the journey ahead

For my fourth montage, I portrayed the theme of having a long journey ahead in life. I used a serene background of a beach to represent the calm, and relaxed side of life. To contrast with this, I added in an opaque background of a cluttered forest, which represents a stressful and complicated future. I then went and placed an image of someone looking out to both of these "directions" in life and making it look like she's depicting which way to chose, through the use of the path. With color in this image, I wanted to make the girl stand out more to show her importance in the photo, giving the story of her new journey in life and the choices she must make, whether good or bad. As for the backgrounds, I made them opaque to give the future aspect of the theme an unclear feeling.

technology overload

With this montage, I wanted to bring in the theme of our world becoming dependent on technology, instead of books and text. To portray this, I photographed the main scene of the books to bring a dominant feeling of the importance of books. The faint images of the computer, computer mouse, and cell phone all mock the literature in the background, giving a feeling that the technology is "taking over." I chose to incorporate the dictionary terms of "technology" and "information" not only to add emphasis to the picture itself, but to the meaning as well. The strong colors of the books gives the montage a strong belief in the literature system and its importance to the world for learning.