The strongest technical aspect of my work is when I was able to show the different shades in my photogram. For example, to get the color black you have to leave that space uncovered so the light directly hits the photo paper. To get the color white you have you block the light with an object on the photo paper (ex. the keys and the letters). To get a shade of gray, you have to cover the photo paper, but whatever you cover it with, the light has to be able to come through a little bit. The technical aspect that can be improved on is that I could try and make the contents of the photogram more centered.
The easiest part about this art activity was the symmetrical photogram. For that photogram, it was easier to pick out object that I wanted to use than it was for the magazine photogram and the landscape photogram. The most difficult part of this art activity was getting the magazine photogram to come out with white in it. First, I just had the magazine page all by itself. Then I tried putting one key and one button on the magazine. I learned that in art, three is the magic number. So I tried the three keys and the three buttons to get white to show on the photo paper. It did not work right away because the easel was not completely down, so light was able to seep under the easel, giving the photo paper a grayish color instead of white.
I demonstrated the objective in this art activity by using solid objects to block the light to show white on the photo paper. I used tissue paper to somewhat block the light to get a share of gray on the photo paper. And I left negative space open to the light so I could show black on the photo paper. If I could do this art activity again, I would try to make my photo more centered. I might try to make a different landscape that would be more challenging to create. And I might pick a different magazine page where I could cut out the main focus in the picture instead of having the whole magazine page be the photogram.
