This was the second assignment i decided to for our term 3 in GCT. This assignment asked for photography of the alphabet. The photos of the letters can be found either in different scenery or different places in nature. The only exception in the assignment was you aren't able to make the letters yourself. I did struggle at points of the assignment having trouble with some of the letters, but i also decided to ask someone to be my partner, so it would be easier on me and them. We split the amount of letters each of us had to do to 13 letters each, but even then it was still kinda hard to finish. I struggled on the letters R and S and found it extremely hard to find the letters. Overall i also enjoyed this project, because of it's straight forward concept and the idea of walking around anywhere i go to find letters.
For this assignment we had to find every letter from the alphabet in any structure around the city.
For this assignment, we were told to choose one of the projects we were shown. I chose the Alphabet Photography because I expected it to be easy but in fact, it wasn't at all and it was very time-consuming. We were required to take photos of the 26 letters in the alphabet in nature, signs, shapes, and our everyday items. It forced me to be creative and to have a sharp eye just so that I could picture the different letters of the alphabet. Finding a few letters were easier than other letters in the alphabet but I still ended up with all of the letters for this project. I really had quite an adventure looking for these letters and I enjoyed looking for them.
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In GCT we were given a variety of assignments. I chose to tackle alphabet photography as my first assignment. Alphabet photography consists of 2 main components; capturing letters within the environment, and manipulating the environment to create letters. Although they may be hidden and unnoticed, letters surround us everywhere in our everyday life. Whether it is our jeans we are wearing forming "y", the banana we are about to eat creating a 'c', or the fruit loops in our bowls swirling into an "a". The number of letters that surrounds us is endless. The second part of alphabet photography is manipulation. We are able to create any letter of our choosing with the right items and positions. For example, placing sticky notes to make 'n', using dominos to form "k", or even placing blueberries in oatmeal to create "r"!
In this assignment, we explored the city to look for letters. The assignment was to capture pictures with the alphabet. We were given 2 weeks for this project. We were also given the choice to work with partners. I chose to work with Haya. We both took pictures for this assignment. Me and Haya went to the Forks and the Human Rights Museum to search the alphabet. I realized finding letters like "g, q" were very hard. I think this was one of my favorite assignments to do in this class. I enjoyed exploring our city and finding letters.
It is astonishing how nature is able to replicate other aspects of nature and with the right creative eye, we are able to identify them all around us. The Alphabet Photography Assignment requires us to identify and capture the letters of the alphabet in the environment or in already made structures. During spring break, I came along with a group of friends to stroll around the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, The Forks and Downtown Winnipeg wherein we took most of our photos. To some degree, this assignment has proven to be more complex than our previous assignments. Several factors that we have separately focused on in other assignments have been combined in this one assignment in order to create a satisfactory output. Such factors to consider prior to and while capturing the photos were the lighting, angle, composition and accuracy of the objects in relation to the letter. Additionally, we were required to take pictures of objects that start with each corresponding letter of the alphabet. I approached this second part a bit differently as I used a similar technique for most of my photos as I played with using light, shadows and negative space. This in turn had created a cohesive appearance to a large portion of my photographs. Overall, this assignment was a great opportunity for us to showcase everything we had learned in our GCT class up to date while making use of our creative senses.
