Concentration Written Commentary

At the beginning of my concentration series I began taking photos of just food and people enjoying meals. In the process, I began to realize that many of my photos had a lot of geometry in them (shapes, circles, cylinders, etc.) without me noticing it. I thought it was a good addition to my concentration series because in the kitchen there are many different shapes of utensils that we use every day while cooking. While taking photos for my concentration series, I also decided to take more texture and more intriguing shots because it made me as a viewer more interested and of course...more hungry!

During the first week of taking photos for my blog, I started out by taking photos just around the kitchen of the food my dad and I were preparing for dinner. I did that for the first couple weeks working on my series. After, I began to take close-ups of the variety of meals we were having throughout the week to capture the rich color and texture. There was a point while working on my blog that I was having doubts on my concentration series and I decided to experiment with the idea of gymnastics. After experimenting with something different, I decided to go back to my original concentration idea because I was having more fun with it, and because my food pictures came out way better. Over the course of my concentration series, I have been using Adobe Photo shop to create diptychs and editing some photos to add more contrast and to add variety.

For my principles of design, I have been using line, geometry (shape), and texture, and repetition, rule of thirds, complementary colors, warm colors, mood and abstraction to bring out my concentration series. I didn’t notice I was using geometry until I realized that many of my photos had many shapes in them. I thought it was a very unique yet simple feature in my photos. Along with that, I used a lot of macro shots to emphasize the color and the rich detail of the food. I used a variety of warm colors for the food because food in our home is very comforting with the kitchen being the heart of our home.  

My final closing images are a few diptychs and a collage that I believe is the strongest piece in my concentration series.  I think this is the strongest photo in my series because it tells a story and also has good lighting, texture, and color. I thought this ended up being a very good concentration series idea for me because my family revolves around many different types of food, as well as the heart of our home is in our kitchen just as others homes are.