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What inspired me to take this photograph was Thomas Struth's family portraits. I was interested in his theme of family dynamics and wanted to translate that theme onto my own family. I decided to focus on "family dinners." Family dinners usually (for me at least) evoke the cute scene of a family happily enjoying each others company and asking each other how their day was. In my family, once dinner is served, we all retreat (for the most part) into our own world, usually my parent's sitting in the kitchen with the occasional conversational bit put in, and me and my sister in the living room sitting in front of the TV. To try to portray this disconnect I shot a still life of what the table usually looks like after dinner is over. I wanted the scene to look nostalgic and almost sad so I converted my photo into black and white and made it somewhat flat. I didn't really know how to approach this task and if I achieved what I set out to do, but any helpful comments will be much appreciated.
Cool idea! The photo is very grey, maybe try dodging and burning highlights and shadows?
ReplyDeleteHeather Cummings
I really like your interpretation and concept behind this photograph! I like how you are not literally capturing the family, but a significant element of family time. I think you could definitely play around with the idea more. I agree that the photo looks a little grey and not much depth. I understand you deliberately want to make your image look flat, but i think it would be better to make it more mundane and monotonous rather than flat. I would try some other angles, composition and cropping.
ReplyDelete-Evan Hutchinson
Great concept! You don't have a lot of blacks or dark elements, so I think that's why it looks a little flat in black and white. If you find that you're losing too much detail by bumping up the contrast, I'd consider doing it in color instead. In color you'd have the color of the wood in the background, so the white of the plates would stand out more. You could try playing around with the color balance to achieve a nostalgic look.
ReplyDelete-Alexa Phillips