Group Photography Project

Team Cheerios worked together to create a final product that we are very proud of. As a a group, we challenged each other by providing constructive criticism and supporting great work. We talked about ideas for locations to take the pictures, as well as how to use the concepts learned in class to make our pictures appealing to the viewer. We talked about our theme, "Calm" and made a list of things we all thought we calm that we could capture. We talked about water, and nature, but one thing we didn't talk about, which shows up twice in the presentation is, cats. Turns out, both of the cats photographed in the pictures looked quite calm to the group members. What worked well for the group was consistent communication with one another throughout the time we worked on the project.

Team Cheerios would have benefited from spending some time together shooting at the same time. While with each other, we could have tried the techniques that each of us used individually, but we didn't have time to convene and try different techniques while actually shooting.

The finished product is an example of how we worked together to try and keep a cohesive theme throughout our presentation. We sat together and asked, "Is this picture calm?" with every picture we had, and then put them all together in the presentation. We are excited to show our pictures to the class.

From this assignment, the group members learn a lot. Group-wise, communication is keey to keep organized and on top of things. Photography-wise, we learned that you can manipulate some photos to bring out the elements that you would most like your viewers to notice.

This picture is a great picture that uses many of the elements discussed in class and in readings. The picture is a great example of how effective depth of field can be. The waterfall in the background is further than the one in the front provide and interesting story of the viewer to see. The viewer may ask, "What is in between those water falls?" or "How high is the waterfall in front?", among many other things. The use of the rule of thirds is also very effective in this picture, because we you divided the picture into the thirds, every section shows something different. Lastly, the balance provided by the bridge is effective, and visually interesting because of the way that it subtly divides the background and foreground.