Public Square
Public Square offers an unbelievable location for photographers to come and shoot their photographs. As a photographer, Natalie did not view the site as a cluster of busy streets at the center of Cleveland, but as a site where many elements of art exist within every building and street. She pointed her camera in the direction of patterns, shapes, lines, and space in the location. Since some of her images utilized perspective, Natalie often set her camera to have a large depth of field in order to show the details in the foreground, middle ground, and background. Taking pictures of an urban area allowed the artists to encapsulate the geometric lines and shapes of the environment. Also, she understood the importance of the main focus in a picture, so she always tried to make the subject recognizable. In two of her photographs, Natalie attempted to experiment with blur by using different techniques to make the subject fairly clear, but the surrounding parts blurry. In addition, Natalie wanted the viewers to perceive the activity of the city and the antiquated view of Public Square. These images did not require an excessive amount of editing since the light aided the images. She felt that each photograph resulted with a different coloration. For example, some of the images appeared more dull while others looked vibrant and saturated. All in all, Natalie wanted to make the photographs each striking and different from one another.