Photo Analysis: First Analysis

Analysis: Analyze a Photo WITHOUT a Person

1. Find a photograph that is powerful in some way and has good composition.  It can be angry, sad, exciting, sexy, etc., but is aesthetically pleasing.
2. Save a copy of that picture to your folder on Thawspace
3. Open your blogger page and title it: Photo Analysis: Point of View (Photograph 1)
4. Post the picture (with a link to where you found the original) on your blog.
5. Beneath the photo, write "My Evaluation:" followed by a bulleted list including:

• Subject: (What is in the picture?)
• Setting: (Where was the picture taken?)
• Background: (What is behind the subject?)
• Foreground: (What is in front of the subject?)
• Focus: (Is any part of the picture more clear or blurry?)
• Vantage Point / Point of View: (Where was the photographer standing when taking the picture?  Below the subject?  Above the subject?  Very close?  Far away?)
• Composition: (Describe the lines, shapes, patterns, and colors in the image)
• Lighting: (How does the picture make you feel?  Why?
• Meaning:  (What does this picture say to you?)

Analysis: Analyze a Photo WITH a Person

1. Find a photograph that is powerful in some way and has good composition.  It can be angry, sad, exciting, sexy, etc., but is aesthetically pleasing.
2. Save a copy of that picture to your folder on Thawspace
3. Open your blogger page and title it: Photo Analysis: Point of View (Photograph 2)
4. Post the picture (with a link to where you found the original) on your blog.
5. Beneath the photo, write "My Evaluation:" followed by a bulleted list including: 

• Composition: (Describe the shapes, lines and patterns in the picture)
• Focus: (What information is clear in the picture?  What is blurry?)
• Framing: (What is included in the frame and what isn't?  Is anything cropped?)
• Background: (What information is in back of the subject?)
• Foreground: (What information is in front of the subject?)
• Subject: (Who is the subject?  What do you know about the subject based on the information that you see in the picture?)
• People / Clothing: (What are they wearing and what does that tell about their interests, identity, or social group?)
• Pose: (Are they standing or sitting?  What kind of body language and attitude do they have?)
• Expression: (Describe their expression.  What might they be feeling or thinking?)
• Action: (What are they doing?  Can you guess why?)
• Lighting: (Is the lighting bright or dark?  Are there any shadows?  Is the lighting coming from above, below, or the side?  What does the lighting draw your attention to?)
• Point of View: (From where did the photographer take the shot? Above, below, the side, or an angle?  How does this vantage point affect the way you read the picture?)
• Meaning: (Why did the photographer make these choices?  What was the photographer trying to say?  Remember that everything in the picture -- the details, composition, technical choices like focus, subject, lighting, setting, point of view, and the way the photographer sees the subject -- all work together to communicate a message to the viewer.)