Transport: A Junior Conceptual Transport Project by Samantha Levy (2017)

The assignment was to shoot the wheels of a non-motorized object from an unique angle. I photographed the rusted wheel of a wagon frame in an empty lot. The lot was dusty and filled with weeds and other dry environment plants, but tall green, manicured, hedges bordered the back of the same lot. I thought this double standard was funny and I wanted to capture it, but not over emphasize it. The lighting is natural noon lighting to give a deserted feel to the photo. Both green leaves and dry dirt are visible in the background to increase contrast and give the picture a sense of duality and to stay true to the irony in landscaping. The background is blurred out so the focus is on the wheel. The angle is also straight on so that all the focus is on the wheel. The middle of the wheel is off center to improve composition and the rim of the wheel is visible so the picture is partly framed.

In Photoshop, I adjusted the brightness slightly to make the photo less dark and edited the colors slightly. I learned that colors looks more vibrant on other monitors compared to the Cintiq. I know that the colors look almost cartoonish now, and I will make sure the colors are balanced by checking the photo on my other monitor in the future. I learned how to blur out selections on Photoshop and I blurred out the background even more using a box blur of 20.