Mertens+Madelyn+Place

=Portrait of a Place=

= = = [|Landscape]: = = The first image demonstrates landscape. This portrait gives me the feeling of peace because of its simplicity. The bright colors of the plants make me think that I am in my own world. Sadly, there is no named artist for the picture, but this artist created a wonderful horizontal rule of thirds (almost a rule of fourths). If I was going to do a landscape artwork, I would use this portrait as my inspiration. = = [|Interiorscape]: = = The picture of a New York church by Gregory A. Shemitz is an example of interiorscape photos.Gregory is a photographer in New Jersey, who prefers to take religious pictures. Most of his pictures are of Catholic churches. I love how much the natural light sources, like the candles, lights up the room. There is use of leading lines from the columns on the walls and the rows of seat, leading viewers’ eyes to the cross. The feeling I get as I view this photo is the sense of faith. I am using this image as my inspiration for this unit since I want my photo to give people the sense of faith. = = [|Cityscape]: = = = = Cityscape is shown perfectly in the last picture, where skyscrapers, and trees are the eye-catchers of the image. Once again, there is no artist named on the website, but whoever took this paid close attention to the lighting and compositional techniques. The natural light helps bring out the colors of the sky, buildings, and grass. Just like the landscape photo, the rule of thirds is used, but horizontally. Fill the frame is another compositional technique, because there is little to no empty space. The cityscape image gives the feeling of being tiny since the buildings look huge while you are ant size compared to them. = = = = = = media type="youtube" key="Lqg04pO-_9k" width="420" height="315" = = = = = = My plan for this unit is to create a interiorscape artwork. I took photos inside Trinity Lutheran Church and inside my house to help create a interiorscape image. Those photos have a mix of natural and artificial lighting. Especially in the pictures of the church, because I took pictures both outside and inside. I hope to use an interesting point of view and fill the frame as my compositional techniques. In this unit, we are going to use different material to print out “Portrait of a Place”. I plan to print my photo onto a paint canvas. The technique of printing on a canvas will add a old look to it which will add even more character. = = =