Photo1Q3.19: Idioms, Literally Literal

My winter assignment was pretty even in what concepts I did literal and what concepts I decided to approach more creatively. 60% creative and 40% literal. What I noticed though, was that some of the more sincere and meaningful topics to me were the ones that received a figurative approach, while the more specific and obvious topics (ex: "A celebration") were literal.

When I first saw the idioms video, I was dumbfounded by how hidden some of the idioms could be. There were some that were ridiculously obvious, but at the same time, some needed review. Some were indeed familiar and were idioms that I might find myself using every so often, while some were idioms that I've never heard of.



For the group part of this project, I worked with Noah Maldonaldo. It was pretty familiar, as I've worked with him on various projects in photography often.

Individuals below:




Idioms were, in the respective order:
Time flies when you're having fun
Under the weather
Think outside the box
Broken time

For the "under the weather" idiom, it means to be sick. The weather part was easy to capture, though ideally, we would've wanted a pretty clear contrast with the clouds and the sky. Weather was good that day, which is great for us people, but not so great for the photograph. To stretch the idea across, we used a tissue.

For the "Think outside the box" idiom, it means to be creative and think beyond the usual spectrum that the average person would think within. Thinking is often associated with school, and thus, students, so I attempted to use those visual clues to make the concept a little more obvious (pencils, eraser, tape, sharpener, etc.) Though, the actual "think outside the box" idea could've been executed better. Perhaps placement of the paper being literally outside the box, or scrapping this concept and going for a better representation of the concept would've been superior.