Sunday, June 2, 2013

Park ye jee / reaction essay / tue 9 a.m.

 

  Do you like taking a picture? I like taking a picture because when I see the picture, I can remind the time when I took it. Specifically I can remind the atmosphere, the feeling I had, too. Actually, a photograph has an incredible power. According to the ways the object was taken, or the object itself, many things like the atmosphere, the feeling, and the intention are differently delivered to the viewer. For example, there are two pictures; one is titled as "Village School" and the other is "Children's Puppet Theatre". These two photographs transmit respectively different moods to us mainly because of the objects.

 

  First, the photo "Village School" shows some children inside a certain place. They are sitting in the long wooden chairs in a few lines. And, the all of the children seem to be boys because of their short hairs. And, it seems that most of them are staring the camera with similar facial expressions. Additionally, in this photograph, the light is focused on children's faces. Except their faces, the background or surroundings are black colored.

 

  Second, the photo "Children's Puppet Theatre" also shows children outside. Some children are clearly seen and other children behind the photo are not. They looked excited to see something in front of them. But, they don't look they are looking the camera. Contrary to the first photo, in the second photo, the children's facial expressions look much more various. Some children are opening their mouths widely which look they are yelling. And one child is covering his ears with his hands. One girl is putting her hands over her mouth. The other characteristic is the picture looks brighter relatively than the first photo.

 

  With these two photographs, I can see both similarities and differences.

As similarities, first, the objects are children in two photos who look similar age. And second, these photos are black and white photos. Lastly, they are looking the same point.

As differences, the moods through their facial expressions are exactly different. The mood in the first photo seems to be dark, and depressed. And children look nervous and cautious at something. On the other hand, in the second photo, children look very excited and free. So, I can feel something energetic and I become curious what they are looking because of their reactions.

 

  To sum up, I tried to explain two pictures and tell the similarities and the differences between two photographs. I learned that even though the object are same, the mood it delivers can be various depending the situation, the focus of light, the expression of the object.

 

2 comments:

  1. I think you made quite an interesting analysis of the two photos, but maybe a bit more of your own interpretation of the photos would have been interesting. I wonder if the last paragraph was necessary, or it could have been integrated into the previous paragraph as a conclusion. Good overall :)

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  2. Very well written. Some of my suggestions would be :

    - add in your emotions or how you can relate it (maybe during your childhood experiences)

    - you may add in quotes about photography as well

    Overall it was well written, was a pleasure to read.

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