Purple Photoshoot

In photography class, each student was to take 30 images of whatever color they got assigned. Surely enough, I was assigned the color purple which also happened to be the most difficult color. Not very many things are purple. I mostly focused on flowers in this photoshoot, but i also took advantage of the purple objects in my house. I really played with the lighting a lot in the photoshoot because it will make each picture unique from one another because the are all similar since they are purple. I used the rules of composition to make my images better by never centering the point of interest. I also used a lot of leading lines in this photoshoot. Again, I used a lot of flowers because they are one of the only things that are purple. I also used purple construction paper in the background of almost all of my images. I difficulty my voice as an artist by also displaying other colors in my photos to enhance the purple color. This assignment made my eyes more drawn to purple because during the photoshoot, I kept my eyes open for the color to photograph. I actually did enjoy experimenting with a single color with lighting and angles to make the object look awesome. I felt like the lighting i used was really enhancing in most of my pictures. If I was to change anything about this assignment, I would assign a variety of colors such as cool or warm colors to the students rather than one color. It is extremely difficult to find 30 quality images t take of a color such as purple when very little is purple. Other than the difficulty, I because a better photographer with this photoshoot because I got to play around with the settings on my camera and the lighting of my subject.

Philosophy

What is the purpose of the camera? The camera was first used for documenting scientific findings rather than drawing the findings. The camera and the production of it's images help people to remember and prove events or objects. I feel that people abuse the camera by lying via photoshop and other evidence. One used to look at an image and believe it to be an accurate representation, but now it is very hard to tell what is true and what is false. I think it is cool what we can forever see our memories. It is whomever's choice to of how to use their camera, but it makes me uncomfortable not knowing if it is real.

Photography in the Future

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In the future of photography, I think that photoshop will be completely automatic. Maybe even so much so that you have to look in a mirror rather than a camera to see the real truth. In today's world, while I think people should be able to post whatever they want, people lie on social media and portray a false image of themselves and others using photoshop and/or not telling the full truth. I feel that as common as cameras are and taking images, it is difficult to call yourself an artist. An image must mean something to be considered art in my opinion. Keeping it simple and having a voice will allow artists to be artists, even as technology advances.