Scene Photography

The 'Scene' photography project was my third series of photographs composed in the course CMDP 2500: Introduction to Media Practices for the Media Productions major at CU Boulder.

The CMDP 2500 course itself is the introductory studio course for Media Production majors and minors. The coursework is split into 4 different modules focused for each concentration within the Media Production major. There is a documentary concentration as well as audio, extended media (AR/VR Tech), as well as integrative which takes from all concentrations. I am now in the integrative concentration, but at the time of taking this course, I had not yet declared my concentration.

The first module we started in was audio, where me made our own audio project. The second module is the photography module which is the work I am showcasing for this photography collection. The third module was for extended media, in which we created 360 photographs and video that were displayed in our campus planetarium for their final viewing. The final module was the for the documentary track, where we were grouped together to make any kind of documentary. My group made a mockumentary.

As for the photography module of CMDP 2500, we were tasked to create a story-based series of photographs, a scene-based series of photographs, and a portrait series of photographs.

Due to this being my first time using a DLSR camera to create a series of photographs, the story and portrait series are a little lackluster. However, the scene series was where I felt my photographic practices finally clicked. All shoots I have done after this series are noticeably stronger than before I had taken the 'Scene' photography series for CMDP 2500. I still believe that some of these shots are of the strongest photos I have taken.

Specifically, I had chosen to photograph the koi pond near the Norlin Quad on the edge of the CU campus. We had to stick to one location and photograph the full environment to create a scene through our series. This location is one of my favorite spots on campus and I knew the long lines of the sidewalks and reflections of the architecture would make a great composition for this series of photographs.