starich_cyan

Joy Gregory Movie Film, moving image, analogue & Victorian print processes


 * Framing** was used in this photo by having the deep blue consume the space of the off white figure creating the image of a girl wearing a dress. The position of the girl is in the middle of the page making it easier to see, especially when up against a deep color.

Shape is used by the position of the girl, the shape she is in. Her calves are shown, which makes it look as if she's turned around trying to look to the back of her. Her form is casual, she's just standing in the middle, the center of attention. Balance could be seen in this, because of the subtle colors, the dark blue and off white. How the blue leaks into the off white color creates the focus of the girl, and filling it with the blue.
 * The Elements**: Shape and Form

Emphasis is incorporated in this photo with the contrast of colors. The girl is the emphasis, because of the other one color emphasizing it by consuming the rest of the space. Although it is negative space, it makes the girl become the object of the image.
 * The Principals**: Emphasis

Adam Fuss Sunpaper, sunprint, & blueprint


 * Leading lines** technique was used to create this photo by having the tentacles of the jellyfish warp into tangles, but ultimately lead up to the bodies of each. The reason behind this technique was to construct the photo in a way to create the perspective of looking up at them, how entangled and clustered they are.

Line is crafted in this photo by the jellyfish tentacles and their form that lead up to the main bodies of the jellyfish. The entanglement adds effect of more positive space in the bottom of the photo than at the top in which more negative space occupies the cyanotype. Space is utilized between the jellyfish. The animals are the only subject, which could also account for emphasis on the group, not an individual. The bigger yet thinner parts of the jellyfish fall to the bottom of the photo while the rounder and thicker flowing part of the jellyfish are stable toward the top. By the use of little space for the tentacles and the greater use of space for their bodies it creates the perspective illusion of looking up at them while adding their position of floating calmly with active and accompanied tentacles.
 * The Elements:** Line & Space

Movement Rhythm is incepted by the use of the elements which position the jellyfish and settle the perspective. The use of lines and negative/positive space gives that slow movement in rhythm while providing unity by the use of two colors and positioning. As the lines follow up to the bodies the space changes, adding movement. The unity of this photo is all of the elements and principals used. They create the harmony of the well crafted piece by blending their purposes together.
 * The Principals:** Movement Rhythm & Unity

Mike Dunckley Print based image & light fixture


 * Filling Frame + Leading Lines** were both used in these two photos. However, I'm only going to focus on the left-hand image (ironic pun intended). The hand is the only subject of the photo, it fills the frame. Use of the hand as only subject acts as a perspective and message of simplicity and value.

Color and Value are used in this photo by the wide use of the color which is played with by the value of the colors. Blue is a calming color, and the hand is blue. By using a blue hand with the highlighted pink and green section triggers the relativity of an X-Ray and chemical tension throughout ones' body. Also, it reminds me of a hand blocking out the sun, as the light attempts to shine through the skin creating a pinkish hue. Similarly, the hand's form is open and fills the frame. It emphasizes that object, which also emphasizes the color and its use. Around the hand there's another pinkish glow, which supports the sun-blocked hand idea. To support the open hand idea, if it was a fist there would be a different feel to it. The red would no longer stand for a sun, but a lighter anger or growing power.
 * The Elements: ** Color + Value & Form

Emphasis, as prior stated, is created by the form. It lights attention of the photo by the washed out colors that provide and define the contrast of the colors. With having the bright pink spot with the greenish color of the hand, the light shows the change of the color when reflected through skin color, and also not reflected. Other examples of contrast are the white flow around the pink outline of the hand. It's in between the ombre blue and the fading pink.
 * The Principals: **Emphasis & Contrast