The Before:
I chose this image because it was fun and light hearted. It looked liked something that could be really changed to give a different picture our outlook on the event they were at. The images name is High fashion at the Auto Show. I thought it was funny to see what they considered “high fashion.”
The Derivative (After):
I decided to make the woman in my photo the focal point utilizing the rule of thirds. I felt that by cropping the man out, it changed the focus of the image to make it seem as if the picture was taken before she could get her pose right. In my opinion my derivative looks like she was at a company event and she was in charge of that specific table. The way the image is cropped tells a different story then the one above because the man is no longer apart of it. Because he was closer to the camera I feel it made him the focal point, my eyes were immediately drawn to him and the background image of the car before the women. I decided to crop out both the major background pieces and the man in the photo to bring her to the forefront and make her the focal point of this image. I also named this image the “Diddy Crop” after the viral picture Diddy had taken with a group of celebrities and him posting a picture that cropped out Kylie Jenner and her friend on instagram, but then Kylie posted the same picture on instagram that included all of them in it. I thought it would be a funny analogy to illustrate what I did with my derivative.
Justyce,
I found the title of your post and the way you cropped the image to be very funny! It makes me think of how many scenarios that we’ve been in where we’ve cropped friends, strangers, and acquaintances out of images because of one reason or another. With the cropped image, more is left up to the viewer’s imagination. Just what is the girl looking at? I think the cropped image gives more agency to the woman and lets the image tell a different story
Hello Justyce,
I think your current crop definitely changes the dynamic of the photograph. Right now it seems like she could be at a work event or just a goofy photo that was taken of her next to a table at an event she may have been attending. I think the image could have been cropped to just be the gentleman by himself and that would’ve given it another perspective. The man by himself would be able to see the vehicle in the background, so we see the image from a different perspective and make other predictions based on the photo. Overall great crop.