My print is nearly done. I have one more layer to carve and reprint. After that, my project is complete. With the conclusion of the project, I hope to finish with at least five of the fifty prints I made will be to my liking enough to be put in the art show. The majority of my prints are monochromatic, however, towards the end of the process I have begun to try different styles and combinations of colors and shades. The process has been tedious and lengthy and I am excited to be finished with it, but I enjoyed the art style very much.
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For the second semester, I planned to take an advanced photography class, but instead, I chose to transfer into a printmaking course. In the printmaking class, my first project is to create a reduction print. The reduction print I will be working on is a design that includes 8 layers. This process is tedious and lengthy, only being successful if the artist carves each layer correctly with many prints with each layer executed perfectly. I have been working on this project for a couple weeks and have only just finished my sketch and started carving the first layer to my reduction print. I expect each layer to take around two weeks to complete. I underestimated just how long this project would take.
Continuing my focus on serenity has led me to the next step; editing. After reviewing the pictures I took on the day of the shoot, I noticed that a fair number of pictures had the potential to be edited and completed. The pictures I selected had common characteristics of being simplistic, undisturbed, and lonely so they would meet the focus's requirement. During my editing process, I blurred small sticks and wildlife markings that drew the viewer's away from the focus of the image. Snow with a trail of footprints or a frozen lake were pictures that held the serenity purpose best. I struggled with trying to avoid trees and bushes that appeared busy and messy. Overall, the shoot was successful and executed the focus well.
My most previous shoot was focused on capturing a state of serenity. With the snowstorm that just past, I chose to set my shoot on a hidden trail in the woods. Very few people walk on the trail, so the snow was almost untouched. The only imperfection in the snow were footprints of rabbits and deer. The woods had barely any sound. The only sound was the crunching of my own boot-covered feet travelling through the snow. The time and place seemed like the perfect place to photograph the concept of serenity. When taking my pictures, I focused on the purity of snow and the footprints of animals that passed. The time was about 4 pm, so the sun was setting an presented a warm glow on the trees and brush. Towards the end of my shoot, I found that the river next to the trail was frozen and covered with a thin layer of untouched snow. Being able to position myself on the surface of the frozen river gave me the ability to capture a broad and fixed perspective of the river's surface. Though I struggled with capturing the perspective of my view into the camera's view, the shoot was a success.
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Katie Mroczkowski |