Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Reflections of First Semester





 TOP 5 PHOTOS





Reflection Writing:
Some photographers that I've found and appreciated are David La Chapelle, Garry Winograd, and Susan Rosenberg Jones. All three I've taken a lot of interest in. I love the individuality all three have in their photos, especially David La Chapelle. He also really helped with assignments that had to do with color. I've definitely gotten better at incorporating elements and principles of photography into my work, which is ultimately going to improve my photos a lot. I've gained skills on how to give emphasis to things in the frame too. That's one of my favorite things to do because I find it pretty easy. I'm not sure I really perceive the world differently. I think that's a very big world/philosophy type of question and this photography class hasn't really expanded that part of my mind yet. Who knows though next semester might be completely different! I know a bit more about aperture, shutter speed, and those types of camera controls, but apart from that my knowledge on photography hasn't improved that much. As I said I've gotten better at noticing elements and principles of photography, but nothing really more than that. I'm really excited to use my own creative ideas in the class more. Ms. Windle said that there would be more freedom and room to wriggle around, so I'm pretty excited for that. This semester hasn't been a whole lot of that so it'll be fun. I also hope we get to go on more field trips and work in groups more because that's always fun. Anyways, good semester! Ended with a good grade and feeling good about the whole subject. Pretty pumped for next semester! Hope i get a good grade on the final!!...



Friday, November 30, 2018

Project #4 - Kaleidascopes

I created these kaleidoscopes by copying and pasting one picture multiple times, then flipping the photos so that they all show radial balance in the middle. These were made using lightroom:

Project #4 - Contrast and Balance

     In this project, we explored the uses of contrast (scale, size, value, shape, and texture) and balance (radial, symmetrical, and asymmetrical). I discovered different artists that used these different techniques, and found how to use them on my own. When making the kaleidoscopes, I found out how to create radial and symmetrical balance with any picture I wanted to. I had a really fun time making the kaleidoscopes because no matter what you did or how much you screwed up, they would always turn out to look very interesting.

Best edited photos for contrast:

Scale:                                                                                              Color:


Symmetrical and Asymmetrical balance:

















Examples of Contrast and Balance

Strong Contrast in Color
David La Chapelle

Strong Contrast in Value
Ansel Adams

Strong Contrast in Texture
Garry Winograd

Strong Contrast of Shape
David La Chapelle

Strong Contrast in Scale (the relative size or extent of something.)
Garry Winograd

Asymmetrical Balance
Matthew Peoples

Symmetrical Balance

Radial Balance
Matthew Peoples