Graphic Design

Hi. I changed my concept. after looking through my pictures most of my favorites (except one) were of an empty object, so i didn’t really think hoarding made sense.

I really struggled with what concept would go with my object and settled on infant loss. a friend of mine had twin boys born last year that lived only about 15 minutes. (they were 20 weeks early) and she regularly blogs about her life and her boys. I always find her posts really interesting and raw- she doesn’t try to sugarcoat the situation at all. I think the empty glass globe is a nice illustration of the emptiness a family feels as they loose a child. I used neutra face for the tiles and headings, and gotham for the body text, neither of which are on this computer so i’m sorry the type is all messed up. I have one spread not pictured, it is right before the leaves picture- but i haven’t done it yet- it’s just a blank spread right now.

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i feel really lucky to have an object i actually enjoy to photograph!

my favorite photo from shot 1 is the glass globe filled with autumn leaves. i like the colors and the depth of field in the photo along with the reflection which adds just the right amount of light to the photo. i shot this at twilight and the natural light was perfect.

shoot 2: the river blurry in the background and a tight shot of the glass globe. again, shot at twilight (nearly dark at this point) and i really like this shot because it is a little mysterious and i think it could be easy to incorporate it into an article.

shoot 3: a flower captured in the few of my glass globe. simple and out of focus i like the color and the composition of this photo.

The alphabet is all around us. On billboards and computer screens. In books, magazines and road signs- yet we don’t often take the time to look at the world around us to find from A to Z. This project captured the ABC’s of a local park in shadows, buildings and in the grass.

found alphabet in porter park

I had a few objectives in mind when given this assignment. First and foremost, I’m a mom. Daphne has me wrapped around her miniature finger and so I knew I had to work the project around her. Daphne loves walks, and we love walking to the tree lined park just a few blocks from our house. I took Daphne on our longest walk ever and meandered through the jungle gyms, trees, splash park and grass until I found all 26 letters. I knew it wouldn’t be the easiest of scenarios, but I knew I could keep Daphne entertained while creating a found object alphabet. Win, win.

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Also, I wanted to illustrate that the alphabet is all around us. I didn’t have to create anything to show the characters, it was there if we choose to take the time to look. I didn’t realize though how creative I would have to become- I found myself looking at shadows, at tiny pieces of bark, trash, initials carved into tree trunks and in just about every nook and cranny in porter park. For the layout, I wanted to keep it very straight forward, the letters in boxes with spaces in between each. My thought behind this is that it would make each letter more legible and it would help the format to not feel cluttered. Adding structure through the layout helped you to be able to see each individual letter.

If I was to do this project again, I would hope to the same thing, a found alphabet, but in an urban setting. I think it would be really fun to do in an area with tall buildings and interesting angles. I love typography and thoroughly enjoyed this assignment; even though at least 4 elderly people in the park approached me and asked me what I was doing.