While doing the framing assignment, a main focus of mine was comparing what a particular subject looked like when the frame was close to it versus when it was farther away. It was weird imitating the actions of what an iPhone camera would do but with a self-made frame. There was no “automatic zoom” and it felt like using an old camera even though it was only a little piece of cardboard I created. I remember we did this same assignment in our making media class, and I experienced the same things the second time around as I did the first time. I carried out the assignment in the library and people were staring at me and wondering what I was doing walking around looking through a cardboard frame. It is crazy how no one takes a second look at you when you are walking around with your phone in front of your face framing things to take a good picture but when using a legitimate frame, everyone wonders what in the world you are doing. This assignment made me feel as people probably did years ago before fancy cameras were invented.
