Connecting Essay 4

My Photograph

This is my photograph that I took when I went to Brighton for my exam. This photograph was a favourite of mine from this shoot, because everything in it worked well as one photograph. I made my mum hold the ice cream on a slant so it was evenly composed in the frame, rather than have the ice cream standing up right in the picture because by doing this I feel that there would be more wasted space. Placing this ice cream in front of the sea was successful and effective. The weather is evident in this picture because the sky is clear blue, people eat ice creams when it is hot and they also go to the beach, so by positioning the ice cream in front of the sea it pairs well with the subject of the image. I also added a blur to the background in order for the ice cream to stand out more against the sea and the buildings. Without the blur, the photograph wouldn't look as complete. 

Online Photograph

This online photograph of a pile of different coloured ice cream stacked onto a cone is something that effortlessly caught my eye. It is evident in this piece that the person holding this item of confectionary is having a summers day out. The bright blue sky is clear, the trees and bushes have all of their leaves on them, the colours in the photograph are bright and positive tones and the actual ice cream itself represents the summer season. This photo could have perhaps been more successful if the person holding the cone, positioned it in the middle, although placing it more to the side of the frame allows the viewer to see the surroundings clearer. The high saturation in this photo emphasises the ice creams colours which makes it look more appetising. The exposure levels in this piece have also been raised to make everything brighter and more soft, rather than dark and gloomy with shadows and negative tones. 

The Connection

The internet photograph and my photograph share many similarities.  Firstly, they both include the tasty treat ice cream. The internet photograph contains a pile of 6 different flavours whilst the ice cream in my picture is one swirl of vanilla. The colours may be different along with the amount, however both are piled into an ice cream cone and both are of the same style (dairy ice cream). In the internet photograph, the ice cream is being held up in front of a road with high saturated trees in the distance, whereas in mine, the ice cream is being held up in front of the sea. The backgrounds are both associated with summer because both of the skies in the pictures are clear, and the colours are bright and eye catching. Summer is evident in both photographs, conveyed through both pictures having the brightness level increased. Neither of the backgrounds are clear in the photographs because then this would consist of just one block colour. It is more interesting with scenery in the background, and has proved to be effective in both the internet image and mine.