ENVISIONING SOMERSET -- [PAST + PRESENT]
series 1
What roles can photographers play to create community in a town?
- Photographers can document the spirit and embody the essence of the town and its people. They can expose the personality and history of the town and bring life to what others see as lifeless.
How can a photograph promote community?
- A photograph can show the positivity in a community and show its amazing programs, community members, and establishments.
Explain: Framing + Moment = Narrative
- The moment you take the picture and how you set up the photo is what lets the image tell a story.
Discuss two of your photos and explain how setting/environment, gesture, pose, framing, moment or light help to communicate an a personality or idea or convey what a person, place or community is like.
- PHOTO 4:
I took this image of the town line sign to show the closeness of the two communities. I took the photo from below and at an angle so it crossed a diagonal and caught the right light. This allowed the picture to have the ability to move your eye throughout the image and keep the correct amount of exposure.
- LAST PHOTO
This is a photo of a fellow employee at the Public Library. The pose of the subject is friendly and inviting and conveys the kind of people who reside in Somerset.
(Who or what is the subject? What story does your photo tell through environment, gesture, clothing, and/or light?)
- Photographers can document the spirit and embody the essence of the town and its people. They can expose the personality and history of the town and bring life to what others see as lifeless.
How can a photograph promote community?
- A photograph can show the positivity in a community and show its amazing programs, community members, and establishments.
Explain: Framing + Moment = Narrative
- The moment you take the picture and how you set up the photo is what lets the image tell a story.
Discuss two of your photos and explain how setting/environment, gesture, pose, framing, moment or light help to communicate an a personality or idea or convey what a person, place or community is like.
- PHOTO 4:
I took this image of the town line sign to show the closeness of the two communities. I took the photo from below and at an angle so it crossed a diagonal and caught the right light. This allowed the picture to have the ability to move your eye throughout the image and keep the correct amount of exposure.
- LAST PHOTO
This is a photo of a fellow employee at the Public Library. The pose of the subject is friendly and inviting and conveys the kind of people who reside in Somerset.
(Who or what is the subject? What story does your photo tell through environment, gesture, clothing, and/or light?)