A Visual Diary

My name is Ashley McGarry. I'm a junior Visual Communications major, minoring in graphic design at the University of South Carolina. This blog serves as a visual diary for the Advanced Photo-visual Communications class I will be taking this semester as a way to catalog my inspiration and record my progress.

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  1. A Photo to Share (with the rest of the class) This was a photo I took last fall at the midnight premiere of the first part of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It was part of a photo essay on the ending of the Harry Potter series. I had to work around the theater’s low lighting and general chaos of a midnight premiere. Shooting at an event like this came with many complications, but end results like this make it all worth it.  One of the strongest elements of this photo is the emotion and its story-telling aspect. Her expression helps convey the emotions of a generation who grew up with the character’s from J.K. Rowling’s novels. The costume, popcorn, and background also work to place the viewer right into the movie theater. I’ve found that I really enjoy taking candid photos. Candid shots always have much more of an authentic feel. It wasn’t until after I took a few shots of this girl and her friend talking in line that she noticed she was having her photo taken. The photos that followed these felt much more strained and the emotions were staged. But the frames where the subject was less aware of her surroundings, she really embodied the carefree, joyful mood of the exciting evening.  A Photo to Share (with the rest of the class) This was a photo I took last fall at the midnight premiere of the first part of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It was part of a photo essay on the ending of the Harry Potter series. I had to work around the theater’s low lighting and general chaos of a midnight premiere. Shooting at an event like this came with many complications, but end results like this make it all worth it.  One of the strongest elements of this photo is the emotion and its story-telling aspect. Her expression helps convey the emotions of a generation who grew up with the character’s from J.K. Rowling’s novels. The costume, popcorn, and background also work to place the viewer right into the movie theater. I’ve found that I really enjoy taking candid photos. Candid shots always have much more of an authentic feel. It wasn’t until after I took a few shots of this girl and her friend talking in line that she noticed she was having her photo taken. The photos that followed these felt much more strained and the emotions were staged. But the frames where the subject was less aware of her surroundings, she really embodied the carefree, joyful mood of the exciting evening. 
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    A Photo to Share (with the rest of the class)

    This was a photo I took last fall at the midnight premiere of the first part of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It was part of a photo essay on the ending of the Harry Potter series. I had to work around the theater’s low lighting and general chaos of a midnight premiere. Shooting at an event like this came with many complications, but end results like this make it all worth it.  One of the strongest elements of this photo is the emotion and its story-telling aspect. Her expression helps convey the emotions of a generation who grew up with the character’s from J.K. Rowling’s novels. The costume, popcorn, and background also work to place the viewer right into the movie theater.

    I’ve found that I really enjoy taking candid photos. Candid shots always have much more of an authentic feel. It wasn’t until after I took a few shots of this girl and her friend talking in line that she noticed she was having her photo taken. The photos that followed these felt much more strained and the emotions were staged. But the frames where the subject was less aware of her surroundings, she really embodied the carefree, joyful mood of the exciting evening. 

    8 months ago
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