Connecting Essay - Jasper Doest

In this photo Doest has shot a picture of a bird spreading its wings and in its natural habitat, enough room has been left in the picture to see this. Doest has blurred the birds wing to display movement to display the birds actions. This photo tells the micro story of a bird, and in Doest's portfolio, this micro story is built as you watch the birds flee. The bird has been made very sharp against the dark background, the birds bright white colour stands out against the dullness. The bird is also made to stand out against the other birds by keeping them in a dark colour also. This technique shows who the main character of this story is.

In this picture I have taken a picture of a lizard and duplicated the layer in editing, and then made that layers opacity low as this provides a sense of movement to the consumers of this photo. I think this shows fast movement in particular as everything becomes fuzzy as you watch. The colour of the animal is bright green and slightly stands out against the brow backgrunds. This photo tells the micro story of a lizard and its daily going's on. The use of leaving the background in the picture displays the animals natural habitat and builds on the animals story by creating a setting for its narrative.







Both pictures connect because they both contain animals which have both been blurred to convey movement, also both animals have been given a realistic setting. I guess that Doest's photo is actually in the wild, however mine was taken in a zoo.