Weinfurter-Place



For the three pictures I have selected for my banner, I selected each of them because I felt that they were each unique and interesting. The first picture—the abandoned hallway of an hotel—is an example of an interior-scape. The mood within it is sort of eerie and mysterious, which is why I found it rather interesting. It makes you curious as to what this hotel actually is and what happened to it to make it look this way. I also really like the perspective of the piece and how your eyes move down the hallway. This portrait was taken by a man named Tom Kirsch, who often takes pictures of unique abandoned buildings such as this one. I thought this was a very unique style for a photographer, mostly because photos are usually of things that are considered beautiful, but this artist decided to take a different approach. While abandoned things would not be considered pretty, I feel like they are very cool to look at, which is why Kirsch’s photo stood out to me. On the contrary, the second picture caught my eye, not because it was creepy and interesting like the first, but because it was beautiful and vibrant. I found this image on flickr—their user name is simply just ‘L.A.F’—but I’m not exactly sure who the artist is or what their description of the image says since it is in a different language. However, I love the colors in this image and how they contrast the dark, nighttime background. This picture makes the viewer feel both excited and in awe due to the amazing color scheme. In this piece, the building sort of uses leading lines to make the viewer’s eyes move from one end of building to the other and it sort of has a level horizon where the structure meets the ground. Overall, this image is my favorite of the three portraits because I love vibrant colors and I feel like color really adds to any image. For my third image, I chose a photo taken by John Paul Caponigro, who uses many beautiful and somewhat bizarre landscapes in his portraits. However, in this particular photo, he uses a simple photo of the northern lights, but it still stood out to me. I love the way the horizon is towards the bottom of the page and the lights sort of dance through the rest of the image, leading your eyes throughout the entire piece, filling most of the space. I also found that the colors used in this piece were very interesting because even though they were all cool colors, the background is a dark blue whereas the lights are very light shades of green and purple, which I feel adds a good amount of contrast into the piece. While I enjoy each of these pieces, I am not sure that I want my project to be similar to any of them. For my project, I know that I want my image to be taken at the place I work: Lasertag Adventure. While most people greatly dislike their jobs and only have them to earn some cash, I absolutely love lasertag. It is like home for me and is the one place where I really feel like I belong. I know those feelings are not exactly something I can easily portray into an image, but I would like to try so that I can show people that work doesn’t have to be a drag and that you just have to find the one place that is perfect for you. I’m not particularly sure which part of the building I would like to photograph quite yet considering that different areas evoke different moods for me, so I’ve been trying to take pictures from various parts of the building. Most likely, it will be a photo from the arcade though because of all the bright, colorful lights. Plus, arcades are where kids go to have a great time, so I feel like that would be a good area to prove how happy Lasertag Adventure really is. As for the surface of my piece, I think I want to place it on glass, but I’m not exactly sure how well it will work out. Basically, I just think that the shine and smoothness of a glass surface would really bring my photo to life and make it seem even more exciting. Lasertag is too exciting to be printed on something such as wood or fabric, so I feel like glass could be the best medium to portray it on. I’m not exactly sure how large I want my image to be, but I would like it to be fairly big so that all of the details of it can be seen clearly. Overall though, I am very excited to be experimenting with a more unique concept and surface for my photographs.

Printing Links: ~ [|__http://www.ehow.com/how_6748790_print-photos-glass.html__] (This website gives sort of a brief explanation about how to print on glass and I'm not sure if it's the best way or anything, but I'm having a hard time finding something else)

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