Midterm: Group Photos & Videos!

 The following pictures and videos were taken with my group, Las Mujeres, during class two weeks ago. We went outside and experimented with different concepts we have learned so far in class. It was a really fun experience because we were able to work together and actually apply some of the concepts from the text, like motion, perspective, etc. into our project. 

This first picture is one I took of Amanda as she spun in circles. She also took one of me doing the same thing. We were playing around with how our cameras would capture different motions in a photograph. The camera on my phone could not capture a clear picture as Amanda was moving so fast, which is why the photograph appears blurry.

The next picture is one that Amanda took. The way this picture actually came about and the way in which the idea for the picture evolved was interesting. We wanted to play around with the idea of perspective so, first, Kathryn thought that a good way to demonstrate this concept was to take a picture of a building from the bottom looking up. When Amanda and I saw her doing this, we though it would be even more interesting if each of us took a picture in order to achieve a picture within a picture within a picture! All three of us had different perspectives of the building and each other when we took this picture. 

The third picture I took outside was of a yellow fire hydrant. We had just learned about the rule of thirds in class during one of the group's presentations and this was my attempt to demonstrate the rule. The rule of thirds is a concept in visual arts that states that an image is divided by two vertical and two horizontal lines, and that the main object of the image should be placed along those lines. When I took this picture, I purposely placed the fire hydrant slightly off-center so that my picture would adhere to the rule of thirds and be aesthetically pleasing.

The picture on the right demonstrates the rule of thirds. As you can see, the image is divided by two vertical and two horizontal lines and the bird (the main subject in the picture) is placed along the right vertical line. If I drew the same lines on my picture, the yellow fire hydrant would fall along the same lines as the bird.

          

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Last, but certainly not least, the following is a video I took of Kathryn and Nicole walking outside. I took this video in order to demonstrate sound and motion.