Portrait

I chose this photo because I thought that it was cool way to use our own cameras as props. I also like how the focus is on her and even though it is centered, the rail on the left shows curving. It kind of looks like the picture is curving. The rings in this picture also adds to some of the things that could catch someone's eyes while looking at this picture. When taking this picture, we wanted to get the illusion of both of us taking a picture of us taking a picture.

Selfie

I think that this is a good selfie because of the way that we put the camera. It is tilted and has more of an angle to it. I also like how our whole bodies aren't in the picture. There is different parts of our bodies expressed in this photo. When taking this picture we didn't want it to be just a straight forward selfie with the camera straight and both of us making the same smiling face. We are both making a different face and viewed at an angle. 

Portrait Techniques

Playing with eye contact - I like this technique because it adds its own style. This way of taking pictures shows that when you take a picture of someone else or yourself, it doesn't have to be absolutely perfect. It doesn't really have to be planned out. It could also capture someone's emotions or different connections. I would like to work with this because I want to have a different variety of pictures. 

Take a series of shots - This technique makes me think about all of the things that I could capture that were very unexpected. There could be multiple fun photos in one small period of time. It would also be cool to do an action shot so you could all of what they are doing. 

Hold your camera on an angle - I think that this technique would be fun to experiment with. When taking pictures you could really capture different things in the photo that don't usually stand out. You could use it as something that could get a different views of the subject. 

Experiment with subject expressions - This technique could be difficult in some way. But taking these pictures while illustrating peoples expressions could make the viewer really feel the subjects feelings. Many people seem to kind of close up, but if you can just see their faces there is something that always gives away what they are feeling. 

Famous Portraits

Dorothy Horan, best known as dovima, with elefants (1955) Richard Avedon

I chose this photograph by Richard Avedon because I like elephants and I like how he positioned the women to look more graceful. She is more in the middle and not looking straight at the camera. Richard seems to take a lot of photos that have the peoples facial expression illustrate their emotion. In this photo you can't really see her expression but I think that the mood is kind of light and flowing. 

John F Kennedy (1953) Arnold Newman

I chose this photo by Arnold Newman because I like how John F. Kennedy is not in the middle. He is positioned off to the side and the camera is turned more up so you can see more of the building. It really captures the beauty of the building as well. In a way it frames/makes a tunnel from the angle. Arnold has a style where most of the people in his photos are not centered. They really have their own unique way of who they are.

Yoko Ono Annie Leibovitz

This photo caught my eye because at first I couldn't see the person. I had to look really close to see the figure in front of the tree. I like how it is simple but also different. Annie's pictures capture their different sense of style. 

History of Photography

I learned about how the first digital camera was invented and how long it really took. I thought it was interesting that it took about 23 seconds to fully complete the process of taking a picture and having it saved to the memory card. I also learned about how Jill Corson made her pictures her own and expressed her unique style. She made a camera lens with it’s own filter that included glass and mirror. Her photography is more mystical than scientific. Another thing I learned was how the tintype photos were photographed. They were on a metal surface and they would appear as a positive image when put on a dark background.

Shadow

When taking this photo I wanted to view the shadow of the cross from a different angle. I also wanted to show the cool pattern that adds to the photo. The ends of the cross add to the shape of the shadow and makes it different. The fact that not the whole shadow or cross is showing illustrates its features and the close up shows the detail.

Never Give Up

Purpose:

• To strengthen your creative problem-solving skills so that you are looking at things in a different way;
• To find letters of the alphabet in everyday objects to create a word;
• To become familiar with basic photoshop tools.

I learned many things during this project. For example, I learned how to look at things at a different perspective. When looking for letters you really have to be creative and go out of the box and stay away from the common used objects. Secondly, some of the letters were hard to find. You really have to search and even if you don't think it's the best, take a picture of it because it is good to get a variety. Also you never know if others can read it clearly. Lastly, I learned how to use photoshop. I can use all of the tools to edit and crop all of the photos to make it look better. All of these examples are important to my learning because if I want to be a better photographer it is god to have practice in all areas of photography. I want to be able to look at things from a different perspective and know how to use photoshop.