Challenges and Changes:
One of my main challenges with this project was doing photography in very dark or low light spaces. This was a challenge I created for myself just because of the nature of my location and it meant I had to rely on my cameras flash for a lot of my shots but it wasn’t all bad. I think the darkness helped to create some very moody and visually interesting images. Also, this limitation forced me to be creative which sparked more interesting shot ideas and I think helped me improve as a photographer.
One technique that I tried to experiment a lot with in this project was leading lines. Because my location was so static I think this helped to create depth and add a sense of depth to certain locations despite the darkness or alternatively to create a sense or cramped space and convey the oddness of certain rooms in the theatre. Those were my goals with this technique anyway, and I think you’ll be able to notice it in many of my images. As I’ve mentioned in these posts before, different perspectives of scale (large or small) is something I’m very interested in exploring with photography so I tried to incorporate that into this project.
Another difficulty I encountered was with shorthand itself. I’m not a fan of shorthand’s somewhat overbearing creative control or the way it doesn’t give you much control over what you make. It really irked me, for instance, that shorthand controls what fonts you can use based on their themes system! Why would they do that? Like who thought that was a good idea? You can import your own with CSS but that’s a big hassle and they have more in the program anyways so why not let you access them! Anyways I probably wouldn’t use Shorthand again for any personal projects but I did enjoy its photo layout system that was very intuitive and useful.
Since my last shorthand draft I’ve primarily added some text and description to my images but I’ve got a few more and new photos I plan to put in as well. Overall I feel like it’s coming together nicely and there’s a cohesive story now.
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Here are some of my thoughts!
I like your post because of the atmosphere. Due to it being in one location under similar lighting, the imagery is similar enough to be easy enough to follow and not distracting, while still different from each image to stand out. Also as someone who used to go to theater, I appreciate this take on it and the behind-the-scenes aspect.
My only critiques are as follows
– perhaps some extra length would allow you to flesh out your story more. There was the skeleton segment, but are there more connections related to you?
– The image quality is iffy, but due to the limitations, that’s not really your fault. Is there a workaround?