Description: Within the frame there are three cardboard signs with various phrases painted on them in black white and red with two distinct shadows falling over top of them.
Reflection: The shadows within the photo create a stronger plot posing questions about their owners opinions and ideas regarding the signs. Formal Elements: The use of Shadows within this photograph creates a sense of intrigue and frames one main sign. |
Description: A boy is pictured in a bathroom facing away from the camera placing a white mask over his face.
Reflection: The use of the mirror to reflect the subject creates depth about why the subject is covering their face. Formal Elements:The use of reflection creates interest within the photo, additionally a higher ISO was used to take the picture despite lack of light. |
Description: A boy is depicted in a classroom where all the students are wearing masks and looking ahead.
Reflection: The photograph mainly focuses on one individual dramatizing their personal story by creating a minimalist shot that focuses on them. Formal Elements: This image utilizes shallow depth of field to blur out the other students creating a simplistic shot of a boy in a mask. |
Description: A group of nine young people are standing in front of a building in a grassy area holding cardboard signs.
Reflection: This shot encompasses a group effort of individuals to insight change together. Formal Elements: This shot uses an expansive depth of field to capture every person's face and all the details of the signs and background. |
Description: A Boy with curly hair is centered in the frame looking of camera with a blurry background.
Reflection: By creating an image that focuses solely on the subjects expression it allows the viewer to think more deeply about what the subject is experiencing and feeling. Formal Elements: A shallow depth of field is used to blur the background of the photograph allowing the eyes to focus more on the subject creating a simplistic photograph. |
Description: A girl is looking into the camera wearing a white top in front of a background of grass.
Reflection: The subject's eyes are very prominent in this photograph allowing the viewer to fully appreciate their amber tone. Formal Elements: This photograph uses Butterfly light to place the subject in a flattering situation that reduces shadows to just under the chin and nose. |
Description: A teacher is photographed in front of a white board pointing at the word pretend with a wooden stick while wearing a white mask.
Reflection: This photograph portraits a story of why the teacher is choosing to impress this idea open his students. Formal Elements: This shot uses rule of thirds to put the teacher in a more interesting position for the eyes allowing the viewer to be drawn to him as the subject. |
Description: A set of Russian dolls is fully opened with all of the top half removed and the last doll sitting in the middle with a background of plain black.
Reflection: This shot calls into question the inner heart of the doll serving as a metaphor for the true center or reason for something. Formal Elements: This shot uses a strong sense of framing by surrounding the center doll with the circle of the outer dolls emphasizing the middle doll which otherwise may have been overlooked. |
Description: An orange tinted bass guitar is depicted in its blue velvet case with two hands grabbing it.
Reflection: This shot creates a sense of power of control in the viewer by placing the instrument "in their hands". Formal Elements: This shot uses a unique point of view that immerses the viewer in the shot by positioning the hands to look like thy belong to the viewer rather than someone within the frame. |
Description: A row of Russian dolls is depicted against a black background with the last tiniest one being from a different set that is blue and not red like the others.
Reflection: The difference of the final doll evokes a motif of alienation and loneliness among others who are not like you. Formal Elements: The row of dolls creates an implied line that crosses diagonally across the frame leading the viewer's eye straight to the smallest different doll. |