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Angie


 * __Things/techniques that i find visually appealing__

- I find things that are unique and original but at the same time tastefully done to be visually appealing. I appreciate a wide variety of medias and art styles, as long as it isnt boring to look at and interesting enough to captivate and inspire me. I especially like images that doesn't just conform to the norm, but rather ones that makes a statement and stands out in a good way. The techniques that i find visually appealing are the ones that's really creative and not used very often so it has this mystery around it.


 * __Things that influence my perspective__

- Some things that influences my perspective are my experiences, emotions, knowledge, and the society in which i live in. These influences helps form what i perceive as normal and whats not, what I feel and see in an image.


 * __Particular image that sticks in my mind__

- A particular image that sticks in my head is the one of two little girls asleep in broad daylight next to an old man who is begging for money, with what looks like a yellowish liquid in milk bottles beside them. It is memorable because as much as I truly want to help these girl who are constantly being fed sleeping drugs through the milkbottle just so the old beggar can make more money off sympathatetic onlookers, its just too difficult to do so.


 * __What i hope to learn/understand/experience in this course__

- I hope to learn about ways of taking more professional looking pictures, and how to properly use a camera and its many functions. I also would like to experience the process of making art using photographic properties.

This image jumps out at me because I was born in a city in China where there used to be so many lakes and rivers, but is drying up now from human destruction, pollution, etc. The fisherman at the left upper corner can be seen trying to scavenge any scrap that they can sell to make a living really saddens me to see becauuse it shows the unfortuante reality that many who rely on the fisheries would have to face, and this really captivates me and inspire me to think of a solution to this disaster.
 * __Striking Image__

Wow. Thanks for your personal insight into this photo. 15/15