SA 141: Introduction to Photography

Artist #1: Ansel Adams Each of these photographs intrigued me for different reasons. The first image by Ansel Adams relates to this project because it provides a variety of different elements of photography. The range of values offers a very interesting contrast between the mountains in the foreground and those in the background. There is also a great sense of movement through the piece created by the river that flows through the bottom half of the picture. Additionally, the light from the sun behind the clouds reflects itself in the river water, which helps unify the land and the sky. I am interested in observing objects in nature, so this piece offers a lot of relevant techniques to the subjects I'm thinking of photographing.

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Artist #1: Gemma Anderson Gemma Anderson | Morphology Gallery I love the way this image incorporates all types of shapes and silhouettes while still maintaining a sense of uniformity because all the objects relate to nature and plants. The objects provide a crisp outline that helps you see the individual materials, but the artist also placed them in such a way as to make them all mesh and flow together. Each object seems to complete the next and makes the full picture look like a set of "scenes" - almost as if you're walking through a forest. Additionally, the image presents a variety of lighting, from pure white to a shadowy-grey, that makes for a more interesting piece.  When I look at the three white shapes (which I'm assuming to be leaves) that contain different black patterns within them, it almost appears as if there is a separate scene within each leaf. This quality added to the success of the image for me because it made the photogram more comp...

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