I tried to make the color red as exciting as possible. I tried to get different angles of my subjects and add my dad in. He always seems to get his personality across to the viewer even through a simple photo. Two examples of this is my third and last photo, the one of my dad and the other of a kid going down the stairs. My mom even got in on my project. She had my camera and began to take pictures of my sisters and I while sitting on my grandparents couch. Ironically, we all had red near us at the time. I also tried to zoom in on my subjects so that other distracting objects couldn't be seen. I also made the photos black and white to take away distracting objects and to emphasize the red. I think that by doing this it helped illustrate the unifying red in my photos.
When I first began shooting for this project, I was trying to get my subjects in red and not to realize that I was taking the picture. However, trying to take pictures of people while they don't know is pretty difficult, and it made me look like a creep. So my idea that people wouldn't know I was taking their photo didn't happen like I planned. In most cases I asked the person to stop and not look at me so I could take their photo. Most people laughed and agreed, others were unsure but still were good sports about it and let me take their photo. One girl had on an all red dress and she wasn't sure what to do when I asked to take her picture. So she walked through the door extra fast and unfortunately my shutter speed wasn't fast enough and the picture is a bit blurry. This project made me realize that trying to take candid pictures is a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. However, most of my subjects worked very well with me and allowed me to take a good photo, just like my dad and his weird, yet funny faces.
nice job on your project! my favorite one is the last photo. I thought it was really interesting
ReplyDeleteI like the first photo because the dog seems pretty oblivious and doesn't seem to object to wearing the sweater.
ReplyDeleteThis was an intriguing project concept, and the images made me consider how much red is in my life due to my involvement with OSU. It is interesting how you were able to unify different, unrelated subjects (your family, your dog, a student you do not know) through color. The project kind of reminded me of a reoccurring scene in Schindler’s List (well, the subject matter is much darker, but the film uses red to emphasize a single subject) …If you haven’t seen it, you should check it out: here
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