One Room

Opener:

        I can remember my Welsh grandmother telling me about how she would have to hide in her basement for days during the second world war. She had described how it was like being in a prison, but that she knew it was for her own good. While it may not hold the same weight, this is how I have been thinking about my life for the last few days. I recently got sent into quarantine for the next 14 days and I have already started to look at the one room I have to stay in differently. 

Pattern:

    This picture was the easiest to notice out of all of the pictures I took. The pattern is from the carpet that covers the entire floor of my one room. I can mostly relate it to the striped pattern found on a tiger. However, I can also see resemblance to the stripes of a zebra or kelp flowing in the ocean. I decided to take a macro image of the carpet in order to cut out all distractions and show the intricacies in something that we normally just walk on and never notice.

Leading Lines:

    For this shot of my roommate, I used the lines of the air conditioner to lead the viewers eyes directly to my subject. While I enjoy the fact that there are many other patterns within this photo (the couch and curtains), the blades of the air conditioner are the most bold and attractive to the eye. I also noticed that even my roommates legs can be seen as leading lines towards his face. Overall, no matter which lines your eyes choose to follow, they all lead to my selected subject.

Symmetry:

    This photo is one of my favorites of the selection because of the sheer amount of symmetry within it. This is the view outside of my room and it wasn't until I took the photo that I realized the window frames cut the background into symmetrical parts. Each of the bushes on the left and right take up most of the space in their window pane while the bush in the middle sits equally between the left and right panes. Not only do the bushes show symmetry, but the amount of dirt and pavement is also equal. This creates a sort of symmetric balance throughout the whole piece.

Viewpoint:

    For this photo, I decided to show a birds eye view of a position that many students know. My roommate was working on homework at the time and I decided to show this angle because I think it gives the photo a sort of mysterious factor. From this angle, we don't know his mood, facial expressions, or what he is working on. However, at a different angle we might be able to see all of this.

Depth of Field:

    For this depth of field shot, I decided to use the tissue box as my foreground and have the rest of the room as my background. I thought using these two subjects showed different ways this quarantine has affected me. I basically live in my bed and now have a stuffed up nose. Another feature that I really enjoy is how the light from the lamp reaches all the way to the tissue box. This creates a sort of link between the foreground and the background.

Closer:

    Although I had only been in quarantine for four days, I had already felt like I had seen every part of my one room. Luckily, this project proved to me that I was wrong. I was able to see my quarantine prison as an interesting place filled with endless viewpoints and angles to look at it from. I still have nine days left and I now have a new appreciation for my one room and all that it has to offer to the eye.