•Blog exercise: Look through the online resources
and comment on the photos you saw.
and comment on the photos you saw.
Well, the blog exercise instruction is simple enough. It is just that i have no experience at all in photography and i have to comment on the photos of prize winning photographs on these online resources. Quite frankly, i have no idea on how to go about doing it so i am just going to say what i feel, minus all the technical stuff.
The photos i will be commenting on are all on
http://poty2008.dcmag.co.uk/3913562628353997603/2007winners.html
The first i will be commenting on is the first place on the Documentary Category,
The Toy Story by Xavier Alcala
As i scrolled through the pictures, this is the picture that caught my attention the most. The first thing that strikes me is the picture has a heavy feel to it. Somewhat evoking sadness from the viewer. Sleeping on cardboard boxes, with the dirty doll as probably the only toy the child has. The child is sleeping, lying dormant in a prone position while the doll is lying supine forming an obvious contrast. Dirty as the doll maybe, it may well be the major source of joy for the child in the picture, hence, i feel, the title, The Toy Story.
Another which caught my eye is under the Landscapes Category
Artery by Patrick Campbell
My first thoughts were ' how aptly named'. Indeed in a developed countries, roads and highways were indeed the bloodlines of the countries. I wanted to say something about the color composition of the photo, other than that they are contrastingly dramatic, but i don't know what else to say.
The third which caught my eye is under the Fine Art Category
Footprints by Francesco Ridolfi
I think that this is a very interesting piece of work. To me, it seemed to tell a story that extend beyond the frame captured. It evoked a series of questions in me like "why is the footprint still there?" "why is the water still?" "what ever happened to the owner of these prints?" I like this the most and would like to shoot pictures that evoke that kind of curiosity among the viewers.
I noticed that my comments lack substance, but i don't know what else to say about the photos. i felt very inadequate. I want to change that and be able to view photos critically at the end of this module. Of course i want to be able to shoot decent enough photographs at the end of this module too.
The photos i will be commenting on are all on
http://poty2008.dcmag.co.uk/3913562628353997603/2007winners.html
The first i will be commenting on is the first place on the Documentary Category,
The Toy Story by Xavier Alcala
As i scrolled through the pictures, this is the picture that caught my attention the most. The first thing that strikes me is the picture has a heavy feel to it. Somewhat evoking sadness from the viewer. Sleeping on cardboard boxes, with the dirty doll as probably the only toy the child has. The child is sleeping, lying dormant in a prone position while the doll is lying supine forming an obvious contrast. Dirty as the doll maybe, it may well be the major source of joy for the child in the picture, hence, i feel, the title, The Toy Story.
Another which caught my eye is under the Landscapes Category
Artery by Patrick Campbell
My first thoughts were ' how aptly named'. Indeed in a developed countries, roads and highways were indeed the bloodlines of the countries. I wanted to say something about the color composition of the photo, other than that they are contrastingly dramatic, but i don't know what else to say.
The third which caught my eye is under the Fine Art Category
Footprints by Francesco Ridolfi
I think that this is a very interesting piece of work. To me, it seemed to tell a story that extend beyond the frame captured. It evoked a series of questions in me like "why is the footprint still there?" "why is the water still?" "what ever happened to the owner of these prints?" I like this the most and would like to shoot pictures that evoke that kind of curiosity among the viewers.
I noticed that my comments lack substance, but i don't know what else to say about the photos. i felt very inadequate. I want to change that and be able to view photos critically at the end of this module. Of course i want to be able to shoot decent enough photographs at the end of this module too.
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