Blog Post 26

Brainstorms! (In an effort to expand, improve, add complexity, and push your final projects further, please pick 10 of the following to discuss.)

1. What is the “opposite” of your final project? How can you rework your project to include the “opposite”?
1. If I were to create something opposite of my project I would create a colorless image. Maybe one with neutral tones with no real focal point.
2. What is a consistent theme/visual element in your project? What would be the opposite of this? How can you implement that into your project? 
• A constant theme in my project is the emphasis on the color red. while the photos are all in color the brightest of all remains the object that is red. I tried to keep that the focal point of all the images. If I was to take the opposite I might change the color in the focal point of change all the photos to gray scale.  
3. At the deepest core, describe why you like this project. Dig deep!
• I think I just really enjoy working with color. I think color really effects the way you view a photo or peice of art. It can inflict emotion as well as interest in a piece or art.
4. Expand your project. If time, money, materials, etc would not affect you, how would you expand your project?
• It would be interesting to tour the country or the world. If money was no option as well as time it would be really interesting to create pictures in different scenes worldwide.
5. Contract your project. What would it boil down to if squeezed and contracted to its simplest form?
• It could be a simple project of photographing items that are red keeping the background blank. But I like the concept of feeling the need to focus in on that bright color with other minor colors surrounding it.
6. Look at one of your images. Redesign it entirely.
• If i were to redesign one of my images I may take pictures of the toothbrush in action. It could be interesting to see the color red attatched to someones mouth.
7. What would your project look like 100 years ago? What would your project look like 100 years in the future?My project would have been non existant a 100 years ago, color photography was not yet created. I could have painted the red color in however it wouldnt be the same effect overall. It's hard to say where photography will take us in the future. But I image that the color that I emphasized could be created in a 3d way or have the technology to pop better.

1. Remove something from your project. How does it change?
• If I were to make this project black and white it would completely change the concept and overall success of the project. I think a lot of what makes this project unique is the emotion that color inflicts on you. I think it would lose a lot if it were a softer toned image.
2. Persuade the reader that your project works well and is the most amazing project you have ever completed.
• I liked the freedom of this project. I thought it would be hard to find red objects amidt neutral tones, but I found in comparison to most colors and tones red tends to stick out without me trying. I was also lucky enought to come into contact situations that were worth photographing (easter egg hunt with my family) I am pleased as to how well these photos are turning out.
3. How would you convert your project into a narrative? How would you remove any narrative from your project? 
• I took a lot of photos of my cousin in his Easter egg hunt. Those photos could be arranged to tell a story of the chase and the adventure in searching for those eggs. though it would be a simple non complex story i think it could relate to many people who have experienced something similar during childhood.
4. Name an artist/photographer/designer/videographer who would love your project. Why?
• My project plays a lot with the value of color in art. I think the director of the film "Sin City" would appreciate this type of photography. This film is shot completely in black and white beside red objects. In this same way my project brings out a certain color (red) to the eye of the viewer and emphasizes that object.