Hands

Loss

The subject of my image is a hand. The setting of my image is a graveyard. To create this image I put the camera level with the hand and focused the camera on the hand. In editing I made the image black and white and sharpened it. I also increased the contrast. I chose to create this image because I think that it tells a very specific story. A principle used in this image is contrast. The contrast of the snow compared to the wall with the light gray of the hand creates a gradient.A technique used in this image is selective focus. By having the hand in focus and the background blurry you understand the meaning of the image better. It also contains the rule of thirds which leaves the background open to convey the meaning even more. When I first started this project I had chosen a different image, but I did not like the way it turned out. Therefore I changed the image.This image shows the emotion during a funeral. The black and white helps to set a sad tone and the graveyard background shows the setting. To me this image represents my experiences at funerals. The only times I had gone to funerals was when I was little. At that age I did not understand what was going on.