Value Project Final Post

In this project, I learned that in order to find a resolution for any problem that I was having, I needed to stretch and explore different ways of solving the problem. This meant that I had to experiment with different methods of manipulating the resources that I had in order to find a solution. This will be very helpful in the future, because now I know that even when a problem seems impossible to solve, there are always many different ways of solving or getting around it. Also, this applies to adding shadow and light to represent 3-D form because if I couldn't figure out how to correctly and accurately represent a 3-D object, I could try different way of adding different amounts of light or shadow until it looked the way I wanted it to.

For me, the drawing part of this project felt more comfortable. However, I think that this was only because I am more used to drawing, and have more experience with this. At first, it was hard for me to accurately capture the objects in the image, and transfer them to the paper with a pencil, but after looking at it for a while, I think that I was able to manage it. I also think that drawing allowed me more room for expression, because I could experiment with different pencil strokes to convey an emotion or feeling. To improve the results of the photo, I think that I could have been more careful to really focus my photo when I first took it, because it's difficult to focus it really clearly on the enlarger. With the drawing, I think that the results would have improved if I had focused a little more on making the blacks in my drawing darker, because there weren't many places in my drawing that were completely black, whereas in the actual composition there were several places where the shadows were so dark that you couldn't tell where one object ended and an adjacent one began.

Value Project: Drawing & Photo

In this assignment, I learned that I had to really concentrate on the proportions of the different objects in the frame. I had trouble figuring out the proportions of the sandal, but I think I figured it out by looking at the bar of soap and the golf ball next to it. I also focused on making sure that the shading was realistic and accurate, so that there were shadows coming off of each of the objects. When I had a problem with how to draw something, I would try looking at it a different way or from a different perspective, which usually helped me a lot.

In this assignment, I had to decide how to crop the image so that it fit within the frame of the photo paper, but that it was also interesting and not really centered around one thing or object. At first, it was hard for me to establish an accurate balance of the blacks and whites in the photo, because they usually turned out to be too dark, and the white of the tissue didn't contrast enough against the darkest shadows in the image. In the end, I tried different ways of manipulating the apertures and the amount of time it was exposed, and I am really happy with the way it turned out, because it's not too dark or too light. To develop this project, I focused on making sure that it wasn't too boring and had enough going on in the photo, but that it had enough going on in the image to make it interesting.