As this was one of my first projects, I wanted to pick a topic that was close to my heart. I chose my recent trip to San Francisco because it was only my second time there and I got to see so many cool things!
When deciding on a layout, I wanted something that was visually appealing while also organizing everything into an easy to follow narrative. As I was sorting through the pictures I took, the Golden Gate Bridge stood out to me as a monumental image. I felt that it would serve as an appropriate pillar for the rest of my college, and so I decided to use it as an anchor. To balance the image, I tried to find something that stood tall as the Golden Gate Bridge did. The closest image I could find was of this beautiful green building that was lit from the outside at night. I stopped in the middle of the street so I could get a good picture of it, and felt that this would be a good use for it. Once I had my pillar images on either side, I selected other more square shaped ones that would work well to fill the center.
The center images tell more of a story of what happened. The top left image is of me and my boyfriend with whom I spent the weekend with. The one to the right of that is of a delicious breakfast we had at Mama’s on Washington Square. We had to wait in line two hours to be seated but was so worth it! The bottom image is of Union Square at night time. All of the buildings surrounding the square are lit up in such a magical way, to have the chance to stand on top of one to capture the surrounding beauty was overwhelming.
I used Photoshop to layout my images and resize everything. In future projects I look forward to learning how to better use the program to create a narrative. Although I am happy with my first project, I hope to next time create more offset images and more texture in the design.
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Self Critique- As a whole I proud of the work I completed for my first draft. I feel like I did a good job of telling a story of a great trip I took. I struggled a little bit with the placement and size of my photos. This was mentioned to me by my peers. For my final collage I plan on making the images more symmetrical to create a better flow. It was also noted by my peers that my photos had different lighting, some at night and some during the day. I plan to rearrange my photos by lighting or eliminate the photos taken at night. This should make my collage more unified and visually appealing. I would also like to play with some more of the effects in Photoshop to make some images stand out more than others. I am very excited to improve my collage and look forward to accomplishing a more balanced collage.
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