Photography - Art

 Subject matter - 

What is the subject matter? Separating parts 

There are figures and then we have to background.

How are these put together?

Some things might be a similar colour or the topic will just combine with each other.

Form - 

How are parts grouped and overlapped? What is the focal point of the composition? 

One of the soldiers could be a focal point.

Do the colours create a mood or create  relationships between parts? 

There are a lot of different colours but some of the soldiers just pop out more.

Content / Meanings - 

Define the main subject? What does it mean 

The soldiers are at “war”

Does your combination of elements add up to new meaning? 

There’s not much of a meaning to it, the photo was just for fun.

Compliments

In Wananga we have been working on giving people deep compliments. We had a piece of paper and we could draw something in the middle and then we would go round writing compliments. Instead of writing surface compliments like "Your really nice", "I like your hair today", "You have have a good smile" or something like that. For a deeper compliment you could say "You are a very caring person and you help put your friends" it has to be meant from the heart. The compliments that really hit me were "You always come out as a warm and a friendly person" and "Such a good friend to others and funny". I felt really good but also surprised that I got really good compliments. I felt like people actually cared about me and could see deeper things about me. When I gave compliments I felt good that someone was getting something really nice and could see the good side of themselves.