Photo Essay
Describe how your images are connected.
My images follow a journey though an unknown and eery place. They were all taken in the same graveyard, except for the last photo, and have the same editing. This unifies them in look as well as in content and makes the story fairly easy to understand. The last photo not only has its own row but also takes place in a different setting. It is not meant to be connected to the others (to be continued...).
Why did you sequence them the way you did?
I sequenced my photos as you would approach the adventure. It begins outside of the unknown place where some preliminary exploration is done. It then enters the graveyard where the photos focus more on texture and detail rather than composition and setting as you delve deeper into the journey. Following the deeper discovery, the story exits the graveyard and gets farther from the location with each picture. Lastly, a new unconnected photo is presented. This represents that as one door closes, or gate in this case, another one opens. It shows that there is always a new adventure and all you have to do is look for it. It shows that the end very well may be the beginning after all. This last statement is especially accurate. As we exit a graveyard looming with death and decay and go to the endlessness often associated with water, this statement could not be more accurate. My story is one of tragedy and hope despite its mysterious vibes, you just have to look for it.
What technical / compositional considerations did you make?
At the beginning and end of my story, I consciously composed my photos to get closer to the subject and then over time farther away representing the beginning and end of the journey. In the middle of the story, I focused heavily on bringing texture into the photos representing a sense of intamacy with the graves. I did this by adjusting brightness and contrast as well as highlights. The sky, while providing an amazing setting for the story, was a struggle for me to edit. It was overcast but with highlight save I was able to make the sky less overexposed. I tried to incorporate the law of thirds in all ten photos as well as edit them in a similar manner to create unity.
My images follow a journey though an unknown and eery place. They were all taken in the same graveyard, except for the last photo, and have the same editing. This unifies them in look as well as in content and makes the story fairly easy to understand. The last photo not only has its own row but also takes place in a different setting. It is not meant to be connected to the others (to be continued...).
Why did you sequence them the way you did?
I sequenced my photos as you would approach the adventure. It begins outside of the unknown place where some preliminary exploration is done. It then enters the graveyard where the photos focus more on texture and detail rather than composition and setting as you delve deeper into the journey. Following the deeper discovery, the story exits the graveyard and gets farther from the location with each picture. Lastly, a new unconnected photo is presented. This represents that as one door closes, or gate in this case, another one opens. It shows that there is always a new adventure and all you have to do is look for it. It shows that the end very well may be the beginning after all. This last statement is especially accurate. As we exit a graveyard looming with death and decay and go to the endlessness often associated with water, this statement could not be more accurate. My story is one of tragedy and hope despite its mysterious vibes, you just have to look for it.
What technical / compositional considerations did you make?
At the beginning and end of my story, I consciously composed my photos to get closer to the subject and then over time farther away representing the beginning and end of the journey. In the middle of the story, I focused heavily on bringing texture into the photos representing a sense of intamacy with the graves. I did this by adjusting brightness and contrast as well as highlights. The sky, while providing an amazing setting for the story, was a struggle for me to edit. It was overcast but with highlight save I was able to make the sky less overexposed. I tried to incorporate the law of thirds in all ten photos as well as edit them in a similar manner to create unity.