Congratulations! You and your colleagues have created an online art exhibit. By creating and submitting your photographic series last week, you have participated in a unique class experience. Recall that in the Week 3 Discussion your Instructor assigned partners to critique each other’s photographs. For this week’s Discussion, you will critique the photographic series of your same partner in order to analyze its intent. Your partner’s photographic series should have been uploaded to this week’s Discussion by Day 7 of last week.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Read the Jonathan Jones article from this week’s Learning Resources.
• Review the websites in this week’s Learning Resources for more inspiration and examples of photographs.
• Review your partner’s Final Project photographic series, which was submitted to this week’s Discussion as part of last week’s Final Project Assignment.
• Consider the following questions regarding process in your partner’s photographic series:

  To what extent is the work subjective or objective?
  Would you consider the series conventional or challenging? Why?
  What is the purpose of the elements used and the order in which the photographs appear in the series?
  Are the photographs in the series clearly planned, or do they appear in a random presentation in order to gain more of an emotional reaction?
  Was the series more of a documentary to report a situation to the viewer, or was the intent of the series to express or persuade the viewer to have or express a particular attitude?
  Are the photographs in the series simple or complex compositions? How does this affect the intended viewpoint and understanding of the viewer?
  Have delay tactics been used to create interest or ambiguity in the composition of the photographs in the series?
  What is the style of the photographs in this series?

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 3

Post a critique of your partner’s Final Project photographic series (Approximately 2–3 paragraphs). Consider each of the following:

• Evaluate how the content and composition of the photographic series is presented either clearly or ambiguously to the viewer. Explain to what extent these choices may influence the viewer’s perception of the series.
• Analyze how the subjects in the photographic series relate to each other.
• Describe to what extent you believe the intent of the photographic series contributes to the telling of a subjective or objective story.

Cite at least one example from the course readings to support your response.

ALSO PLEASE BE KIND AND RESPECTFUL IN YOUR CRITIQUE. 

Family and Fun
Shameka Journey : 12/28/19
ARTS 2001C

Practice makes perfect.

Photographic elements of framing applied to this composition include off-centering and diagonal lines.

Family and Fun
Shameka Journey : 12/28/19
ARTS 2001C
A hunter in his comfort zone awaiting wildlife to appear and become his target that he has been practicing so hard for.

“Even so, there was question of whether horizontal or vertical, and how small the figure could be in the image and still be seen.” (Freeman, 2013). My husband appears to be smaller and further away from the frame than he actually was which causes him to appear as a figure in a landscape. “One of the points of a two shot is that there’s a relationship between the subjects, and it’s often good to manage the composition so that the viewer’s eye moves back and forth between them– in other words, the shot is active rather than static.” (Freeman, 2013). I chose two shot because there is a relationship between a hunter and their shooting stand.

Family and Fun
Shameka Journey : 12/28/19
ARTS 2001C
Proverbs 22:6 states, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (King James Version Bible) I am a mother of three sons. As they grow it is my duty to fulfil my job in raising them the right way.

Photographic elements of framing applied to this composition include vertical framing

Family and Fun
Shameka Journey : 12/28/19
ARTS 2001C
This photo was captured at my very first football game that I attended with my in laws. This game was an interesting and emotional game from start to finish. I wish I would’ve waited to capture the photo when there was actual movement.

Photographic elements of framing applied to this composition include a wide shot of the moment of the hiking of the football. “With any kind of motion, the actual moment is usually crucial, and it’s often measured in hundredths of a second.” (Freeman, 2013.)

Family and Fun
Shameka Journey : 12/28/19
ARTS 2001C
These roses were a just because gift from my husband. Each rose represents the amount of years we have been married.

Photographic elements of framing applied to this composition include vertical framing. I feel as though the viewer would see that I am a family person and my family is everything to me. While caring for my family I also like to have some time to myself to enjoy things of my intrest.
This course so far has been challenging but has been worth it. Before this course I never knew the differences in the framing of photos, I just felt that if it looked good to me it is a great picture. From here on out I will consider the things that I have learned in this course while taking an eye catching photo.

Based on what you have learned in this course, write a 2- to 3-paragraph assessment of your success in conveying the theme and message or story through your photographic series. Include answers to the following questions:
Are there any elements of photography in your photographic series you would change? How might this change the perception of the viewer? How might this change the message or story of the photographic series?
What considerations did you make in respect to the process of your photographic series to influence the perception of the viewer?
How will the viewer benefit from your photographic series?