Beecher+S+-+Texture

My edited photo was a very exaggerated non linear concept that was based off of the same idea as dreams. When we dream, the plot direction (if there is any at all) might go one way and than go another. The things we see in our dreams are not always as clear as reality. Surroundings and objects won't always make sense. The events and people are randomly thrown together for only the dreamer to decide what it means. The first of my changes included posterizing the entire photo. I found that when I posterized the photo, the colors became more vibrant and intense. It also instantly took the photo away from being a realistic landscape. I added several square and rectangular shapes that are floating to take the individual farther from the belief of reality. Painting lines down the street was meant to do the same purpose. I added many photos to the original photo. Many of the added were photos of graves but a few were more random. For example, the flowers growing from the electric pole represents the random but sometimes beautiful things we see in our dreams. Their is no purpose for its appearance but it allow the individual to feel a sense of wonder and interest to the exaggerated bright flowers. I also made copes of the individual in my photo and lined them up. I did this put aside the theme of unpredictability and wonder but to involve confusion. Aside from the photo itself being a collage, the copied individual reminds me that more often than not, we don't understand why things are the way they are in dreams. The vibrance of the photos added was also brought up to make the images just pop. I edited the images as well by making a handful of the objects different textures such as grainy, broken, distorted, or wavy. All was done to add to the theme of inconsistency and unclear. On the graves I drew question marks because I wanted to viewer to draw questions such as who's graves these are, and why are they all awkwardly placed. Similar questions that I ask myself when things don't make sense in a dream. The birds were added like the question marks to bring up questions and possibly discomfort. Overall this image is interpretive like any dream is. It'll mean something differently to everyone that sees it. The technique of texture as mentioned before was used through the change of feel to the photos. The gravestones were all kinds of different things, grainy, distorted, and so on. Shapes were also effectively used to make the picture lose realism. Different angled photos were used to create a nonlinear feel. I could make a valid argument for rule of thirds with the photo being cut up by the fence as well as the electric pole. Framing could by argued by my decision to make the fence the center of the frame. I emphasized on color. I wanted to be overwhelmed by the picture. I like how it turned out in that way as well. There are some very cool patterns and brightness in the colors. I also emphasized on the original textures. I did not want to make multiple photos the same texture. I felt I did ell at this because from looking at it, everything looks so different and I like it. I believe I did well with this project. Looking back I believe the picture displays what I wanted it to. If I were to go back and change anything I would go back and different photos. The photos I took were all scenery photos, in my opinion not the best photos to mash together. Knowing what I know now, I would take simpler pictures. I would stick with the concept, but I would try to make it more simple. I would put less in the photo, and if it was my choice, make less unrealistic edits.