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