My “Chosen Content” is Digital Photography in the classroom. There are many different ways to use, not just the camera, but editing programs, in this area. The following small series of photographs have all been performed using some form of the digital photography world:
My business logo was all designed using nothing but pixels. I spent hours counting out dots and colorizing them, creating a final product that represents my artwork and me as a person. The next picture was sent to me in an email. It has been altered (can you see where?) using some form of editing program. The last photograph was taken this spring in Chicago.
All three pictures provide you the opportunity to observe something about me. You can visually tell some of my personal “likes” and (at least to me) provide a sense of feeling. I can feel the green grass of a baseball field, the head banging music of KISS and the moist, hazy day spent in a big city. The images also bring imaginary sounds of bats meeting ball, or a ball hitting a mitt. We might not all know a KISS song, but I grew up on this band and I still listen to them. Chicago is a busy town and this picture has a “sound” of wind and slow rain to me.
As I perform my artwork, I have always been able to experience the composition, not just see it. I do the same through other people’s work as well. It is fun to meet the artist and ask them questions, seeing how close I was to my version of the artwork’s expression. It is through that, I can get better at how I experience art and digital photography
To wrap it all up, Paul Simon gave us this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SExsuRIGAlg
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