Ben Goosens 5A

For this assignment I have chosen a work from Ben Goosens.  This was the first photo that had caught my eye while I had looked over his work.  The photo is unique in all ways.   The first thing that I had noticed upon looking at the particular photo was the depth that was created.  Goosens has done a fantastic job of creative depth in this picture.  Although there is not a lot of eye candy in the background, the photo seems to be going forever. His use of darker colors on the top and bottom of the foreground contrast the middle ground in the middle of the picture that gives it deep depth.  The second thing I had notice was Goosens’ use of the rule of thirds.  It is true! The eye tends to move to the upper left hand side of the picture first.  Besides the depth, my eye was concentrated on the birdcage and the egg at first.  That is why I chose to re-frame this picture in this matter.  Another interesting thing about the image is the shape of the items.  The egg is obviously a more circular object, and according to affinity, the birdcage and other eggs assembled in a row give the picture a sense of affinity.  The rooster and house are contrasting elements in the picture towards the circular object for they have more sharp edges.  I also thought that this photo is to be looked at by interpreting a motif because this has no direct impression on “regular” events, so Goosens must have created the image to let the viewer interpret his or her own opinion on what is trying to be established. The last point I would like to mention about this photo was Goosens use of space.  The image is very wide in a sense, and along with the depth, the image looks massive. The use of color and size gave the image a very big spacey feel to it.  The lighter colors in the middle makes the image feel elongated horizontally.