April 2010
3 posts
Project 4-The Trace: Post-Critique
I was happy with the way my photographs were viewed. The feedback I received was good for the most part, but there are definitely some things that I would change if I had the opportunity to go back and re-shoot. Although all of my photos shared a common theme, distortion of reality, there wasn’t much else involved to connect them as a series. So, as a group they did fit together, but...
Project 4-The Trace: Inspiration and Ideas
When we were first assigned this project, “the trace,” the first things that came to mind were shadows and reflections. It was a pretty basic idea of the trace. Just some sort of sign that something was left behind. I took lots of pictures of trees casting their shadows against different surfaces or reflecting off of some sort of watery surface. What was I getting at with these...
March 2010
12 posts
Project 3-In Limbo: Post Critique
After hearing my photos criticized I now have new ideas about what I should have done differently when photographing and what was generally liked. The angles I shot from (the ground, below the subject, and from up above) were interesting ways to capture things, especially when they were in movement. What I found to be the case was the pictures that were shot from a low angle tended to capture...
Project 3-In Limbo: Inspirations and Ideas
For our third project we were assigned to capture motion. We could convey this motion in many different ways; shadows, expressions, actions, etc. I first just simply thought about ways in which I could capture people while they were in action. I took pictures of my friend dancing around with her scarf twirling and blowing in the wind. From my window, I took pictures of people biking and...
http://www.noise-to-signal.com/
This color and shadow in this picture are what make it so interesting.
http://www.usefilm.com/images/4/5/8/1/4581/1172781-medium.jpg
I really like this point-of-view shot it makes a great perspective. The tones and contrast are perfect. The shadow also adds a lot to the picture.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/image_galleries/stephen_wright_street_photography_gallery.shtml
This is another photograph by Stephen Wright. I like the contrast between the spiral floor tiles and the striped doggy sweater, it allows your eyes to move across the entire frame. The cropping of the photo is interesting also, it emphasizes the dog even though it is dramatically smaller...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/images/2008/11/26/stephen_wright_01_470x394.jpg
This photo by Stephen Wright is interesting. The way in which the people are creating a perfect diagonal line allows the picture to be divided into angles. The dreary sky and the fact that all three of the people are using umbrellas also add to the picture. It almost seems set-up.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2588165343_2ae8ba35da.jpg
The photographer of this picture is unknown. I found it on Flickr. This photo is strange, the runner’s guarded face and buckled legs makes it appear as if he is horrified by something, probably the man with the umbrella. The umbrella man’s casualness complicates the situation though. It adds mystery to the picture. I...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2077999611_15b70e4ea0.jpg
This photograph was taken by Daniel A. Norman in Brooklyn, New York. What is most interesting about Norman’s photography is that he not only captures people in action, but he incorporates his surroundings into his pictures—allowing them to cast shadows that shift and change as the sun rises or falls. In my photos I hope...
Project 2-Creativity: Post Critique
After hearing my photographs get critiqued by my fellow peers, I now feel like I have a better sense of what portrays curiosity more specifically. My pictures all evoked the emotion on the surface. I captured curiosity in a basic way… I photographed things that I found interesting. After hearing the class’s thoughts though I wish I would have tried to play around with other aspects...
Project 2-Creativity: Inspiration and Ideas
When I first received curiosity as my emotion I was really excited to start shooting. When I actually took my camera out though… I had trouble finding things to take pictures of. When I thought of curiosity I immediately thought of bright colors, animals, and children. Unfortunately I had a hard time finding those things around campus. As I mulled over ideas I came to the conclusion that...
February 2010
16 posts
This photo taken by Julia Fullerton-Batten appears exteremely awkward. She places her subjects in surrealistic situations and blows them out-of-scale to make them seem like they are incredibly out of place. She plays up this strangeness by placing them in all different kinds of situations. In some of her photographs her subjects appear to be doing ordinary everyday things in normal...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/322052492_c728e66f9e_o.jpg
I found this photograph on flickr, the artist is unknown. I’m not sure if the circus character photographed in the picture is actually as large as he/she seems, but the angle at which the picture was taken makes her/him appear unreal and gigantic. The background shows what seems to be a modern-day city scene, so the...
http://www.3ayak.org/imaj/schizophrenia13/galleryii-1.jpg
This photograph by David Helsham I found particularly interesting. The bright colors and blurry focus make the photo appear to be a sort of hallucination. It freezes a moment in time which makes the viewer yearn for more, what happens next? The blurry visibility in the picture also adds a sense of curiosity. Since the picture is not...
http://photo.box.sk/techn.php3?id=208
This photograph was taken by Tokihiro Sato. Tokihiro Sato uses long exposure to capture light in a very interesting way. His photos show strange particles of light dispersed throughout landscapes, cityscapes and deserted houses. The way the light is captured seems impossible. This sense of impossibility makes me curious.
http://wallpapers.pixxp.com/15__Deep_Sea_3D_-_Curiosity_of_the_dolphin.htm
This photograph of a dolphin by an unknown artist portrays curiosoty in the most obvious way, but for some reason I still really like it. I was drawn to the picture because of the deep blue color, and the angle in which the dolphin is photographed. It appears as if the dolphin is staring straight at the viewer, which...
http://alisonbrady.com/index.html
Alison Brady’s photographs captured my interest because of their bizareness. Most of the pictures convey contrasting emotions which mixed together inspire curiosity, the emotion i strive to portray in my own pictures. Brady’s photos fall more along the lines of fear and disgust, but I think that curiosity sort of goes hand in hand with these...
Emotion: Curiosity
Curiosity: The disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. Curiosity inspires the eye; it is what makes a photo worth looking at. People are drawn to things that catch their eye, they continue to look because they are curious about what the frame captures and curious about what may lie...
Project 1-Up Close: Post-Critique
After hearing my photographs get critiqued by the class and seeing some of my classmates photographs I think I now have a better idea of how to take a good picture. My classmates have inspired to me try using lots of different methods when shooting an object. I think my photographs lacked good technique, they were visually pretty but not that interesting. My next project I want to work on...
Project 1-Up Close: Ideas and Inspiration
Since this is really the first time I’ve ever attempted photographing anything remotely interesting, I was completely clueless when I started shooting. The very first photographs I took were of the sink in my room. I shot it continuously so I was able to capture a drop of water falling through the air from the faucet. I was immediately excited and inspired by the result. Unfortunately,...
I found this photo on a random blog, the photographers name is unknown. It is interesting to see how doing simple things like alternating the angle that you shoot with can make such a drastic difference in a photo. This picture is of a girl with her legs on the deck of a swimming pool while she is laying back into the water. The rotation of the photo makes it appear like the pool is a wall...
http://www.davidhilliard.com/0803.html
I really liked David Hilliard’s panoramic photographs. Whats interesting is that if each picture is separated from the rest it is still successful as a composition. Each photo does not rely on the other ones to be intriguing. The separate panels have separate focal points and focal planes. That being said though, they all go together really...
http://www.barryunderwood.com/
Barry Underwood’s photographs are inspiring not only because they show different ways you can play around with shutter speed, but also because he manages to portray man-made light with an almost eerie naturalness within the landscapes.
Art 117
http://www.catherinechalmers.com/american_cockroach_boise.cfm
I like Catherine Chalmers’ photos because she photographs things that are usually considered disgusting and makes them beautiful. The way she plays around with frequently neglected closeness and percieved distance inspires me. I also like the vibrant colors in this photo.
Art 117
http://keithtaylorphoto.com/portfolios.html
I especially enjoyed this photo of a toadstool by Keith Taylor because he photographed the object from an angle that made it appear huge relative to it’s surroundings, even though a toadstool is tiny. This inspired me to play around with the relative size perception in my photos.
Art 117
http://www.suecrockford.com/artists/images.asp?aid=15&img=Purple-2003.jpg&url=Purple-2003
This close-up of a flower by Boyd Webb highlights parts of the flower that your eye is not usually immediately drawn to. Instead of directly focusing on the petals like I would usually do if looking at a flower normally, my eyes focused on the stigma in the middle which is much smaller but in this...