3 project reflection

Reflect on your understanding of these three assignments:
A) POV, B) Macro/Minutiae, C) Motion

1. What is your interpretation of the purpose of each of these three assignments?

I thought that the purpose of each of these three assignments was to investigate the uses of different types and aspects of photography. For point of view, I believe the purpose was to show how much changing the point of view from which a picture is taken can completely alter all aspects of the photo. For macro/minutiae, I thought that the purpose was to explore the advantages of close-up photography while also learning how to take photos in accordance with a theme. Finally, I thought the purpose of the motion project was to delve deeper into a specific niche of photography we may not necessarily have experienced otherwise.

2. What do you think the most important thing was you learned from each assignment?

The most important thing I learned from the motion project was the different ways of expressing motion. I had never really thought about expressing motion in any way besides simply taking a picture of a moving object and hoping it was not blurry. The most important thing I learned from the macro project was the importance of detail in a photo. While the overall composition of a photo is important, the details can alter the entire mood of the picture or be particularly interesting themselves. From the POV project, I learned exactly how much different points of view can affect the composition of a picture. From one view, an object may seem perfectly ordinary, but from another it may seem moving, alive, or seriously creepy.

3. Why do you suppose these three projects were assigned in this particular order?

I think those projects were assigned in this particular order because they gradually became more and more complex while also building on each other. Point of view is one of the key aspects of photographic composition, so it was only fitting for this project to be early on. The macro project allowed us to expand out points of view while also improving our attention to detail. The motion project involved all of those things and was definitely the most challenging as a result.

4. How do you feel you did on each project? Be specific about areas in which you think you did well and not as well.

I think I did well on each project. I loved the three different points of view I took of my artificial flower. I loved the colors of each photo but also the way each different viewpoint created a new mood. I really enjoyed my macro project as well. I liked taking pictures of food, of course, and also liked the way I was able to organize my grid by color, tan/brown objects all around the edges and the more colorful ones in the middle. I liked my motion project, particularly the blurriness of the bus in comparison to all around it as a way of emphasize its motion, but felt that the composition was a little off. I would have preferred to have been able to see the top of the bus. I feel as if having it cut off makes the viewer feel unnecessarily restricted.

5. What was one thing you wish you would have done that you didn’t, and why didn’t it happen? (you may comment on any of the three projects or all three)

I wish I would have included the top of the bus in my motion picture. This did not happen because it really did not occur to me at all at the time- it was just a random picture I took while we were driving through London.

6. Which was your favorite of the three projects and why?

My favorite project was definitely the point of view project. I actually took quite a few series of images and loved all of them. I found the multitude of moods and compositions available while using the same object in the same setting fascinating.

7. Has one or more of these topics had an impact on your photography? How?

The POV project also had the most impact on my photography. It has encouraged me to seek alternate points of view for all the pictures I take, resulting in better, more varied pictures.