Inspiration

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I like this picture a lot because only the swing is in focus, and it shows a different perspective on the swing. When we were children, swings were bright and colourful and very fun, but in this picture, it looks dark and gloomy. I like how it shows a new perspective on something that we had seen very differently as children. I think I might try this for my memories project - showing things I had loved in a new light.

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Idea

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I have already begun to take my pictures for this project, and I took most of them at a playground during the ay. These pictures at night however make it look ominous and scary. You can barely make out the bright colours that typically add to its innocence, and instead you can see the looming, threatening shadows.

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I love this picture and unknowingly took a very similar one. I already posted what I had learned about taking pictures at night with fog, and think that they will be useful for this idea. Since we can't have human subjects in this project, I would like to try this idea instead and juxtapose the eerie look that a playground has at night with how peaceful it appears during the day.

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Inspiration

http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2011/02/28/7-bright-ways-how-to-shoot-street-photography-at-night/

There were two pictures from this blog that I really liked. The first one caught my eye because of the contrast between the light and the cyclist, as well as the framing. I like the fact that you can see a road marking because it makes it seem real and like it was taken in the moment. This is also a result of the slight tilt in the picture and that the cyclist isn't quite centered. I'm not sure what is overhead in this picture, but my eye was immediately drawn to it. 

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The longer you look at this picture, the more you notice. At first the awning and couple under it stand out, but then your eyes drift to the stranger walking by, the silhouette of a bicycle. After a while you take in the smaller details like the windows above the shop, and the door next to it. This picture captures one moment, and the way the couple are framed makes it look like they are frozen there, just watching the world go by. The backlighting wasn't too bright, so they aren't complete silhouettes which only adds to it.

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