Title: “How Many Fingers?”
Three descriptive tags: “Ambiguous Space”, “Tea”, “Fingers”, “Bunny Ears”
This was probably the most difficult assignment to date. Ambiguous by definition is ambiguous making the shot difficult. I pondered, I confused myself, I pondered some more, made some tea, and took the shot. As far as I can tell the fuzzy, close-up, fingers in the tea approach met the assignments requirements – ambiguous I think.
I relationship to what this assignment meant to me, I would have to answer once again I was forced into “I must look outside the box” approach – this of course is a wonderful thing as I am not much for the comfort of my own bubble when it comes to learning and stagnation (besides the smell) is not one of my favorites. As for change, try to focus on the edge just a bit – maybe try different lighting approaches, maybe even different angles. Who knows – maybe scrap the whole thing and turn to the clouds.
Ambiguity is always a wonderful subject in the English classroom. For this we return to the OPTIC (Overview-Parts-Title-Interrelationships-Conclusion) activity focusing in on the conclusion. How many different meanings can we find? What could or would change the meaning? Looking at your own thinking (Metacognition) how did you come up with the meaning? These are just a few questions to focus on. We could then discuss how the ambiguity of a photograph can skew an audience interpretation of meaning. Then of course I would have them bring in photographs of their own to discuss.
Photograph Assignment 10 File