DSDN 144 Project 2- Time

Review after first shoot-


For my first shoot, I decided to focus on photographing the inside of my area to photograph- The Rudolph Stiener Kindergarten. This is a suitable area to photograph for my time project because I want to show the experiences a toy has overtime in the hands of a child and some of the various spaces it goes too when spending time with a child, and the kindergarten is an area where children live, making it a perfect spot to do a shoot for my project.

When doing my photos for my first shoot, I attempted to first do the inside of the kindergarten and try to get what I want to across in my photos with the use of my artist models techniques. I was aiming to do the outside as well, but it unfortunately grew far too dark for me to do an outside shoot.

I have placed what I feel are my three best photos from this first photo shoot and are using my artist models techniques to show my idea.

For my first photo, I have used the artist model "Bruce Davidson's" technique of taking his photos at an angle I generally may not use. I took my photo at a higher angle that looks above my Pokemon toy and capture it at a different view instead of a simple straight on photo. I feel this photo worked well because it's managed to capture the Pokemon toy as the primary object and exclude other distracting items and also makes the viewer see this photo from an infants view.

For my second photo, I decided to try and use Michael Kennas technique to use the background to my advantage. For this attempt, I wanted to make my Pokemon Elekid to stand out, but also wanted to help enhance my idea more in this photo. When photographing this photo, I used the chairs in the background not as a base for the toy to stand on or make the toy stand out, but to show us that a childs toy is like his/her best friend that never leaves their side and goes through many of their experiences with them as a child.

For my third and forth photo, I aimed to use Elliott Erwitt's technique of focusing in on the object and cutting out most of the background. I feel that this one is working well to show how he influenced my photo and also show that the Pokemon is the main object of the photo. What I feel is also working in this photo is that it's also introducing the space of where the toy belongs, while not becoming too distracting and is once again helping to show my theme on the toy being with the child in activities such as drawing because they are like their best friends. It also makes us think that this photo is of a childs view by going down in close with the object.