Saturday, February 18, 2017

'Editing' Reading Response

It is worth mentioning that, involved in the process of conceptualizing and relaying a message through artwork, is a certain amount of primary and secondary questioning. For example, when someone is first shooting the image, it is important to consider what elements of the photo are clearly conveying these concepts, and change these according to their efficiency of symbolizing the right ideas. This serves as the primary questioning; going through the images you have obtained and cutting them down from there involves a secondary line of questioning. The suggested method in the reading was to print out a proof sheet, or a collection of your images laid out on a piece of paper. The author emphasizes that properly judging an image based on what is shown on a computer monitor is almost impossible, as the backlit glow can interfere with the true pigments of the images. Laying out the images side by side will then allow the photographer to edit the images down to a select few that they believe are most representative of their concepts. It is important to then consider the images as a comprehensive story; if the project involves a set of images, consider how these images work together to create a sequential narrative. Art is a form of storytelling, after all, and it vital (in most cases) to present photographs in a way that the viewer will perceive the concepts as you were aiming to demonstrate them. 

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