Week 7: SXU Research EXPO Photos

Week 7: In our Photography II Class, we are focusing on advancing our skills in articulating our ideas and visions into compelling and aesthetically pleasing photographs. This week, we have moved away from photos as art to accomplish a specific task and that is to create photo images will be used to advertise the fact that research is being conducted here at Saint Xavier University. The photos above are the selected pieces I have chosen to illustrate the work I have done this week for the class.

Craft: The Craft of this assignment is the following: Digital SLR Camera (Canon E05 Rebel T5i), a computer, Adobe Photoshop, and a printer. As this was mainly a digital post-process heavy assignment, the majority of the work was done in Photoshop with minimal outside equipment save a tripod.

Composition: In this class, we were tasked with taking photographs of science research in the labs of Saint Xavier University for an upcoming research expo. As such, we had to have several parameters for this particular assignment. The first was the photos had to be horizontal. The second was that there had to be negative space, whether a blank portion of the image or a blurred out one for text. The third was having an image that showed research as its main voice. Once we all of those elements, we were able to construct good photographs that we could post-process and get ready for viewing as advertisements for the school's research. We then printed out three of our best works on 11x17 for viewing.

Concept: In this project, we were tasked with creating photographs that would be akin to advertisements. As our university's research expo is coming up, we were tasked with creating photographs ready for text-based advertisements with the theme of research, more specifically science-based. The photographs would be taken horizontally with negative space allocated for the text that would be required for what our project was intended for. Making sure that the images were crisp and showcased the research theme in an obvious and deliberate way wast he concept behind this project. The hardest was finding the proper font for the text as it was mostly by eye. I chose Goudy Old Style as it is the standard font used by the school.