Abstraction

Photographic Research and Inquiry

 

In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the visuals in the movie are incredible. I chose this one of Alice slowly walking passed the tall flower faces into the gate where the giant mushrooms bloomed because the visuals not only give you an awe of amazement, but in depth it gives the meaning of young girls maturing and stepping into a new experience in life. I noticed four distinct elements of compositional strategies in this image which include open frame, alternate point of view, shape, and frame within a frame. However, what is pretty cool about the image is how if you were to black out the background of the gate and the mushroom field, it becomes a closed frame due to the closeness of the flower faces and their definite features. The aura of this image gives me the feel of how I felt from leaving high school to going into college. It is an accomplishment to better ourselves with the education of college level courses, so for me the sad faces would mean leaving my family and hometown friends towards my next journey. Life is like the stepping stones towards the path that is being walked on with the lessons and hardships we learn to overcome. As colorful as the image is there are very significant hidden meanings for the youth

Sequence

Humans of UTSA

Me: "What do you plan on doing after you graduate?"

                    Him: "Well if there was one thing I don't plan on doing after is to go straight to graduate school, it feels like a never ending process."

1/125   f/5.0   ISO 200

Me: "What is your most memorable childhood vacation?"

Her: "Visiting Disneyland with my family for the first time definitely tops any other vacation!"

1/50  f/11  ISO 200

Me: "If you were asked to give advice to a group of high school students, what would you say?"

Her: "Figure out what you want your profession to be early in life, and invest everything you have into achieving that goal!"

1/50   f/11  ISO 200

Me: "What would you like to see change at UTSA?"

Him: "If you haven't complained about parking, you haven't lived. There should be closer parking to where the main building is located."

1/50  f/11   ISO 100

Me: "What life lesson do you live by?"

Him: "Your character is your destiny. Never change for what other people want you to be."

1/125   f/5.0   ISO 200

Assignment #2 Color

                                                          1/40    f/22   ISO 100

1/500    f/4.5   ISO 125

1/20    f/22   ISO 100

1/40    f/22   ISO 400

1/400    f/7.1   ISO 500

Assignment #1 Composition

                                                    1/400           f/7.1          ISO 1600
                                                                CLOSED FRAME

1/320  F/ 7.1     ISO 1600

CURVILINEAR LINES

1/400   F/ 7.1    ISO 200

VERTICAL FORMAT

1/500      F/ 7.1   ISO 3200

CONVERGING LINES

1/500      F/ 7.1    ISO 1600

MOVEMENT 

1/500     F/7.1    ISO 3200

DIAGONAL LINES

1/500    F/ 7.1    ISO 6400

SHAPE

1/40   f/4.0;   ISO 100

FRAME WITHIN A FRAME

1/100    F/ 4.0   ISO 6400

POINT OF VIEW

1/500   F/7.1    ISO 3200

SYMMETRICAL BALANCE

Composition 1

Exposure:  shutter 1/16    aperture f/5.6   ISO 800

Closed frame; asymmetrical balance