Idea 6: Perspective

Perspective

–noun

1. a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.

2. a picture employing this technique, especially one in which it is prominent: an architect's perspective of a house.

3. a visible scene, especially one extending to a distance; vista: a perspective on the main axis of an estate.

4. the state of existing in space before the eye: The elevations look all right, but the building's composition is a failure in perspective.

5. the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective.

6. the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship: Your data is admirably detailed but it lacks perspective.

7. a mental view or prospect: the dismal perspective of terminally ill patients.

 Perspective is a way of viewing a particular object or scene. With linear perspective objects appear differently and as they become further away they appear smaller because their visual angle changes.  In my project recently I have changed the way I have been viewing the way I am looking at the women in their spaces as well as the way I am looking at the women with the dollhouse as a playful element.  By changing perspectives I feel that I am making my project have a more unique angle and making it more personable.  

Quotes

“The process begins with a pre-visualization of the subject and how it relates within the realm of its environment. Once this is achieved, the next step is to commence the process of finding a perspective that defines you. There are different ways to express the relation of the subject but the important thing is that it is meaningful to you.”

“Firstly, to express perspective effectively there is a need to arrange the subjects in terms of spatial qualities. To do this, one needs to emphasize cues in the landscape that signify depth.”

McNeal, Kevin.  Perspective In Photography. PSA Journal. October 2008. <http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?hid=108&sid=ba39c727-d224-4ef1-b68a-f95944ce9303%40sessionmgr114&vid=3>.

This article is about the importance of perspectives and how it can define a photographer’s style. Perspective in photography is defined as a style of shooting and the view (angle) in which one photographs from.  The author of this article discusses the creative side of photographers and the importance of their style.  

Perspective. Wikipedia. 5 February 2011.  9 March 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_(visual)>.