We chose the word consumption. What the word meant to us was the using of resources or the idea of using more than or less than what is needed. The bulk of the pictures taken show wasting of water, food, energy, and time. Consumption is something many people do on a day to day basis which is what we wanted to show. The act of consuming comes in many different forms whether it is through the use of natural resources or time or air.
In Clayton's pictures he used the flash in the picture of the water usage to emphasize the waste of the actual water, and the use of light. As you can see the girl brushing her teeth is standing outside of the light, and therefore is not the main focus of this picture. It is the water and how many are wasteful in their use of water and to be more aware of how wasteful one might be. In Clayton's second picture you clearly can see that the subject is filling up her gas tank. However it is how frequent of one filling up their gas tank that becomes the issue here. If one fills up their gas tank once a month they probably have other less wasteful ways of transportation. If one were to be filling up their gas tank once every other day they, could be seen as having a wasteful use of gas, increasing their carbon footprint. Each person in the world needs to be aware of how careless he or she may be in the use of our limited resources in the world.
In Lauren's first picture, you can clearly see the main subject, the student, is partaking in the use of a recyclable water bottle in an attempt to prevent the ongoing issue of global warming. While looking at this photo, for some, your attention might focus on the person drinking the water. This makes him the main subject matter in this image. For others, their attention might be brought to his form of transportation via bicycle. Also, because he is using a bicycle as his form of transportation, he is preventing the consumption of gasoline as well as emitting harmful gases to our ozone layer. In her second image, she used a student who should be studying for a midterm, but instead is consuming time through the use of the internet, more specifically Facebook. When taking the picture, Lauren made sure the main focus would be on the book located right next to her computer, using light as a way to focus the viewers attention to this. Many people today spend hours on end using the internet, when they could be doing other things, such as studying, or being physically active.
In Rene's first picture you see she used the element of lighting. By putting the main focus of the animal, or bird, in the shadows and the containers which had food in them in the light to show this was the main focus. She used the cropping or framing method to just show these two elements while not including other subjects that might screw the viewers eyes away from the two main subjects. The leading line of the bench catches the viewers eye to look left to right and follow that line to see the bird sitting on top of the bench. This picture is complex because it could have multiple meanings, but the main point the photographer was making was the idea of consuming food and forgetting that there are many more things in this world that are not used to the type of lifestyles we live and consume the same products. The next picture of the three light bulbs was taken without flash so that the actual lighting came through the picture to show how dim or bright three light bulbs is. This one fixture lamp hanging from the ceiling was used for one room when one light bulb would have sufficed. The idea of wasting energy, like electricity, for the enjoyment or aesthetics of a room is becoming more and more common. Humans in general consume a lot in this world and take more than we need regardless if the resources need to be used for other such as animals.
In conclusion, consumption is in our everyday lives and it is best to limit our consumptions to our basic needs rather than our wants.
Clayton's Pictures
What is consumed in this picture? What is being wasted in this picture? How wasteful many of us are. We consume items that are often see as wasteful. Here we have one brushing her teeth while having the precious water running. In turn the consumption of water is wasteful because it is doing no good running down the drain. This water is perfectly good drinking water that could be used to drink from. Instead it is just washed down the drain.
Many people consuming more then they actually need. In this picture we can see that she is filling up her gas tank. However we do not know how frequently this happens. Once a week? Once every two weeks? When does it become over consumption? It should be the responsibility of everyone to offset their consumption as much as they can reducing their carbon footprint.
Lauren's Pictures
Have you ever riden a bike so fast and once you get off you feel light headed. The energy that the sun gives of can make one feel dehydrated. Through the consumption of a self propelled form of transportation allows for one to consume self energy leading to exhaustion. With this consumption, it can lead to the need to consume water in order to maintain good health. To avoid overconsumption, this student is using a reusable water bottle in order attempt to offset his carbon footprint. We should all be aware of our overconsumption of plastic water bottles by using reuseable water bottle containers.
How much time do you think it would take you to do homework without the use of the internet. Do you feel like the internet, more specifically Facebook, is a huge distraction when it comes down to it? In today's world many people are constantly on the internet browsing away and consuming their time when often times they should be doing things that is much more productive. In this photo you can see that this student is attempting to study for a test, yet she is browsing through FaceBook. This is a perfect example of the the averages students consumption of valuable time.
Rene's Pictures
This is a picture of a bird looking at the leftover food humans consumed. In this piece I wanted to convey the idea of consumerism, and how we humans take things for granted. The world has resources for us to make food to eat, for example, ice tea and burgers. However, resources on earth are not an endless supply of goods. We share our environment with animals and plants that have to live with us, yet in this photo it seems as if we think we are the only living species on this planet. This combination of trash and leftover food is not healthy for this bird. Humans consume as much as they want, but seem to forget about the bird that’s hiding in the shadows. I wanted to give the sense that humans are oblivious to the fact that what we leave behind, like trash, has repercussions to the environment. The bird is in the shadows (background) of our thoughts and comes to eat food it is not meant to eat. This could kill the bird or make it very sick. The act of consumerism by humans now has effects on the environment.
Imagine what it was like to have electricity for the first time. Thomas Edison discovered electricity and used a single light bulb. Before this happened candles and lanterns were used; now today lights are continuously on throughout the city and homes. With that observation, in this photo consumerism is the main concept. How many lights do you have in your home; one in each room? In this shot there is not just one light bulb shining for just one room, but three light bulbs! Do we really need to consume this much energy to have a three light bulb arrangement for style? What happened to using energy as a necessity, not style?
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