Period 5 - Critical Analysis #2

9/11/2017

Today you will be writing about this image by artist Cig Harvey. Your analysis must be 4 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember to post your analysis as a comment to the blog post that corresponds to your class. If you post your analysis to the wrong class's post, it will not be graded.

Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--

Describe specifics.
Describe form.
Describe the content.
Evaluate the image

Your analyses will be graded on:

meeting minimum length requirements
depth of organization
evaluation of the content
grammar/punctuation

Pato Wray link

9/11/2017 11:30:31 am

This photo shows a woman who is standing on the staircase and looking at the sky. But we need to go deeper into the photo than just that. We need to look at the things that make the photo great and clear. the author who made this (Cig Harvey). She uses the perfect exposure, great use of shallow vision and more.

This photo is great for how unrealistic it looks (it is kind of impossible to be on a staircase the high up). The photographer must have been kneeling or sitting down in order for her to take this photo. You can tell by the way it looks up at the white-dressed lady. the depth of field being used here is shallow because you really don't focus on the background that much. The photo is symmetrical and looks amazing for how much effort they used to put this photo into play. There is a positive space being used, and the sky is beautiful in the background so you know it is a good photo.

The theme to me in this picture is heaven because there is a white staircase with a white dressed woman and everything is so near and beautiful. The sky is clear and you can see all the white clouds and it is surely beautiful. The artist made this photo because it would have been the absolute best photo she has made. the image is infect beautiful and noteworthy. I think we can all learn something from the person who made this.

I do infect like this photo by the way it looks and how she used everything that make s a good photo. The photo shoot was a success and she should be happy about this.

Kate Madison

9/11/2017 11:33:11 am

This image is of Cig Harvey standing on a roof looking up at clouds. Cig Harvey is mostly using bright colors (white and light blue) other than her hair that is black. The image’s lighting is mostly brightness. There’s clouds, the sky, a roof of a house, and Cig Harvey. In this image Cig Harvey is looking up at some clouds but we can’t tell what she might be doing.
The image is pleasing to look at because it seems like a rather calm photograph rather than a bunch of things happening at once. This image is third person point of view because if that’s what you saw without insight on the image it’d look like someone took a picture of her instead of a self portrait. The focal point in this image is Cig Harvey and the image itself looks like it’s either being framed by clouds or the roof of the house. The lines are near the bottom left of the screen and they direct your eyes to Cig Harvey and then the clouds. This image has a shallow depth a field and so it probably was using a bigger aperture.
Cig Harvey might’ve taken this self-portrait when she was on vacation or just in a location with a different structure of houses and thought it might be a nice image overall. A theme might be clouds but it’s really matter of opinion. Cig Harvey made this image because she is a self-portrait artist and thought the landscape or area would be a nice background. This image reminds me of an angel because she’s dressed in all while with no shoes and her hair is done up. This image is interesting because I’ve never seen a house with a roof like that so it makes me wonder where she might’ve taken it.
I personally like this image a lot because it just looks pleasing and has calm colors. It reminds me of angels and I feel like that’s a good thing because not many people take pictures that even relate to Christ anymore. The roof of the house looks like it’s from somewhere in another country maybe a poor community. This image might be an inspiration to other self-portrait photographers to take pictures like she does. This image seems successful just because there may not be a lot like it and it’s hard to take a picture with a setting like this.

Ryan Kyle

9/11/2017 11:35:55 am

The image is of a woman standing on top of a house that appears to be made of stone. The image uses a lot of white as the main color. The woman is wearing white, the house is white, and the clouds are white. All of the white in the image makes the blue in the sky and the woman’s black hair stand out a lot because they are the only different colors in the image. The lighting is bright, with shadows only on the woman’s leg and on the top of the house. The woman appears to be looking into the sky.
The image is pleasing to look at because of how much open space there is and how all of the colors are the same for the most part. The image is in a third person point of view because we are looking at the woman doing something. The photographer took the picture from an angle where it looks like the woman is at a higher elevation than the camera. The image is using a shallow depth of field. The focal point is the woman and the roof she is standing on. Most of the house that she is on top of is cropped off, but the woman is completely in frame. I’d say that the focal point is framed by the sky and the clouds that are around it. The lines are on the roof and they direct your eye to the layers of stone that look like steps. The image is pretty much asymmetrical because there is nothing that is the same on both halves of the image. There is a lot of extra space that the subject does not fill up in this photograph. At the edge of the image is the rooftop, which is cut off in the bottom left corner of the image.
I think that the image portrays a sort of theme of simplicity with the color and subject choice that it uses. I don’t think that there is a story being told in this image and it looks like it was probably just taken with the intent to get a good photo. The image reminds me slightly of a dream I once had, although I don’t remember it that well. All that I remember is something about the color white in almost everything in the dream. The image is interesting just because of how simple it is and it makes you wonder what the rest of the surrounding area of the house looks like.
I don’t think that the image is a bad one, however it is not my favorite either. I wish that there were more colors in the image as more colors makes the image more pleasing to look at. The image is successful in what it tries to do, but I do not really enjoy it that much. It is successful because it does use mostly the color white to compose an entire image. I also like that the image uses different shades of grey to differentiate between different things in the image.

Martinez Cantu Cardenas

9/11/2017 11:38:34 am

Marynez Cantu Cardenas (P.5)

Digital Art

The photograph taken by Cig Harvey is very critical to judge. To begin with this is a very original picture and it is not a photograph that you would regularly see. When I first saw this picture, I thought that it was photoshopped just because it is really difficult to get this type of photograph taken.
The lighting in this picture is very bright so the photographer probably had a very slow exposure because it is letting more light in. I also think that Cig Harvey had to be really careful because sometimes when you have such a slow exposure the image can be difficult to see clearly and sometimes all you see is white. So I believe that Cig definitely knows how to work with good lighting in a picture, especially in this photograph.
This particular image is very pleasing to look at because every single detail was put into one picture. People can have very different perspectives on this one picture but, mine would be that this woman is just enjoying her afternoon and I think that this is exactly what Cig wanted to capture. Maybe Cig wanted to get the word out that the world is a beautiful place and that we should take advantage of what we have because the sky is above us all day and everyday and sometimes, we take that for granted.
There is many things that catches your eye in this picture. If you use words to explain this photograph it would be that, there is a woman with a simple white dress at a very high altitude looking up at the sky. In the background of this picture you can perfectly see the clouds and the woman doesn’t overpower the clouds. In conclusion, I believe that this is a very unique picture taken by Cig Harvey, it has a very bright lighting but you can perfectly see the woman and the beautiful background. This is a very original photograph.

Troy Rollwitz link

9/11/2017 11:40:09 am

In this picture by Cig Harvey we can see a girl, wearing a white dress, standing on the roof of a building. The background of the image is the sky. We see one large cloud that takes up most of the space of the background. The roof that she is standing on is also white. The girl’s back is towards us and she is looking up at the sky.
The girl takes up a small portion of the frame, with the sky and roof taking up the rest. Cig does not use many colors. Almost the entire image is some shade of blue or white. My eyes were first directed towards her head. This is because her hair is black, and that is the only dark color in the image so our eyes look toward it. The image is using a shallow depth of field, and is taken in 3d person. The image crops off part of the roof but we can see the entire girl.
The theme of the image is standing in the clouds. Because of the white roof she is standing on we can clearly see that it is there, but we can picture her in the clouds. I do not think that there is a story being told in the image because I feel like we do not get enough information. It reminds me of the idea of walking on the clouds, but I do not recall where that came from.
I don’t hate this image but it is not my favorite. I like pictures with more contrast and more colors. This picture was hard for me to relate with, I could not see any practical story or idea in it. I think this was due to the simplicity of the picture. Overall I do not think this was successful image because there was no story behind it, and the image itself was very simple having two colors make up 95 percent of the picture.

Marissa Elizondo

9/11/2017 11:40:45 am

In this image, you can see a woman standing on the roof of a house and looking up at the sky. There isn’t much color going on in the image. Everything is pretty much white. It’s almost monochromatic, but you can see the blue in the sky, the brown in the lady’s hair, and the color of her skin. The picture is very bright. You can tell this picture was taken during the day because of the blue sky and the lighting looks likes it is natural lighting.

This picture is a self portrait and this picture was taken in the third person point of view. The subject of this image is the women in the white dress looking up at the sky. The subject does not take up the whole frame of the image. You can tell this because you can still see the sky behind her and the roof she is standing on. There are some lines in the picture on the roof that attract your eyes to where the lady is standing. This picture was taken in a shallow depth of field.

There could be many potential themes for this picture. One of them could be innocence or pureness since there is a lot of white in this picture and that color tends to represent those things. Maybe another theme could be something religious like she is looking up into Heaven. With that theme being said, there could be story behind this image. For example, it could mean she’s looking up into Heaven because she lost a loved one. This picture reminds me of those movies they make of children who have somehow seen God or Jesus through a miracle, like the movie Miracles from Heaven or Heaven is for Real.

I personally really do like the picture. I tend to like pictures that have a lot going on in them, but I do like the simplicity and calmness of this picture. The picture is very beautiful and it brings and emotion to anyone who sees it. I personally would have like the picture even more if there was a pop of color somewhere to make the picture not look as plain. This photograph is successful. The lighting and quality of this image is very good. I like how this picture seems like it has a story behind it and I like how to many different people you will get different interpretations of what the theme could be. This is very beautiful and pleasing to the eye and to the heart.

Maria Tirado

9/11/2017 11:44:26 am

This is an image of the photographer herself, looking up at the sky. It looks like she is standing on the roof of her house barefeet. It’s using a white aesthetic background and it looks very angelic with her white dress. This image seems to have bright sunlight and she just happens to capture a very formed white cloud. The main object in this photograph is the artist herself, she probably set up a tripod and had someone press the button.There aren’t any buildings, but we see her standing on a white roof.

This image is very pleasing to look at, because I really like how everything ties in with white and it has a very innocent, angelic vibe. The photographer set up the tripod at a low angle looking up so she could capture herself and the sky. The focal point of this image would be Cig looking and contemplating things as she looks up to the clouds. This image is asymmetrical, because the woman is on the left side of this picture and there is nothing but clouds on the right. There seems to be a lot of extra space and all of it is filled by more clouds.

The theme or idea I get from this image is someone that is very hopeful, she has her head in the clouds, or she is on cloud 9. I think there are several stories portrayed in this photograph, but this to me is something that would happen in a dream. I think she is someone that is very happy and likes looking at the world in different perspectives. She loves to wear white and has an innocent character. She loves to keep her head high, and takes time to be isolated from society. I really believe this image is stunning. It is one of those photographs different people could look at and take away different stories.

I love this image. So far, this has been my favorite photograph to analyze and I enjoy Cig Harvey’s work. I really like this image, because It reminds me of the times when I used to lay in my backyard and look up at the clouds when I was younger. In my opinion this image is really successful, because the artist makes the viewers enjoy it and look at it in varied ways. This image is also my favorite, because the behind the scenes of this photograph must be really fun. I really loved this image and the way it is all white is aesthetically pleasing to my eyes.

Mikaela Mumme

9/11/2017 11:45:13 am

Mikaela Mumme
Analysis 3
This image is of a lady looking out to the clouds. It uses a lot of the same colors mainly just blue and white. You can tell this wasn’t taken in a studio and she is actually standing outside. It has a faint shadow in the corner of the image but the photo still has a lot of light. The photo is bright and although it uses few colors it is viberente.
The point of view looks like it is from third person. The angle of the image looks like the photo was taken from a lower point and we are looking up at her looking out at the sky. The lady is the focal point and even though she is out in the open the sky and stairs help frame her. The steps help balance out the photo and also the final step draws your emphasizing the effect that she is standing right on the edge of a cliff. Also, the image has a shallow depth of field and was probably taken with a smaller aperture number.
To me this image tells a story, it is very narrative. To me this image looks like it could represent peace. Also, her body language is very open and she looks happy and proud. The image is very calm and looks like a fairytale. The lady looks like she is in peace and all the steps could represent the hardships she had to endure. Her standing on the top step looks like she has finally enlightened herself and has reached her top goal ultimately making it.
I think this image is very successful. It is unique, cool, and fun to look at with all it different aspects. It tells a story and the colors used, point of view, and the body language of the lady all contribute. The image is very clear and has good quality. I personally really like this image and it’s something I would display in my house.

Jessica Mims

9/11/2017 11:47:09 am

This is an image by Cig Harvey. In this image, we see a woman, Cig Harvey, dressed in a white dress. She is standing on a white roof while she is looking into the sky. The sky is mostly cloudy, but there is a little clear, blue area. Most of this photo is made up of whites and grays, it is almost monochromatic. This makes the image look unnatural so it might be mistaken for a painting.

This image is very pleasing to look at. The subject of the photo is the woman. She stands out a lot in the photo because of her hair color, it is the only dark part of the photo. I think that the roofline also leads your eye to the subject because she is standing where the sides meet. Most of the space in the photo is taken by clouds. The picture was taken from a third person point of view. There is a shallow depth of field, which means that the aperture is smaller and the f-stop is larger, so more light is being let in.

This photo is very simple in its content, but it is very interesting at the same time. I believe that is one of the themes of the image, that less is more. I think that Cig Harvey is very creative with all of her photos, including this one. This picture reminds me of the movie, Mary Poppins. I think it is because of the way she is dressed, and also because Mary Poppins stands on a roof in some of the movie posters. It also kind of reminds me of the movie, La La Land, for some of the same reasons.

I really like this photo, it is probably my favorite that we have analyzed so far this year. This was probably a hard image to capture. It is cool to think about how Cig Harvey is able to set the image up since it is a self-portrait. I think this photo is successful. The exposure is not too bright or too dark. The image is also in focus and we are drawn to the subject.

Zach Burgos

9/11/2017 11:48:54 am

The image is of a woman in a white dress on white stone tiles looking at the sky. There are white clouds in the sky. The colors the image is using is white and blue because of the white dress and the sky and white clouds. The lighting in the photo is the bright sunlight. A woman is included in the photo and she is looking away. The woman is standing on stone tiles looking at the sky.
The point of view the photographer used was third person and they took the photo under the level of the woman. The photographer is using a shallow depth of field in the photo. The focal point is the woman and she is not framed because there isn’t really a frame of her. The subject does not fill the space of the image since there is still space on the upper-right of the photo. The edge of the image is the rest of the sky and the rest of roof that she is standing on.
An idea of the image seems to be freedom or Heaven. The story of a woman that got outside and climbed on a roof to look at the sky. The image makes me think of an interpretation heaven in a way because of the use of white in this image. The image, in my opinion, seems to show what heaven looks like or freedom. The image is beautiful because of its simplicity by using the color white and the feeling of freedom.
I like the image because of the sense of freedom. I also like the image because it makes it feel like it’s heaven with the white color. The photos I enjoy a lot are the ones of nature because there is something really beautiful about nature. I think the photo was successful because of the simplicity of the color white and the idea of heaven or freedom. I think some photographers should do simple photos sometimes because they usually seem very interesting or beautiful.

Larissa Esparza

9/11/2017 06:38:19 pm

In this image a girl is pictured looking at the sky as if she’s looking for or interested in something in the sky. The girl is dressed in a dress without shoes on and appears to be standing on a roof of either a building or house. The image seems to have been shot with a large aperture leading the image to have a shallow depth of field.The image is using the colors white,blue,brown and the skintone of the girl, peach. These colors make the image bright and happy. The lighting in the image is bright, naturally from the sunlight. There is a shadow behind the girl. The shadow seems to be of a higher building or house.

The image in my opinion is pleasing to look at because the image seems happy with the bright colors of white and blue and the even brighter natural light. The depth of field in this image is shallow because the subject is a person instead of landscape.The lines in this image are the ones carved into the building's rooftop and the ones on her dress. The lines on the house or building direct my eye by leading them up the stair like lines to the girl.The lines on the dress give it more detail which leads me to looking at the dress more carefully.

I think that there are two stories being told in this image is how we can all be at the top sometimes,whether that be athletically or academically, but the shadow can come after us. When the shadow comes after us we get put into the dark again and feel as if we can’t get out of the dark but there’s always a way to find the light again.Another story that this image can be telling is how the girl is looking up to God trying to find him in the sky to affirm that he is there. The image reminds me of a dream I once had where I was walking up to the clouds to get on top.While I was on top of the clouds I was able to walk and run on the clouds but when I woke up it was over. As I said before that one of the stories that is being told could be that the girl is looking for God which leads that it could question whether or not there is a God.

I like this image because not only does it tell a story but also challenges beliefs in religion.The image is also very attractive to look at with its bright natural lighting and bright colors it is using.This image is also successful because it tells a story and asks a question of someone's beliefs in religion through the story it tells.Altogether I like this image because of the story it tells and religious beliefs it questions it asks.I think that when an image has a story it challenges or questions religious,government and social belief.

Josh salehi

9/13/2017 08:18:13 am

This picture by Cig Harvey has a lot of detail. The picture fetures a very bright color sceme and in my opinion it probably took a long time to think of this idea and take it becuase it looks very professional.

This picture is very well detailed it looks like the girls feet are painted in pastel and you can see the sun looks very clear and vibrant. This picture was taken in the 3rd person view.The photographer used a shallow depth of view in this picture.

I think this picture tells a story about the girl thinking about something in the sky. I would imagine this type of picture to be displayed in like a fairy tale type of story with like unicorns and stuff like that.

I like this image becuase not only it is taken very nice and professionals but it tells a story about her life. It also symbolizes her religion becuase she could be possibly looking to the sky and try to talk to god or she could have some peaceful alone time.

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