I'm sure everyone is well aware how stressful and anxiety ridden this semester has been. For myself personally, I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I work at a nursing home in town, so when this all broke out I had to evaluate what was more important- exposing myself as a high risk individual, or taking a leave from my job and being broke, jobless, and unable to pay rent. The latter wasn't a viable option. There were so many points in this semester where I wanted to stop and give up, throw away all my classes and just lock myself in my house forever. Especially when my facility finally became exposed to COVID-19. It was hard to cope with all of this, I had only my partner to rely on. At some point me and my partner started to go for walks to clear our heads. There's something centering about acknowledging the smaller parts of the world around you. As I started to take photos, I was able to zoom in and recognize the smaller worlds that ...
Sam, these images are really cool. I remember in one of our critiques a while ago, the class talked about a photographer who's images were just as much about the darkness of the image as they were about the light within the image, and this first photograph of yours makes me think of that due to the low light you captured. It might be cool if you keep exploring large environments like this at this time of day, where there's a balance between natural light and everything in shadow. It's really interesting to see the silhouettes of these structures clashing with the soft color of the sky. I especially like the second image. My eye is drawn from the storm drain all the way back to the repeated forms of the dumpsters. There's a lot of tight repetition balanced with breathing room in this photograph, I think it was really well spotted!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see more images like these! I know in class you said you mainly focus with cinematography-like images, and that this is a little bit different. Creating more images like the top two would be interesting to do, as it is nice to see the contrast and small details presented.
ReplyDeleteI love the first two shots at sunset! the lighting really makes the features like the smoke and the clock tower pop! I also really like how you don't see the features of the building but its just outlined.
ReplyDeleteSam, I like that you have the clock tower right tin the middle of the smoke stack. I remember you mentioning that earlier this semester. I also am enjoying the soft sunset behind the buildings. It gives a soft evening vibe to the whole photograph.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see you photograph Bowling Green Sam! We all seem to shy away from it because we see these sites day in and day out, but you found moments here worth capturing. I enjoy how you've placed structures that we can see when on the ground here in BG with others that can be seen from miles away, and they don't give away that they were taken in Bowling Green. Nice job!
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