Portrait+of+a+Place-Houck

[|First Photo](Barge Loader) is a cityscape of a construction site, and gives off a serious mood. The artist revolves around photographing images of different sites that have been abandoned like factories, homes and construction sites. I found this picture of his interesting because of the leading lines all around the photograph from the foregrounds straight/diagonal lines to the backgrounds arch. While my [|Second Photo] is a mindscape, giving it a more mysterious a mood. Although I can no specifically find the direct creator of this work, their work seems to keep a scene mostly natural and then add something that changes the whole perspective the photograph itself. I liked this photo because it is borderline between what could be possible and what is actually there. Which in this photo mainly plays off of the affect of color and a rule of thirds (from either direction).Finally for my [|Third Photo] choose a landscape photo (Yellow Aspens) that just shows off the natural contrast that was created between the bark and the leaves, giving it a interesting yet quiet mood. The artist (Ansel Adams) of this shoots between black and white or color, and mostly revolves around landscape photos. This photo best uses leading lines (from the trees and their branches) and contrast between the while and the bright yellow. For my concept of my piece i'm going to go back and use a photo from my trip to London and Paris. Although it was my first time going there, there were a lot of memories being made from seeing things I never believed that I'd be able to visit in person. Since it was raining when we were there, the sky was a light gray which made all of the buildings stand out against the blank sky, giving it a more quiet mood to a busy cityscape. My final image will most likely be around 12 by 10 size- although it depends on the printer and a s of right now I would like to use the printing technique of a[| gel image transfer]. I'd like to [|print it onto a canvas](for complete quality) or possibly [|on wood](but I'm worried it will lose too much of the quality) to emphasis the architectural elements of the buildings.