Editing Assignment

            I really had a difficult time producing 200 quality images for the editing assignment.  Struggling with the constant snowfall this winter, I felt trapped in my own home, leaving the house for only the occasional trip to the supermarket.   This assignment forced me to play on my feelings of confinement.   Regardless of what category my photos fell under, they all had the common theme of restriction or close spaces.  Even when I ventured out into the woods, my pictures still represented these feelings I was experiencing.

            This assignment also helped me as an artist to try to express other emotions than the ones I usually convey in my artwork. Rather than focusing on beauty or love, I was now trying to show some of those opposing feelings.  Tight cropping to even outdoor scenes further elaborated on this point, restricting the eye from moving too much around the picture.  The lighting also appears cold and depressing. Even when just going back and viewing my images again, they give me a sense of an eerie quietness that I wish to be washed away by the upcoming spring.