As an English Writing and Rhetoric major, I don’t have a lot of experience with photography. I did photography for yearbook as a senior in high school and therefore mostly present images from an objective way of documenting what I … Continue reading
I was interested in relationships between colors and the time periods we associate them with in photographs. I chose to photograph images that challenges the difference between reality and perception– whatever I present to the viewer will be accepted as … Continue reading
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Gestalt Project: For this project, I tried to take into account the question of “how do you make an image?” It was really tough for me at first to figure out what I wanted to take and then trying to figure … Continue reading
It being my third year living in Austin, I’ve become pretty familiar with South Congress. I think the grandeur of the popular city street has almost entirely worn out for me, and at first I struggled to find things I really … Continue reading
Those who have become familiar with Austin and its famous streets, such as South Congress, know that it is packed with tourists, artists, and locals pretty much 24/7. Though it is also packed with an atmosphere of immense culture, this … Continue reading
Gestalt Project 1: How do you make an image? Gestalt- “An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.” Gestalt Methods Grouping: Group visual units by location, orientation, shape, and color Containment: Format creates unity … Continue reading
This first project for me was filled with some confusion, but I feel it transitioned me into college art classes. In high school, there was so much handholding and concrete guidelines like how many images to take, and what subject … Continue reading
The experience of critique was something I don’t think I was entirely prepared for. I went into the first day confident in my project, but nervous about how my presentation would go. I was definitely taken aback by how quickly everything … Continue reading
Looking back over the time I spent on this first project, I realize that I worried about the Gestalt principles more than I should have when I first started shooting. For a while I was very conflicted about the group … Continue reading
Link to my reflection post: here