Landscape: Activity 3

Question: Compare and contrast a landscape with a landscape painting. Discuss the expressive possibilities of each medium using your examples to illustrate your argument. Choose your examples carefully as representative of the medium.

Example: The two images below are similar in subject matter, how are they similar? How are they different? What options dose a painter have compared to the options a photographer has in terms of expression.

A painter compared to a photographer has total control over their piece and what they are trying to accomplish with it. They are similar because they display a canyon that is similar in colors and appearance. They are difference because the photograph displays a more rich, more realistic version of the canyon while the contrasting one is sharper and the colors are harder. Though a painter may have more control over a piece, a photographer captures the now and the more realistic aspect of it. 

David Edwards
A Monsoon Storm In the Grand Canyon

Ed Mel
Ascending Storm

Landscape: Activity 4

Question: Create two photographs in a location with tall buildings or trees using both formats. Create a closed and open landscape at one location. Discuss the different ways we read the resulting images. 

This first image was taken in Sedona as a portrait formatted closed landscape. An image such as this witch has a farther depth of field and creates a leading lines composition.

Closed Landscape - Portrait Format (Calista Gonzales)

This photograph was taken at a lakes while I was out camping with my family. The composition of the photography is well defined as well as the colors on the lake. The image as described in the caption is an open landscape in a landscape format. Unlike the picture up top, a portrait photograph would cut out most of the image as well as the unique charm and characteristics that it holds.

Open Landscape - Landscape Format (Calista Gonzales)

Landscape: Activity 5

Question: Create a landscape utilizing foreground subject matter to create a sense of depth. Discuss how the resulting image is likely to read by the viewer.

Calista Gonzales

The image that could be perceived by the viewer can be varied based on who is reading it and when. To one eye it could appear to be a desolate landscape, while on the other it can be viewed as an open lake that creates calamity and welcome into one's eye. Though the colors are darker and less inclined to create a welcoming atmosphere, some people may consider the isolation to be an escape from the basics of every day human life. A vacation of sorts.