Aspiration

These are types of photos I aspire to shoot like:














This one, on account of it shows his personality and part of who he is... a hobo-type man who may not be religious, but he is spiritual...

Aside from his geee-ORGEOUS eyes, I like this photo because of the light that's hitting his face. I like how the left side of his face blends into the darkness, and he's wearing a black shirt, so it looks like all there is, is his head and neck that are chopped off. His hair blends with the blackness, and I like the way the dark makes his face POP :P

I love how this shows his pouty face... almost. It's cute. No, I didn't just say that... this little boy being cute is not the only reason I like this photo. I like how it shows a "relationship" with his teddy bear. I also love the background. It doesn't take away from the subject, and I also like the color green. Tis' a happy color :)))

This is an example that I don't like as much. I don't like the background. The man sitting in the chair is very distracting from the message this photo is TRYING to relay.

I LOVE ROMANCE! I wish I could have a relatioship like this one... tear tear. Anyway, I don't really like this photo because it's too dark. It looks... musty... and the light spot in the right corner draws attention away from the picture.

CIRCUS FREAK!!!! Scary!!!! (shows personality)

This is the most stupid stupid stupid STUPID photo in the ENTIRE world. This would be my grandma, and I didn't take her into very good light when I shot this photo, so it's very very VERY gray. I hate this photo I hate this photo I hate this photo. Stupid stupid stupid stupid! UGH!!!! This is so dumb. Stupid grandma.

high key/low key

I bracketed and found it very useful, but very time consuming. It was worth it, though. I can't wait until I can see what I want/need within a few frames, then choose instead of making 20 frames and picking one in the middle grey... depending on what I shoot :) Some of these pictures are grey, but I tried making them the best I could. My favorite photo is the handcuffs (my brother's King Kong handcuffs ;) I like shooting low key more than I like shooting high key, but I think high key is easier to shoot. I like low key because the way the detail is shown in the blacks and the highlights don't dominate. High key is easier for me because the detail in it is already there, and you don't really have to define it. Over all, I really liked this assignment.

test assignment blog post

I like this because white ring on the white paper is high key, but it has a little black on the paper. I like the way the white ring hits each black letter it crosses.

Pot

This is a pot. This photo was taken with horrible exposure. It was very grey, and I had to try to save it, which you should never do by the way. I did the best I could to make it look better :)))

Colored Pencils

this would look better in color... hence colored pencils :)))

Burn and dodge

This is an example of burning and dodging. I burned the snow that was distracting from the center of the image to make it darker, because the lighter areas of pictures tend to attract the eye. And I dodged the posts to make the lighter, because most of them were vert dark.

Feathered

Hard Edge