Spring
by Alex Mills (43054900) & Kathryn Cannon (43053602)
The theme that we decided upon was the season of spring. We thought that with the current time of year it wouldn't be too difficult to capture the everyday aesthetic and beauty of spring. We wanted to take photographs of spring time which made use of everyday aesthetics. Given that our photographs are very natural and full of light we also wanted to achieve photo-realism and to make them as professional and as real as possible, by enhancing what was already there, rather than editing to unrealistic colours and proportions.
We used exotic camera angles and affective lighting at particular times of the day to help capture a sense of realism for our photographs. By browsing through seasonal photos in Flickr we were able to get a sense of how photos should be taken of natural settings and of spring itself. We were able to establish attributes of spring we wanted in our photos - namely sunlight, grass, trees, flowers and bright urban settings.
Spring time was also a very convenient theme given that there were so many varieties of ideas to choose between we decided to narrow the ideas down to suit the flow of the theme and music the best way possible, for example we chose most of our photos with lens flare to get the viewer's attention. It was easy to decide what our best photos were because the aesthetics and elements such as lens flare were also was very appealing to us. We believe that our photographs send out a clear spring time vibe to viewers that is full of nature, warmth and bright tones. The music we have chosen and attributed was specifically chosen to reflect and enhance the mood of spring in our video using an acoustic melody.
Our images also display and represent everyday aesthetics because of the variety of locations and backgrounds that might otherwise have been ignored or looked past. Many of our photos are in the middle of the city of Sydney, in areas where people might hurry past and never really stop and appreciate. Our other photos are of places we frequently visit but don't particularly stop and notice. In stopping and taking these photos, these locations are turned to spectacle which catches the eye, and causes the viewer to rethink areas they would never normally consider as being beautiful and encapsulating the feel of spring. This is the central idea of why we think our photos and theme of spring encapsulates Murray's (2008) concept of everyday aesthetics, as these photos enable viewers to focus on the little details and simple aspects of the everyday.
References:
MURRAY, S. 2008. Digital Images, Photo-Sharing, and Our Shifting Notions of Everyday Aesthetics. Journal of Visual Culture, 7, 147-163.
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