Monday, January 12, 2015

A Room of One's Own


This project highlighted A Room of One's Own through the isolation and thoughtfulness incorporated with the pictures taken. The majority of them tended to use isolation (as in my earlier project) to set the viewer in their own world, distanced from all else besides what is in front of their own eyes. This project was meaningful to me because not only do the results show mindfulness and a sense of tranquility, but the process invoked the same feelings. I felt much more mindful and isolated (but not in a negative sense). The results in this project also used light as a character to emphasize certain aspects of the picture, drawing the viewers' eye between the contrast of light in the developed images. Using two images from previous projects, I decided to alter my focus on my usage of light to place emphasis on detail and thoughtfulness. I decided to not only use light as a character, but also as a concept, to draw the viewer in and create a deeper sense of thought. Should I redo this project, I would have altered my concepts to not focus so much on a broader depth of field, but focus in more on a shallower depth of field, placing the majority of my focus on smaller and finer details, perhaps invoking more thought and ultimately being more powerful.