Photo Project

1. Form
2. Emphasis
3. Shapes
4. Space
5. Contrast
6. Color
7. Balance
8.Texture
9. Value
10. Movement
11. Proportion
12. Unity
13. Pattern
14. Line

https://photos.app.goo.gl/i8C21W3bG5yLDgCY8

I often capture pictures as inspiration to use for new projects. I decided to use some existing photos that I have captured during the last year as a "Year in Life and Art". What I loved about this process is that the elements and principles of art exist everywhere if you just look for them. I combed through my photos to find the ones that best fit the elements. I think this would be a great project to do with students. I remember taking the photo of the grey cat and wanting to capture the texture of her fur. That one was really easy. She belonged to a neighbor and would visit me at work everyday. I chose the spiral for the movement photo because I remember being fascinated with the movement in person. The stones are painted with these little mandala like bursts creating movement going outward while the arrangement of stones created another movement in a spiral. I put the photo's in a google animation, but the photos change after about 1 second and I could not find the option to slow it down.