For each of these photos, I used the widest focal length available on my Canon Rebel T3i. Unfortunately, because the camera isn't mirrorless, the 18-55mm lens I had turned into more of a 30-88mm focal length. Regardless, I still felt the impact a wide angle can have when illustrating a story. I wanted to illustrate something huge for this assignment; something worthy of a wide focal length. I chose to shoot the skeleton of the new student housing that's being built near the Brown and Science buildings. Using the wide focal length, I wanted to show the contrast between the current on-campus student housing's size and the new proposed housing currently in construction. Capturing the top of the crane really helped further the idea that this new student housing truly will be "bigger and better".
In the earlier photos in the series, I tried to include the older student housing in the frame, to better show the contrast. I attempted more of a silhouetted feel in the first two photos, which admittedly was more of a personal preference. The sunset was gorgeous and I felt the colors of the sunset highlighting a silhouetted construction site would especially help the photos stand out.
The third photo I captured to show that something new and exciting was happening in an otherwise bland area. (No offense, St. George.) In editing these photos, I brought the clarity and contrast up, as well as cooling down the temperature. It was tough getting used to having an extremely limited depth of field to work with. I attempted some depth of field shots earlier in my series, but they came out looking terrible, so I decided to cut them. In the end, just showing the massive scale of the story was the best route to follow when using such a wide and all-encompassing focal length.
The fourth photo I included wasn't shot at a wide focal length, but I decided to include it simply because of its aesthetic value. In layman's terms, it's purty.
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