Title: Eye of the Tree
Size: 9 x 16 Medium: Landscape Photography Completion: August 2021 Exhibition Text For my 3rd Project I chose photography, the "Eye of the Tree" is a photo that was captured at Wilson Park at sunset. The picture shows a mix of light and shadow in the sky with trees around but Its main focus to be the sun shinning on top of the tree in the center of the photo which was inspired by a photograph from Carr Clifton. |
Carr Clifton
Carr Clifton is a landscape, nature and wilderness photographer. He first begin doing photography and color printing in 1979 along with seeking advice and inspiration from Philip Hyde who is another landscape photographer. Clifton has been traveling around the world exploring and capturing endangered wild landscape for over thirty-five years and thanks to his wilderness skills, Clifton have allowed himself entrance into the solitude of some of the world's most remote and least populated regions. He is an inspirations to me because not only his incredible detailing on capturing landscapes but also he wants to show the beauty of it as well and explains why is it important to care for the environment along with the pictures he has captured. These 2 nameless photos are example of Carr Clifton's work and what inspired me for my piece because sunsets and sunrise have always been my favorite time of the day cause how beautiful it is but what makes it more beautiful is nature landscape and Clifton shows both of that in his work. The first one was in the Patagonia album, in the photo, shows with mountains around and a sun in the center of the mountain out in the distance. The other photo was from the Great Lakes Album and also doesn't have a name for it. In the photo also shows a lake with trees surrounding it with a beautiful sunset sky with both pink and purple clouds in the sky. |
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The Process
I was on top of a huge hill at Wilson Park, I saw a scenery of the sun being in the middle and on type of a tree, it reminded me of one of Carr Clifton's photography were the sun stood on top center of the mountains so I took a picture of it. After that I adjusted the details in the photo. The first thing I did was adjust the contrast of the picture, turn down the white point, shadows all the way down, I also lower the black point down a little bit as well, then I adjust the skin tone, blue tone, Saturation, Highlights, and a little bit of Pop as well. I did try using different ways with filters but I didn't like how it look compare to my final piece. After that , I went around the park capturing more parts of the area similar to how Clifton was, he would capture different parts of the same place and also adjusting the details of the photos and I did the same thing with using mostly Saturation, Contrast, Blue Tone, Skin Tone, Shadows. and more. The texture for the piece is smooth, there's no movement, the color is warm, it does show some light but its mainly dark, the line strong.
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Reflection
The best part about my piece is the how the sun is directly in the middle of the picture in the center tree on top. What I like is the sky from yellow to blue, there's nothing I dislike about this my final piece. What was challenging was having the sun angled at the right spot in the center tree. What I learned is that angles are very important when capturing something but my final piece turn out incredible, the techniques I did with adjustments lighting and having the right angle to have the sun on top of the tree, and other amounts of details I've done for my final piece to make it more amazing then the original is what I am proud of. I don't regret anything with this final piece but with more practice and learning new ways and techniques in photography, I can be better at it. |
Compare & Contrast
Similarities
What I notice the similarities in our photos is how the sun shines in the back of something but it shines all around the landscape. Differences I notice what is different about our picture is the landscapes, mine doesn't show as much as Clifton's, he has mountains, river, trees, and clouds while mine only shows a clear blue sky, a couple of trees, grass. and the sun |
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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 Carr Clifton as an inspiration because his photographs were landscape photographs taken as the sun on top of the mountain shinning all around the landscape. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration? Clifton overall approach of his work was not only the beauty of nature but also focused on the endangerment of the environment as well. What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research? The central idea or theme of Clifton's work is to focus on the beauty and importance of nature. What kind of (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research? |