Title: 6:00 am Sunrise
Size: 45 x 45 Medium: Sunrise Photography Completion: March 2021 Exhibition Text For my choice piece, I've chose photography. This photo was captured outside my window at sunrise. The piece shows purple to pink cloudy sky at sunrise with a few trees, a electric pole. The focus of this piece is the 2 different colors in the sky going from purple to pink, I wanted the focus of my piece to be the sky that connects to my inspiration, Marc Adamus. This piece, I adjusted the tint, brightness and Saturation focusing on the colorful sky. |
Marc Adamus
The Inspiration I chose for my piece is landscape photographer Marc Adamus. He was born in Corlavis, Oregon in 1980. For over a decade now, Adamus has traveled all around the world capturing images of landscapes and wildlife with his talent of photographing amazing light and fleeting atmosphere in his work, he also used photo shop with adjusting the coloring and highlights to focus on the main subject of the scenery but what I found more interesting and fascinated about his photography were the skies. Both "Light and the Wind" and Desert Solitaire" main focus is the sky and I wanted to have my photos similar to Adamus with having colorful sky like "Desert Solitaire" is shown or just a incredible sunlight shinning in the back like "Light and the Wind." |
The Process
The first thing I did for my choice piece was walk around my neighborhood, Wilson Park, a bit of the cemetery, sometimes even take photos from my window but after I capture multiple pictures. My final piece happened around 6 am. I was up all night working on school work when I opened the my curtains to see an incredible sunrise so I grab my phone, took multiple pictures of it. Of course I adjusted the photo. I didn't have a lot of options as to what to use to take photos with. In the first couple of slide, I adjusted the contrast, highlights, shadows, blue tone, saturation, brightness, and little bit of tint. Other examples like the 11th photo wasn't a lot of editing I only adjusted the brightness and saturation. |
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Reflection
Overall, this was a fun experience to do. Although my final piece was captured from my window and that some of my photos were taking before the snow came, most of my photos were captured outside and January was so cold, it was so difficult to find days when the whether was okay for me which was barely so I had to going outside to take pictures in a 20 degrees or lower was not the fun part of the experience especially with the snow. However, even though it was instantly freezing outside, it was still enjoyable to admire the scenery of it. The line is strong, the texture are very smooth, the picture shows different contrast and rhythm in the clouds and value does show does show a light to shadow a little bit. |
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Compare & Contrast
Similarities
When you look at the Desert Solitaire, its main focus is the colorful sky, its the same for my photo, the different colors shows in the sky does show similarities to each other. The Value is another similarity, showing a small shadow to light in the sky. Differences Although both photos are colorful, if you look at the sky in the Desert Solitaire, it shows a struck of lightning while as of mine, is only a colorful smooth and calming sky. |
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ACT Response
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause- effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork? I chose Marc Adamus for my inspiration because I wanted my photos to be just like Adamus photography. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration? Marc Adamus overall approach of his work is his colorful Landscape photography. What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research? The central idea or theme of Marc Adamus work is his colorful landscape and wildlife which inspired me. What kind of (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research? |