What Makes Us Look

This article is very relevant to what we are doing in class.  The author suggests that designers take advantage of man's ability to comprehend and interpret the visual information we perceive.  A good design should allow the viewer to interpret it based on their cultural and personal understanding.  Bloomer talks about different ways to grab a person's visual attention and keep it for long enough to deliver your message.  These strategies are relevant to the photo project because we are trying to create series of photos that tell a story.  We must, therefore, create a series that keeps a viewer's attention long enough for them to understand the story.  Bloomer goes on to discuss how we can use different design principles to engage the viewer.  She suggests that we use figure ground ambiguity, closure, continuity, color, movement and new perspectives on familiar things to interest the viewer.  All of these ideas can be used to make our seasons photos more interesting and engaging.  This will help make our story more clear to the viewer because they will pay attention to it long enough to figure it out.