Fernanda Alarcon: A GW Student
CURATORIAL Statement
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Reflection
1. Define which techniques you tried and mastered? Failed?
Before I started this project, I had never used a non-phone camera to take pictures. I took me a while to figure out what all the different buttons and settings were, and once I got a feel for it I was able to produce higher quality photos. I still haven't found a good way to fix the lighting and over exposure issues while taking the photos, but the black and white filters helped to fix the lighting issues in the photographs. I think I mastered the application and adjustment of filters to photos with the basic tools Google Photos had to offer (which wasn't much).
2. Describe the evolution of your piece. Decisions made. Compositional elements.
I originally had a completely different plan. I wrote down a list of shots I wanted to get that all told the story of the bittersweet existence of this student. The most meaningful shots were the one's I found myself unable to get. I hope to get those shots one day and add them, but for now the focus is shifted completely from isolation and failure to what I would say are for the most part a happier collection of photos.
3. If you could consider doing something over, explain why you would do this? What evidence do you have to explain this?
I would definitely retake a lot of shots in order to create a more dynamic composition. I realise now that I should not have placed my subject in the center (a huge faux pas in photography). I would do this in order to create a more interesting image with flow and dimension. I would also like to get different angles, almost all of them were straight on. I would like to do this to show foreground, middle ground, and background so that the images thave more dimension. One of my favorite photos is the first where I squatted and angled the camera upwards.
Before I started this project, I had never used a non-phone camera to take pictures. I took me a while to figure out what all the different buttons and settings were, and once I got a feel for it I was able to produce higher quality photos. I still haven't found a good way to fix the lighting and over exposure issues while taking the photos, but the black and white filters helped to fix the lighting issues in the photographs. I think I mastered the application and adjustment of filters to photos with the basic tools Google Photos had to offer (which wasn't much).
2. Describe the evolution of your piece. Decisions made. Compositional elements.
I originally had a completely different plan. I wrote down a list of shots I wanted to get that all told the story of the bittersweet existence of this student. The most meaningful shots were the one's I found myself unable to get. I hope to get those shots one day and add them, but for now the focus is shifted completely from isolation and failure to what I would say are for the most part a happier collection of photos.
3. If you could consider doing something over, explain why you would do this? What evidence do you have to explain this?
I would definitely retake a lot of shots in order to create a more dynamic composition. I realise now that I should not have placed my subject in the center (a huge faux pas in photography). I would do this in order to create a more interesting image with flow and dimension. I would also like to get different angles, almost all of them were straight on. I would like to do this to show foreground, middle ground, and background so that the images thave more dimension. One of my favorite photos is the first where I squatted and angled the camera upwards.