My original photo was taken during a special lunch at a
seaside restaurant on Magazine Beach in Grenada, West Indies. It was a
celebratory moment for my mom’s retirement to our family homeland. The location and weather were also beautiful
day, so obviously we wanted to capture the moment in a photo.
The proximity of the human subjects is uninteresting as
noted in Design Basics Index (Krause, 2004). The human subjects are grouped in
the center, but they are surrounded by a lot of other visual cues like the lush
foliage, and the seaside on the left side of the picture. The intended central
subjects are in competition with the background. Also, the people are shaded,
thus less prominent than the colorful trees and the shore. Mostly, the viewer doesn’t
get a sense of the special occasion. We
could simply be on vacation. This is the revised photo that I made on the occasion of a milestone birthday this past weekend:
The second photo image was adapted from one of my favorite mobile
apps called PhotoCollage for android. The
app provides a simple and efficient way to create unique images and share on
social media. I selected a simple two pane format to emphasize the human subjects
(Krause, 2004, pg. 36). The simple borders would reinforce that the people are important.
The separation caused by the borders reinforces that there is an attempt to
compare images (Northernhighlands.org, 2017). Also, the color contrast of the
black and white image on the left pane compared to the colored photo on the right
pane encourages comparison.
The composition of
the before and after format evokes a more sentimental tone. The image on the
right is cropped so that the people are more prominent, and the tropical
background is muted (Northernhighlands.org, 2017). It is easier for the viewer
to compare the faces and see that there is a resemblance in the subjects. The resemblance of the characters also speaks
to a relationship.
Krause, J.
(2004). Design Basics Index: A Graphic Designer’s Guide to Designing Effective
Compositions,Selecting Dynamic Components
& Developing Creative Concepts . HOW Design Books:Cincinnati, OH.
Principles
of Design. Retrieved from www.Northerhighlands.org/cms/libs
on September 23, 2017
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