Africa and Mural Project Preview

The reaction was at first one of disappointment but after scrolling through all of the photos I then felt a certain connection between the photos and other events in life I enjoyed viewing all of the photos.

 This is my most preferred photo that I viewed in the selection.  I chose it because it reminds me of a past event in my late past the elephant roaming aimlessly through the woods his only company is the shadows and the beam of moonlight above him.


The photo shows three important rules of photography.  This rules are

1.  the rule of simplicity
 2.  the rule of balance
3.  and the rule of framing


He uses the rule of simplicity because the elephant is clearly the main subject for it is the only mobile living thing in the photo.

He uses the rule of balance by making the elephant look like it will roam closer to you and not off of the photo.

And finally he uses the rule of framing because of the hole photo being concentrated on the elephant (now mind you that most will wander of after they see the elephant so as to examine the surroundings).

Nick Brandt
1.   The camera that Brandt used was a medium format camera.
2.  His reasoning for taking the photos was that he had a desire to express what he thought was  important and beautiful in his mind.  
3.  His main hope for taking the photos displayed is that he always wanted to express his love of animals and when he took photography ,and visited Africa he found a way to express that love.
4.  Brandt had this to say about Africa "There’s something about the animals here – their mythic, mythological, iconic quality – and the landscapes that they inhabit that moves me tremendously,".  

I believe an appropriate theme would be ether something about forests or something about factory's 

2.  on the cameras would be better because of the fact that some of us (including me) have no phones much less camera phones.
3.  somewhere see-able to students passing by so somewhere in the open the cafeteria or library maybe?