Edges of the Frame
Here we were instructed to take pictures of a subject where something is sticking out from each side of the frame with the additional element of negative space. Within these intrusions of the frame we were to include a subject as well. For the first image, I had Emmanuel stand in between the two trunks of a single tree so that this way the way that the tree sprung out, I was able to cover at least three sides of the frame. I would argue that a fourth frame is covered as well because the school building and the trees behind Emmanuel are practically cut off by the frame as well. There is a lack of negative space in this image however, with the only real negative space being the sky behind Emmanuel though the sky is also cut off by the towering background trees. I also used a strobe to light the area of Emmanuel's face that was covered in more shadow that being his right side. Because the sun was behind him at that time of the day, we also used another portable light to light the left side of his face.
I didn't have an idea for a story in this image, but considering how I positioned Emmanuel as a smaller more curious figure in a larger more layered environment, there could be a story about an upcoming adventure that is being told here as he looks into the distance. It could also be something about being overwhelmed by the environment as well.
For the sun image, I just thought the image of the sun coming out from a pole would be a pretty neat image. There is a lot of negative space here but the problem is that things aren't coming out from every single frame. Technically the glare does touch the edges of the frame but I personally wouldn't count that. Another problem with this image is that the sun cut out my main subject, which was supposed to be one of those satellites or planes (frankly I don't know what they are) with the white smoke tails that you see in the sky every once in a while. However if you look closely, you can see it a slight bit to the left of the pole thought it is blurred out. The meaning of this is completely up to the viewer really, however with the white smoke tail object flying in the background, it was supposed to highlight the position of it more, sort of noticing how the path of it is parallel to the pole itself, sort of meaning that even something that moves will fall when compared to something that doesn't move.
I didn't have an idea for a story in this image, but considering how I positioned Emmanuel as a smaller more curious figure in a larger more layered environment, there could be a story about an upcoming adventure that is being told here as he looks into the distance. It could also be something about being overwhelmed by the environment as well.
For the sun image, I just thought the image of the sun coming out from a pole would be a pretty neat image. There is a lot of negative space here but the problem is that things aren't coming out from every single frame. Technically the glare does touch the edges of the frame but I personally wouldn't count that. Another problem with this image is that the sun cut out my main subject, which was supposed to be one of those satellites or planes (frankly I don't know what they are) with the white smoke tails that you see in the sky every once in a while. However if you look closely, you can see it a slight bit to the left of the pole thought it is blurred out. The meaning of this is completely up to the viewer really, however with the white smoke tail object flying in the background, it was supposed to highlight the position of it more, sort of noticing how the path of it is parallel to the pole itself, sort of meaning that even something that moves will fall when compared to something that doesn't move.
There were no real instructions to edit the actual image but here I made some variations on my original Emmanuel and sun images for fun. In this variation, Emmanuel is being crushed by his surrounding environment, and this makes him cry. But what he cries is tears of light and the environment drains him of what could be considered the bright side of his personality. It is also my obvious homage to the art of David Tibet.
For the sun image, I wanted to add lines to make it more of a meditative sort of image.
For the sun image, I wanted to add lines to make it more of a meditative sort of image.