Wide-angle: In front of the main entrance of the downtown shopping mall, only a few people came in.
Zoom: A fall-asleep customer with mask was waiting for the take-away drink in front of the shop.
Focus: Waiter with mask and gloves in front of Starbucks was checking the consumer’s temperature and recording.
Crop: A locked door of a bakery shop.
Bird-eyes view: Used-to-be busy shopping center was now neglected, and few people was passing by.
Worm view: Without school, teenagers hang out with friend on weekdays.
First person view: A security guard was standing in front of the shopping mall entrance, ready to check consumers’ temperature and providing hand sanitizer.
skewed angle: Two securities are talking about the current situation.
Perspective: In front of the shopping center, only a few people walked in.
View frame: A vacant shop in the big shopping mall. This shop used to be a on-sale shop, selling cheap clothing or handbags on discounts. In the past, nearby residents often rushed to this shop and bought goods at a reasonable price. However, the current flu stopped people from walking out of their home, and they dare not to go shopping in malls because they are afraid to be infected. With no people buying products, the on-sale shop was closed down and now leave vacant. Industries, including restaurants, retailing, etc. have been severely influenced because of the virus. With no people consuming but continuously increasing rent, they have no choice but to close down the business. This picture shows the tip of the iceberg of the economy shrink in China due to the virus.
Chiaroscuro: In a sunny afternoon, a security guard in front of the entrance of the shopping mall.
Seriality: People were resting on the bench with masks, and they didn’t want to get too closed with each other. Li Ziyuan 3035701641
1 thought on “[Field-Homework 1] Absence”
Ina Wu says:
Your selection of photos conveys the idea of absence clearly with a focus on restriction methods applied and empty portals. The desaturated color tone of the photos helped to express the narration better. However, to enhance the images as a set, try to apply only one or two filters with a clear message to tell.
Some of the photo techniques can be improved, for example:
Bird-Eye and Worm-Eye: The former refers to the view from above, like a google earth view (Literally a bird’s view when in flight in the sky). The latter refers to a view directly from below – literally what a worm sees when it looks up.
Focus and Crop: The two images can be switched to better express the techniques. For your crop photo, it better expresses the technique “focus” where the lock is in focus and the background is blurred. Whereas your focus photo shows the action of cropping better.
First-person view: The photo would better express first-person view if an action of either your own or the security guard’s shows is captured.
Overall your text show clarity of the idea you want to convey. View frame photo is also strategically shot to include not only the multiple frames of the vacant space but the action of exit. It showcases the idea of emptiness with clarity.
Li Ziyuan 3035701641
Your selection of photos conveys the idea of absence clearly with a focus on restriction methods applied and empty portals. The desaturated color tone of the photos helped to express the narration better. However, to enhance the images as a set, try to apply only one or two filters with a clear message to tell.
Some of the photo techniques can be improved, for example:
Bird-Eye and Worm-Eye: The former refers to the view from above, like a google earth view (Literally a bird’s view when in flight in the sky). The latter refers to a view directly from below – literally what a worm sees when it looks up.
Focus and Crop: The two images can be switched to better express the techniques. For your crop photo, it better expresses the technique “focus” where the lock is in focus and the background is blurred. Whereas your focus photo shows the action of cropping better.
First-person view: The photo would better express first-person view if an action of either your own or the security guard’s shows is captured.
Overall your text show clarity of the idea you want to convey. View frame photo is also strategically shot to include not only the multiple frames of the vacant space but the action of exit. It showcases the idea of emptiness with clarity.