on to the screws, and the tools were too big, and so, I changed the size of the screws and nuts and it finally fit in. From this challenge, I have learned that I should make sure that every step is right before I make a move, and I should try from different ways and think from different sides, which I believe will help me a lot in the future when solving problems or facing challenges.

Looking back to the time when I just began designing the product, I want to give some advice to myself while making the product. Stay focus and use your time wisely can be very important while making the project. Sometimes projects can take longer than you think, everything can take up time, do not attempt to finish everything in the last day of class. It is important to finish your tasks during class time, if you do not, it will be necessary to finish your task in home. The second advice I want to give to myself or the students is to make sure you are done with every steps of your project. No matter when you are at home or in class, keep an eye on the every steps you make. Do what I do now will effect the future of my project? Try to make less mistakes as possible. At last I want to give one advice to Ms.Kim about this project, I believe it will be a great idea if we have a chart for steps that we are making our product or make us an own chart of the progress of where we are in the project. This will better contact and we can know better on where we are in the project.

Overall, whether the final product for this project is successful. I still want to thank all the students and teachers who helped me during this project.

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This journal is written in a first person view by a man who was born in the poor class, the bad economy environment made him had a dream about going to the rich class. However reality shattered his beautiful fantasies, so he followed Castro and went on the path of revolution.

During this trip at ShiMenShan, I learned how to make a simple water filter, how to use the knife correctly and how to make fire. My favorite part during the trip was the scavenger hunt, I really enjoy the activities in the hunt, we collaborate with friends and earn the second place at last.