picture essay

Jeffrey Louissaint
Analysis
Mr. Meek
October 6, 2008

This is a picture of Jacoby Ellsbury . A twenty five year old major league baseball player. In this picture you can tell that he plays for the Boston Red Sox and his number is 46. There are three parts of analyzing a picture which are objective detail, commentary, and element. First off you can tell that Jacoby Ellsbury is playing in a world series game because he has the world series logo patched on his arm. Another objective detail is that his baseball hamlet has a Boston B on it, which stands for the Boston Red Sox. The picture is framing around him, and everything else is blurred out. This shows that he focus and ready for the next pitch.
The commentary of this picture would be that Jacoby Ellsbury is focused on hitting the ball. Another commentary analysis is that it shows how focused Ellsbury is when he’s up at the plate. The picture could be being showing that this is a big play for Jocaby Ellsbury and how he focused on scoring or making a major play in the game. Element is other part of analyzing a picture. The framing in this picture is around Jacoby Ellsbury. Everything in the background is blurred out and your unable to see the background. The lighting in the picture is over Ellsbury. You can tell that the light is over Ellsbury because his uniform is bright and there’s a close up on him. There’s a lot of things that make up the element aspect of analysis. For example lighting, framing, and content. The content in this picture is the Jacoby Ellsbury named is outlined.