
Brothers can be defined as a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents. Brothers and siblings in general hold much more significance than this definition. In the picture portfolio, created by Katie Allgor, you can see slides of photos that show the significance of having siblings and the impact they create. The portfolio is called “Brothers” which is pretty self-explanatory, it goes through the slides showing the positives and negatives of having brothers. The last slide projects an overall message of with all the goods and bad with siblings there is no way else we would have them. 

The coloring in the pictures throughout the slides are all the same: very colorful, with a plain white background. The coloring in the photos express the emotions and message conveyed. While the plain background shows how through all the different positive and negatives they are all contributing to the same person. The meaning of the color white is usually associated with purity, innocence, wholeness, and completion. This portfolio definitely represents wholeness and completion. Without all the slides to show how brothers really are it would not create a complete picture and an overall message.

Looking throughout the slides it’s also very obvious that the amount of pictures are varied. On pages 3,4, and 7 it shows only 3 pictures on the slides. On slides 4 and 5 there is only 2 pictures. And on slides 6 and 8 there is an abundance of photos. On the slides with only 2 pictures the slides are described by words like “friendly” and “angry”. There are less pictures in these slides because these two emotions usually balance each other out and all siblings are usually constantly either friendly or angry. The slides with 3 pictures are described by words like “weird”, “hungry”, and “unique”. These slides have less pictures because not everyone has siblings that fit under these descriptions. Lastly an abundance of photos are on slides whose descriptions include “huggable” and “wouldn’t have them any other way”. These photos are more abundant because they are more significant and relate to a larger group of people with siblings. Most people with siblings can agree that they love their siblings despite their unique qualities. 

This portfolio is also very random in the listing of the qualities that brothers bring. This can be directly related to the randomness chaos brothers are said to bring in everyday life. Life the amount of pictures the pictures positioning is very similar. The slides with 2 or 3 pictures on them show the pictures all lined up next to each other usually around the same size showing equality. Whereas, the 2 slides with the abundance of pictures are all over the place and look like more of a collage. These 2 slides again show the unorganized chaos of having brothers.

Facial Expression is also a big part of the photos throughout the slides. In slide 1, captioned “Weird”, 2 of the 3 pictures show the boys in the image looking directly at the camera. This shows they know they are being weird and continue to do so knowing the moment is becoming recorded. The 3rd slide, captioned “Always Hungry”, shows the same sort of facial expressions. The boy in the 3 pictures is always smiling or making funny faces while eating and looking directly at the camera. Slide 4, captioned “Sometimes Angry”, shows both boys angrily looking directly at the camera. This again shows they know the moment was captured and decided to look that way on purpose. Slide 5, captioned “Friendly”, shows both boys smiling and looking directly at the camera again while doing some type of gesture. Slide 6, captioned “Huggable”, differs from majority of the other slides. Slide 6 Shows 4 out of 5 photos where the subjects in the photos are not looking directly at the camera. They are not looking directly at the camera because they are more “in-the-moment” pictures and reflect a true sibling relationship.

Overall after viewing this photo portfolio anyone could truly see the whole picture. Brothers bring lots of unique qualities and unorganized chaos as well as lots of good moments and qualities as well. The overall conveying message shows we love our siblings for all these qualities and flaws.
