Upper School Art Gallery
Zack Kozlak TBS '10
Blowing Tree
Black and White Silver Print
When looking at this tree, I noticed its branches strayed in many quirky directions. This odd shape combined with the great balance and interesting viewpoint of looking up made me see this tree as more than just average. It made me take a second glance and notice the rule of thirds taken into affect. I noticed that this tree could be looked at in multiple viewpoints, so that is exactly what I did. I took this picture at Wooddale Park in Edina. It was near a river on a somewhat cloudy day. It seemed like the wind, and location near a river really added to the picture. It was intended to make people take second looks at things and take more time and energy to look carefully at everyday objects. On more of a personal note, it is I wanting to take life a little bit slower and enjoy it more. This picture to me represents the big tree, or my dad talking to the little tree, or me. He is teaching me many of the lessons he has taught me in the past, and this time it is indeed what I was just talking about in going slower and noticing the unique instances of our world. To capture in great detail this lesson, I took many different pictures of these same two trees and experimented with aperture, and shutter by doing some bracketing.
I took this picture at Wooddale Park in Edina. It was near a river on a somewhat cloudy day. It seemed like the wind, and location near a river really added to the picture. I first came about this topic, because I enjoy nature and decided that that particular shooting assignment I would try to limit my self to just that. Another thing I did to eliminate bland shots, was to only take pictures that I could see happen in my head first. This enable me to only take interesting shots from weird viewpoints. I believe this picture is unique because it comes together in many of the ways we have learned in class. It expresses the rule of thirds, has balance, is from a different viewpoint, and lastly represents something more than just what is there.
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