Kelsey Kondraski Crit 4- Memory/Vintage Recipe

I used an iPhone 4 to take these photographs. It runs on iOS7. I took the pictures with my regular iPhone camera. I tweaked them in apps that I downloaded for free.  I used Photo Editor by Aviary which was version 3.2.0. I also used Camera Awesome version 1.1.9.

                I used several different techniques to get my shots. First, I took a different range of photo shots to get close ups and long shots. I also used the photo editor by Aviary to make some of my photos, like the one of the building, black and white. This gave my pictures an old, vintage look. I also used bright lighting to make shadows in my pictures. I also used things to frame my shots. I used a doorway to frame the hallway which gave the shot dimension. I put lighter colors next to darker colors to make my subjects stand out more.

                Some strategies I used were all made to make the viewer’s eye go where I wanted it to go. In the shot of the building, I made the doorway and windows very dark. The doorway looms over the stairs which were the main subject of this shot. I added these dark parts of the photo so that the steps would not have been washed out with just a plain gray photo. In the shot of the hallway, I wanted the viewer to “wander” down the corridor. I though the best way to do that was to frame the picture down the hallway through a door frame.  Each shot required lighting and shadows to give them dimension. These strategies of framing and lighting are the tools I used most,

                First I found a shot that meant something to me. I found shots that brought back memories. I thought about the memories and if they were bright or solemn. My memories for the building were bittersweet. So, I decided black and white was the middle ground. White represents good and black represents bad. So I took long shots of the building make sure the lighting was bright and cast some shadow. Then I used editing software to enhance the image and make it black and white. For the other image, I took a photo with bright lighting and made sure shadows cast. I used basic editing software to enhance the image.