this blog is a place for you to check in once a week and discuss one color photo of your choosing, as well as survey the images posted and discussed by your peers.
be sure to quickly describe, interpret, evaluate the image in its use of color, composition, and lighting. when discussing color, categorize the image as realistic, expressive, or symbolic color. point out any color harmony strategies it employs. We've discussed seven so far:
title your posts "your name - nov3rd".......the date your submissions are due by each week
so my first post would be 'jason lazarus - nov 3rd'
This image is called "Ocean" by Aaron Louis Fowler (.com). The conch shell lays on the blue bedspread, which doubles as an 'ocean.' The photograph uses a realistic color strategy...the bedspread/shell utilizing an almost split complementary (blue/pink). The cell phone inserted in the shell reads as a secret, romantic message from the cell phone owner to some distant receiver on the other end. The lighting, which I imagine as coming from a bedroom window, emphasizes the texture of the blanket ripples, giving them depth and furthering the visual double play. The sliver of the mattress that peeks through on top reminds us of the ordinary setting we are in, and also echoes the colors of the blue bedspread and pinkish conch shell. The shell itself is striking because of the sharp value and color contrast between it and the bedspread. The composition is shell 'front and center' with the bed itself asymmetrically balance. Our vantage point is 'lingering over this ocean' and feels like a human height encounter with this playful sculpture for the camera...
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