Post 11

The woman in this photograph is placed exactly in the center of the photograph, with a darker background that does not have very good lighting, and all of the lighting focused on her. The contrast of the light against the dark makes the woman stand out more than she would have had the background been just as well lighted as she is. So, as a result, this brings the main focus of this particular photograph to the woman who looks most upset. The dish in which she attempted to bake whatever she was baking and her apron are the only two, well lighted items in this photograph which places a lot more emphasis on them than let’s say the background. Having the dish that the item was being baked it places more emphasis on the darker, burnt top of the baked item because of the drastic contrast in the colors. By doing this, it is conveyed that the dish that the woman was trying to bake obviously did not turn out as she had hoped it would, which in turn places more emphasis on the woman being upset as a result. The message is also that the woman who was trying to bake the item is upset because it did not turn out like she had hoped. The potholders and the woman’s shirt look as if they match, which is a little odd, but provides for more emphasis on the baked item. The fact that the woman and the background are in proportion makes the photograph more visually pleasing, at least to me, because nothing is awkwardly large or out of focus.