Monday, September 15, 2014
Contentment
I really struggled with this assignment in a few different areas. First, I had trouble choosing an emotion. I was really excited to make an interesting piece and portray an unusual emotion for a truly inspired piece, but then I ran into the question of where exactly we draw the line between emotions, feelings, and moods. I looked up a few dictionary and psychological definitions and was finally certain that contentment did indeed count. My second problem, was I had trouble getting ahold of a decent camera. It seems the ladies at the library are either unaware of the camera you have for this class or it was checked out quite frequently this week. After several visits to the library, I had to resort to using my old point and shoot camera. I chose to portray contentment through a first person perspective, because I believe it to be a very subjective, personal emotion. Not only this, but I wanted the viewer of these photos to FEEL the emotion, rather than see it on someone's face. It is my hope that, through this series of images the viewer is taken to the limbo between happiness and idle thought that is contentment.
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It was a good idea to present your photos as POV shots. The yellow shoes, toenail polish and book say contentment best. The fireplace, tv and phone work. The soapy sponge is a hard sell. You may feel content to have clean dishes but there are still dirty dishes in the frame. If you're trying to say clean dishes makes you happy, a rack of clean dishes drying my better express it. The oven dial also does not singularly express contentment as much as a pie baking in the oven would. Your intention is understood but you need to express yourself through the frame as much as possible.
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