Still Life

Still lifes to me are a play with light and shadow and seeing how they work together. When I did this assignment, having a good light was very important to me. In these 3 images, I used sunlight as my source and started to play with how the shadows became blocks of objects itself. As I brought these images to light room, I realized how powerful sunlight can be and the images I took were very white. I edit them and changed the white balance and for some reason, they all had a blu-ish tint that I really liked.

Abstract Architecture Prints

Abstract Space

For this assignment, we were told to find abstract-ness in the space around us. We focused more on buildings however, I did saw other things that would make great abstract space like tree branches and water waves. I saw the buildings as shapes and blocks and if I were to take a picture of just a piece of it, it wouldn't make sense what it could be, thus the abstractness. I think this assignment focused more on seeing what isn't there. For example, we know that the building is a building yet we have to make it look abstract. So we have to take some part of it that wouldn't make sense if seen alone however, if we knew which building it was from or have seen it, then we immediately recognize it.

ISO (exposure)

Still Life

Rubens, Head of Medusa

John Scott Hall

Kenro Izu

Rubens is by far one of my favorite artists of the baroque period and Medusa is my favorite mythical creature. Ruben painted her head being cut off by David (I think) and for some reason, it looks like a still life to me because of how the snakes are moving in their last moments of life. This also depicts Medusa's last moment of life, her eyes wide open as if death was unexpected. The second still life I chose by John Hall reminded me of a picture I was see in a perfect home catalog. I like how he adds the painting of a still life in the dead center as it suggesting it is the focal point. The colors are amazing and mirror the painting in  a way. The last still life I chose by Kenro Izu seemed familiar in a way I can't seem to remember besides knowing that I like it. The curves on the stem of the flower seem to mimic the curves of a human body or the strand of a DNA. I thought it was interesting that it's taken in grey scale because if it was in color, it wouldn't have the same effect.

Day in the life- Journey

Seasons B

Seasons A

Winter

Spring

Fall

Summer

With this assignment, we were required to take pictures that represent the four seasons. Of course, winter was the best season since it was winter! My first approach was to take close ups of colors that might suggest the season like autumn and the color of leaves however the color didn't show up too well. My most challenging season was spring because I could only think of rain and flowers.

White balance

It's so weird how much white balance can change a picture because I can't physically see white in the world. I mean, I can see dark and light or when the cloud forms and covers the sun but here, the white balance is actually changing the color of the snow which is white itself! The leaves of the plant seem greener in the third picture down an the snow seems bluer in the first!

A tune in your head

 

I thought these three images visually connect with one another in that they all seem to let the viewer look through a mirror. Honestly, I'm not a fan of mirrors but I thought it would be interesting to see myself taking a picture of myself. In the first image, my physical self is noticeable because I am in front of the mirror head-on. In the second image, I am very hard to see because of the reflection of the mirror and window of the car. It's one of my favorite because I'm kind of invisible even though I'm there. And the last image consists of me holding my glasses in front of the mirror. I like the glare I get from the flash and the fact that the view is me looking through a glass. The concept of these three images is being able to see the reflection of yourself through the camera and mirror. Cameras are made for one person, the photographer to take pictures of the outside. Yet, when putting a camera in front of a mirror, you're taking a picture of yourself and perceive it in the way you want it to look.