P5_Cathy

Ambiguous Space Assignment

Cathy Carpenter Group: VSpacers1 Title: The Threatening Skies Tags: giant birdhouse, doom, danger above, dark clouds Title: The Salesman Tags: street vendor, chontadoros, Colombian fruit

Title: Ice Cream Dreams Tags: ice cream, street vendors, waiting, parade



Title: A Lazy Saturday Afternoon Tags: Salento, Colombia, pool hall, bar scene

It seems that there is more ambiguous space around than I could have imagined, in every shape, style, and location. For me, in order to make it more interesting it needs to include an element of people somehow. These photos are a collection of images that look to frame the person in an unusual way and create a different perspective of the image. There were too many ways to look at this particular assignment to select one photo because they all captured it a different way.

It is difficult to just go out and make this type of shot happen because it requires specific composition elements and arrangement of those elements. The frame in "Threatening Skies" is made by the bridge and the clouds silhouetting the birdhouse and the man. I choose the title because the man doesn't seem to realize that danger from above could come in various formats and the depth of field with the birdhouse in the foreground creates the appearance of a small man and a giant house. The salesman is really my favorite shot because of the way the lines form the picture from the street and his legs framing in the red fruit; I found the different textures appealing composition-wise as well. The pool hall was a good slice of life photo and the window framed the man napping. Finally the little girl was framed in by the ice cream vendors and their carts and seemed to say that even though I am surrounded by ice cream, I don't have any and don't look to be getting any anytime soon.

The value in this assignment is to force yourself to look for certain composition elements in the world around you and arrange your compositions for a purpose. Honestly for me, it takes the fun out of photography to have to go and shot photographs for specific purposes, but it does hone your eye to be more aware of combining the various composition elements for a purpose. I was very frustrated with the camera and trying to adjust for the different lights and focuses because the digital aspect of my camera is not very user friendly in my opinion. Self Evaluation || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. || || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. || (45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) || Peer Evaluation of Cathy by David: (45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) || This photo does a very good job of capturing the concept. It does appear that there is a giant birdhouse protruding from the bridge. Capturing the person walking reinforces the concept. The shot is composed very well. My suggestion is there could have been a tad more light in the shot. It appears that it was very overcast, so I think this would not have harmed the mood, but may have brought out more detail in the bird house. .
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an good job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot.  || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept.
 * Depth of Field || Good use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were well chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes.
 * ** Instructor evaluates shaded section ** ||
 * Self Critique || Excellent self-assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate self-assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor self-assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Critique || Excellent peer assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate peer assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor peer assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Comments || Peer comments exceed expectations. || Peer comments meet expectations. One or two comments might be missing. || Three or more peer comments were missing, incomplete or poorly written. ||
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||
 * ** Instructor evaluates shaded section ** ||
 * Self Critique || Excellent self-assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate self-assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor self-assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Critique || Excellent peer assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate peer assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor peer assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Comments || Peer comments exceed expectations. || Peer comments meet expectations. One or two comments might be missing. || Three or more peer comments were missing, incomplete or poorly written. ||
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Total Points || >89%