Questions 2

Mattie Bayne

Ms.Waller

AP Studio Art

18 February 2015

2 Studio Art Questions

The central idea of my concentration is capturing people candidly (and maybe not) in a background that highlights their features, yet adds to the photo. To display people of different types of social, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. To show different levels of emotion and provoke deeper thought of who people are. Focusing on different emotions and how they are being expressed by different people. By zooming in on the face I can show details, lines, and the little details that makeup a persons being. By fully capturing the person or larger parts I will show how their surrounding environment shapes them, whether that be in their clothing, their attitude, or general stance. People are my focus because a photo can capture one moment in a persons life, but their expression, their clothing, and their environment can tell a greater deal into who that person is. Each photo captures a different feeling and tells a different story whether it be one of whimsy or concern. 

My work in my concentration demonstrates the exploration of my idea because I capture different types of people in a variety of location. I capture photos on a whim. Honestly, I don’t think to much about because when I do that it becomes forced I begin trying to make something that isn’t there. I walk on to the streets, or wherever I am taking photos that day, and I just shoot. I point my lens at anything that fascinates me. I am just exploring the world around me and I never know what I am going to get. I walk through crowds and snap pictures of people, typically those who don’t notice me and my camera. That is what makes it candid I can slip by unnoticed with my shutter on silent. My technique is winging it, I go with what I feel and I keep snapping until I feel like I've captured something. My concentration highlights the everyday moments in people’s lives, or for certain people that day. The beauty of it is, that this could be a very different day for them and I have no ways to know. I capture people as they are, it isn’t forced or fake because they don’t know I am there. If they notice then I capture confusion and occasionally the feeling of a delightful surprise, and for some not so delightful. I wander around the streets waiting for something and these people have an intention that I remain unaware of. I like the idea of highlighting an individual. 

Prelim 6

I took all of these photos in New York City. I was really trying to capture people in the moment or in the middle of doing something. I particularly like the photo of the boy on the scooter, I like the way I edited it because of the blue haze on the photo. I like the orange tint the photo of the old people and the building. I really tried to focus on strong colors and composition in all of the photos. I like the concept of the people coming out of the subway. I blurred the black and white photo of the girl coming out of the elevator because she is not in the center of the photo, but I tried to make her the focus. I think the photos of the man and the dog is strong because of the angles and the strong source of light. I am going up to New York this weekend and hope to take more photos like these.