:: Digital Photography & Imaging

For this assignment, I am tasked to create photographs without using “human expression” as subject to depict some adjectives from a list of them. In short, we are strictly not allowed to include any humans, not even body parts. I feel that the purpose of this assignment is to express emotions without using the simplest form of tell-tale signs from the facial expressions.

The first idea: Chaos

After brainstorming for a few days, I came out with an idea of showing the scenario that one will come upon but would not take note of. For my first piece, the theme that I want to portray is chaos. When one is frustrated in completing some tasks, he / she would tend to vent their anger on papers and throw them into the waste paper basket.

I have also added noise to the background of the photo and adjusted the contrast to give a more rough and messy feeling. I hope that when people look at the photo that I have taken, they will subconsciously relate it to a frustrated and chaos scenario that I am experiencing during the scene.

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The second idea: Mess

I wanted to create the idea of mess by using an artist used palette. In the midst of creating a painting, this scene will be very common to them and viewers can relate it easily. For this photo, I only adjusted slightly on the contrast to bring up the colours in the palette so as to enhance the messy feeling of this photo.

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The third idea: Peace

As for the third piece, I wanted to have the theme: peace. By having a candle commonly used in aroma-therapy, I wish to give viewers a feeling of serenity and peace. Besides that, candles are commonly used during prayers. Furthermore, light is an element from scripture associated with peace and harmony.

Aesthetically, I have blended a bluish-white background to further enhance the mood of the photo. Overall, I hope that this photo will give the viewers the feeling of peace.

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The fourth idea: Lonely

Last but not least, I would like to portray the theme lonely. I have made use of the activity, fishing, which generally depends on oneself and most of the time, alone. Even if it is done in a group, people tend to focus and fish within their own confined space at some point of time. Lastly, I have adjusted the colour scheme to sepia in order to bring out the feeling of loneliness.

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