Assignment 8:Studio lighting

This image is unique because it has the lighting coming from the side keeping the background dark and adding shadows to the subject while keeping its face light.

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This image is unique because they used the studio lighting to create an outline of the subject keeping everything else dark.

This image is different than some studio lighting pictures because you can see the reflection of the lights off to the sides of the main subject which also has a dark background.


This studio lighting picture is unique because unlike the others this one has a background that goes from dark to light and you can see the texture of the background. Also the lighting on the subject is different because the light slowly falls out to one side.


This image is unique because the background is dark the subject is really close up and focused and the light is coming from the side fairly close because the light begins to fade on the far side of the flower.

Assignment 2-My Choice Roll: Cale Elementary

I liked how my pictures from Cale turned out. I tried to use different good qualities like leading lines or haveing a persons head and shoulders above the horizon. I also like my action and motion blur pictures. One that I printed has a boy with motion blur as the center of intrest with other kids running towards me in the background. My second picture I really like, there was a little girl with crutches and she was sitting on the stairs of the stage and in the picture you can see in the background the other kids running. I think my printing is an 8 because I did a littke dodging and burning but on one I probably could have gotten better contrast if I'd used a filter.

Assignment 7:Ambiguous Portraits

This portrait doesn't look posed because they aren't looking or seem to be aware of the camera and it is just a normally walk down the street.

This picture doesn't look posed because the baby is totally focused on the puppies and the picture is just capturing that as a really good portrati even though the baby isn't looking at the camera.

This picture looks realistic because it just looks like the family is on a walk and even though the kid is looking at the camera it still doesn't look posed.

This portrait doesn't look posed because neither one is paying attention to the camera and it just looks like the photographer captured a really cute moment.

This picture doesn't look posed because it just looks like the man is walking down the road in his own thoughts not even thinking about the camera.

My portraits


In the first picture the negative space gives light behind the subject and frames him. I like that I have the one person and then the other one framed on the other side of the door. In this second picture the negative space around the subject isn't very simple but adds to the Thanksgiving feeling of the picture because of all the food things for preparation. Both of these portraits look real because in both the subjects are obsorbed in what they are doing and not paying attention to me at all.

Assignment 5:My Carter's Mountain Roll

 
I like my subjects in the carter's mountainh roll especially of the one with the pumpkins and the mother with her child in the background. The one with the pupmkins doesn't have as strong of a center of intrest as the one with all the people with the mountains as the background. I also like my layers in both of the ones that I printed. I think my printing efforts were an 8 because I dodged and burned with both of my prints to try and stay focused on the main subjects, but I think I should have dodged a little more on the kid and mother so that the eye is drawn there first not the light area behind them.

Assignment 4:Positive Polaroid 'lift-off" prints

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I think that for this process darker pictures would work better because the "lift-off " is so thin that if it is a really light picture you won't be able to see it very well, especially if you put it on glass. All characterisitcis of a good picture should still apply evenm if it is simple. My prints turned out really light so it is hard to see them, but I like my subjects in both.

Assignment 3:Sepia Prints

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For my sepia prints my ideas were to take photos of animals and fall things because it would go well with sepia toning. I like how my pictures turned out, especially the one with Cassius playing in the leaves, I like how the leaves go with the sepia because they are dead leaves and usually look somewhat like sepia. I think that a good sepia print should have all the same interesting characteristics of a black and white one but should have more grays so that you can tone it easier. I think it would also look cool if you had a sepia background with the subject as a silhouette like the windmill one at the top.

Assignment 1: 5 Photographs that stand out

This image by Steve McCurry stands out to me because it is very well taken and you are immediatly drawn to her eyes. First the womans face is framed by her shawl and second the photographer did a good job making sure her eyes stood out and were the focus of the picture.


This photo by Jos Mcnally stands out because it is a portrait but most portraits just have the person. This portrait is in an unusual place but has a great sunset in the background. This portrait has many layers, a great background, and good lighting.

This picture by Joe Buissink is another good portrait. There is an intresting backgroun that adds to the picture and the point of view adds a different element. The point of view isn't just straight o like some portraits, in this one the photographer is looking up at her. There is light coming from behind the bride keeping the focus on her.


This image by Steve McCurry is a great photo even though there isn't a lot going on. I like that the two people are framed by a car window and that clearly the boy is the center of intrest. He is framednot only by the window but also by the one holding him. Also the rain on the car windows adds a different look making the picture stand out to me.
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This image by Edward Curtis stands out to me because it captures the aspects of these peopls culture and it frames the people. The people are well framed by the two statues which represent part of their culture .