Reflections over the Readings

Parts of the Letter Reflection

                I think the Parts of the Letter PDF was very informative.  I never even imagined that there were so many different parts that make up a single letter.  There were so many different parts however it is hard to remember them all.  Overall I think the article was useful in just learning about letters in general which gave us a good background on starting this project.

Photography by Steve Edwards Reflection

                This article had a great deal of information on photo documents and documentaries.  It gave a ton of background information on how photography was first used and the first use of documentation using photography. It talked about prison documentation as well as documentation of the poor and other people who were considered “low” lifes.   From there it went into detail over the entire history of photo documentation till now.  Overall, I think the chapter was very informative, but I think it may have had a little too much history for my taste.  This chapter is relevant to what we are doing in class, because we are documenting and creating art through placing our words somewhere where they make sense.  Even though it just gave us a background information and history I think this chapter was helpful overall.

Photo Ops Reflection

                I thought this article was the most interesting and the most helpful of the three articles we were supposed to read.  It gave a great deal of good ways to enhance and improve your digital photography as well as new ideas of how to take pictures, when to take them, and where you could take them.  I never even thought of trying to intentionally try to move the camera while taking pictures to see what kind of cool pictures you might get.  I think that is a really cool idea that I will definitely have to try soon.  It also gave lots of other cool ideas that I would like to try using with my digital camera.  I also enjoyed how every example that was explained had a picture that gave you a visual representation of the idea. Overall this article was my favorite, and I think it had the most relevant information.