Mix n' Match

These first two photographs are very similar, I took one of my photographs, then overlapped them on top of a pattern. My third photograph, is somewhat odd, but also very interesting. I took one of my self portraits and overlapped it with a sunflower; my favorite flower.

Photo of the Week- Jumping

I posted 2 photos for "photo" of the week, because the gum boot jump is very little, so I thought I'd post one that showed a bigger jump.

Jeff Wall Remake

In my remakes I wanted to add a subtle difference. I used the same "pose", but rather than oranges I used grapefruits. Some of the angles, and shadows are off, but I believe both of the photographs reflect a similar emotion. In the second remake instead of doing a direct remake, I wanted to take a photograph that was taken more from "inspiration" from a painting, rather than a "remake". Though they are very similiar, I wouldn't call it a remake, because there are so many differences between the two images.

Abstract and Color Photography

This photograph is a great example of using the same color throughout the photograph to create interest. It also provides an example of an absract photograph. I then rocked the water bottle back and forth as I took the photograph, which resulted in it looking almost like a rose.

I love the use of color in this photograph. it really makes you wonder what created this color. What I did was melt crayon wax in a cooking pan, and the result was this!

The three repeating colors throughout these photographs unifies them as a group.

Self Portrait

In these portraits, though I took them myself, I made an effort to not make it obvious that I was in fact holding the camera while I posed. I think keeping my arms well out of the portrait made it look more than just a self portrait. Though I tried a few photographs with the automatic timer, I found that holding the camera while posing turned out to give better photographs.

Elements of Composition - The Forgotten

These photographs all demonstrate the basic elements of photographay; shape, pattern, texture, light, perspective, and line.

-Perspective

-Texture

-Line-

-Pattern

the pattern in this photograph is not obvious but if you look closely you can see repeating textures, and shapes. -Light

- Shape

Square, Circles

The Golden Rule

What's the Golden Rule to photography? The Rule of Thirds is what it's called. This rule is a guideline in capturing a pleasing photograph. The rule of thirds looks like a large tic-tac-toe grid, and where each two lines intersect is called a power point, this is where a subject is most pleasing in a photograph. Though this is called the Golden Rule, inferring that to make a good photograph you must follow this rule, in times I disagree, besides rules are made to be broken, but in this post I will demonstrate the importance of the Rule of Thirds. In all these photographs, each bell, or christmas ornament intersect a power point, and in doing this create a interesting, and pleasing photograph. Rather than placing this street sign in the middle of the photograph, placing it on one of the vertical "tic-tac-toe" lines it gives a much more interesting, and contrasting photograph.

Aligning Emily's eye with a power point, rather than placing her in the middle, it proves to give great lighting, and makes it a tasteful photograph. Taking a far away photograph of Emily and centering one of her eyes on top of one of the power points, it again gives a totally different look.

When taking this photograph I followed the playing, aligning him with the left vertical line, as he moved right.