Posts by cleo.barker
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“Chuck and Charlotte’s Spring Adventures”
For this project, I set out to capture the day-to-day life of several groundhogs living on campus. Though only two appear in the photographs together, I briefly glimpsed a third. This is a little unusual, since groundhogs (also known as woodchucks and whistle pigs) are not typically social creatures. They are usually only seen together during mating season, but this happens to coincide with the coming of spring and their emergence from hibernation. This was a foray into wildlife photography and I utilized a high shutter speed to capture their actions as they readjusted to the world around them.
Assignment10_CleoB
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All of these were unfortunately taken with my Android phone. I spent most of spring break in Lisbon, Portugal but did not bring my camera since I was afraid it might get stolen. Even with my phone, it was difficult to get good shots because if I stood still for too long, I ran the risk of being approached by yet another man selling cheap sunglasses or drugs. I just hope that the vibrancy of the city can speak for itself through these images despite the circumstances.
Assignment 6_CleoB
A Day in the Life
My water bottle goes everywhere I go. For some people their “must have” item is their phone, but this is mine. Everyone needs water to live, which makes the object a metaphor for life. I was thinking I could do a “day in the life” story of my water bottle and everywhere it goes on a typical day, and capture the photos in a way that personifies it. This would make it relatable to everyone who is just trying to get through their day, and survive their college career to emerge on the other side with a degree and some good memories. The audience would be the community of college students, who could identify parallels between their day-to-day rhythms and this story and realize that we’re all in it together.
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Emotional Contrast
For this topic, I would like to explore themes of community/belonging and loneliness/isolation. I thought it might be interesting to do this by using objects in different settings. For example, a bunch of shoes in a crowd, and then one shoe left all by itself somewhere. The story could be developed through a variety of subjects and settings, and could form a narrative that transitions from negative emotions to positive ones. The audience would be people who are interested in more abstract or artistic representations of the human experience, rather than concrete “true” stories.
Assignment5_CleoB
This is a view in Shenandoah last summer — I wanted to capture the vibrancy of the sunset more accurately as it is seen by the eye.
A caterpillar in the Kinsbrae Garden in St. Andrews, NB. Again, I enhanced the colors and contrast to make the image more visually striking as it would appear when you first notice it.
Acadia in early October. Again, some editing makes the colors more natural where the camera settings washed them out in the original photo.
Acadia. This photo was pretty dark, so I played with the whites/blacks and exposure. However, the difference appeared more pronounced in Lightroom than in the uploaded version.
Acadia. I took more liberties with lighting and color to give the image a more mysterious mood.
Cyrus Pavilion behind Fogler. The fall photos I take are never as vibrant as I would like, and this time I played with individual hues to adjust the color balance.
Sunrise over York Hall. Sunrise and sunset photos almost never come out with the proper color balance, so this was an attempt to remedy that.
Leaf trapped in the ice from Assignment 1. I wanted to make this as crisp and striking as possible, which included increasing the vibrancy of the orange to make it stand out.
Flowing water from Assignment 4. The aperture setting did not let enough light in, so I increased the exposure considerably when editing to bring out more of the details. The image is still not as high quality as I would like because the lighting was not sufficient originally.
Leaves between Androscoggin and the rec center from class time on Feb. 15. Increasing contrast and other elements improved the photo somewhat, but even the post-production version still appears out of focus.
Assignment3_CleoB
On Assignment1_LizT:
Liz, I’m really drawn to the photos of the fallen tree in the woods. The creative framing of the sunlight and the angles of all the branches work together to make a dynamic image. In one of your later photos, I love the contrast between the vibrant bands of the sunset and the off-center lamppost, which is much darker. The library ones are cool too — you found angles that show common spaces from perspectives that people don’t usually experience when they just go there to study.
On Assignment1_KendraC:
Kendra, I really like your use of light and shadow, especially in the cemetery photos. It adds to crisp images that bring to mind an element of time. This is evoked by the second photo of the moon and clouds as well. Nighttime photography can be difficult, but this one was really well done and the composition is balanced with just enough detail.
On Assignment2_AdamM:
If the person in the last photo is a chef, then food would be part of their identity, so maybe that would be a way to interpret a portrait differently. Regardless, the composition in that one is effective, and the colors work well together. I like the variety in this gallery — you show people from lots of different angles, and different parts of the body such as feet or forehead/hair. The use of lines in the second photo is cool too. They frame the subject’s face and give the photo a sense of motion without too much distraction.
On Assignment2_ColinR:
Colin, I like the range of expressions in your photos. Some of the subjects seem happier, while others seem sad or even suspicious. The expression in the third portrait is pretty unique and there could definitely be a story behind it, as with all of your subjects. And the tree in the background of the first photo, rather than distracting from the subject’s face, draws my eye to her and adds to the composition.
Assignment1_CleoB
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