Pano Take 2`

I did much better on this assignment. No distortion (MWAHAHA!) on my vertical pano, and i had multiple horizonital panos that i liked. I will post my favs (In order from least to greatest) here.

This is a tree. An awesome tree. I liked how the shape reminded me of halloween for some strange reason.

This one is my best vertical pano. Ilike it because of the perspective. i got my desired effect of being trapped in a fish bowl WITHOUT the undisirable effecct of distortion. I would have liked it more if the light was better, but i will take what i can get.

This is my favorite running trail, behind my house. This bend is the halfway point, and you cant see it but there is an abandoned car on the far right. This trail makes me think of summer and the freedom of nobody around you. Summer is more important however. I only take people here if they prove themselfs worthy.

Slade likes this one. I do not. I do however, like the lighting, but it was literally 30 seconds of pretty sunlight before it went away.

Louis Daguerre

Louis Daguerre was one of the first photogrpahers ever. He DID NOT, however invent photography. He did however, take credit for the daguerreotype, which is aweseome. His images are really really interesting, and these were all the images i can find.

This is Louis Daguerre's self portrait. He is a french person, and he looks french. I am a fan of this, just because he is an innovater, and a sweet photographer.

This image interests me. This is a street in paris. The strange thing is, the street looks totally empty. Paris is a vary poupulous city, and this looks totally empty. It feels like i'm looking at something naughty, something that i am not ment to see. Like naked paris.

I am not 100% sure, but i am fairly certain that this is a magnified version of the second image. I like th ebig one better, however, because it has more information and it has more interesting things to look at.

This is a scan of an orignal Daguerre image. This one is my seciond favorite out of this batch of Daguerre images. The reason i like it is becasue it makes me feel like I am in fairy land. The castle is so serene and the tome of the image is so soft i just want to play on the grounds of the image.

The one is is my favorite. It has really sweet leading lines, and it has fabulous lighting. The broken down cathedral and the sillouttes of the building make the image interesting and beautiful. It makes me wonder what the arch has been abandoned, and why no one vistis it anymore.

Panorama Re-done

These are infinatly more interesting than my first one. Well, ont of the images is very similar, but i took it at a different time, and my highlights are no longer blown out (yay!) . On my veritical pano, i screwed with the perspective on accedent, and it turned into a harry potter-type house (Think slanty). Except i like it that way, i think it is amusing. Happy Viewing!

Robert Capa

These images are by Robert Capa. Robert Capa is regarded as one of the best wartime photographers ever. I learned about him via magnum photographers, which he helped to found. All of his images are intruging and interesting, not just the wartime pictures. Here are my favorites:

I like this image becasue it seems so contradictory. There are women, in fancy dresses, ridintg mopeds, with dust and dirt flying everywhere. It is both a beautifully composed image with the silloutes and the massive dust cloud, but it also makes you think which is the hallmark of a good photograph.



This is one of his wartime images (obviously). While not totally sharp, instead of subtracting to the image it is cxompleatly benificial. It adds to the mistiuqe and sort of forboding of the unkown of war.




This is a fantastic portrait. I have no idea who it is of or why, but he captured who tis person wasd totally. He is laid back, boaderline lazy, and he appears to be wary of someting or someone. Again, one thing that makes this photogrpher so unique is that he makes you think when you see the image. What is this man wary of? Is he in a hospital, and ready to get out? Is he in his barracks, sick and tired of wartime? Or is he simply annoyed by the man taking his picture? these are the questions i think when i see this image.


Again, a fabulous portrait. This man on the other hand looks to be anxious or concerned for someting. Maybe he is sad. We may never know. The lighting in this photogrph is fantastck , the wayt the wrinkles pop out, and give the man character.


I chose this photo because it was just plain intriuging. Why are the men standing like that? It also has awesome leading lines (SLADE) and pattern(SLADE). exciting, i know.

I'm going to take a shjot in the dark here and guess that this is a member of the luftwaffe (German air force) during WWII. This image also has pattern and such. But the thinkg that interests me the most is again the man's expression. He looks smug and sly, but likw he feels guilty about it. I will leave it up to you to decide why.

The composition on this photograph is especially awesome. It has leading lines, a bit of patttern and the subject is eye catching.

This American Life

This American life is the coolest thing since sliced bread. It is an outstanding radio show, except they have it available as a free podcast. I listen to it on the way to school. It is beautifully written and it has outstanding stories. It reminds me of this class because the imagery is usually very strong. It is like photo with words. The most interesting ones are always the ones from seemingly ordinary people. They also have a this American life TV show, which is just as awesome. It is on my TiVo. Here is a link to my favorite episode.

Assignment 3, Time

Here is the Time assignment. This assssignment was not my favorite, I liked the rhyming one so much better. The reason i didn't like it ws becasue it was not something specific we were working on, so i got overwhelmed by the stuff i was trying to work on, and the images suffered as a result. It wasnt my worst asignment, but it most definatly was not my best.


This is in my backyard. I was trying to find pattern and texture, and i found this water and thought it looked pretty sweet. The leaves and foliage near the bottom bothers me slightly, but the bricks were on a hill and i could not fathom a way to get the cool watermark without them.



The original exposue of this image was less than ideal. I took it pretty late at night, and the shambles were in the shade. Lightroom is the most awesome thing since sliced bread. The image itself is not my least favorite, nor my favorite. I like the nails, but i dislike to colors of the image.



This one is my favorite of the assignment. I like it because each step is very similar but they are differnt at the same time. Honestly, i would like it more in grayscale, but alas, this is a color class and can not print in grayscale.




I feel as if this image could have been alot better. These stairs are pretty cool, and i feeel as if i did not do them justice. I intent to shoot them again.

Rodney Smith

Here is an update from the guy slade showed up, and one of my favorite photographers. He just released a new book.

Rhyming

Here is my rhyming assignment. I rhymed shapes (circle) in case that wasn't apparent. I fixed them at lunch today and didn't have time to post. Happy viewing.

I'm not going to lie, i dont even know what this thing is. But it is circular, and i do like the image in a rusted out kind of way. I wish i would have shot this in better lighting, because it was dusky when I found it, but i still like it.

This is a vase my dear mother made in college. I think that the cracks make it interesting, but again, i think that the lighting is less than ideal.

This one is interesting because of the color. I think that it looks like "photo Ketchup", but hand to god I did not mess with the colors. (well, a little white balance, but it was minimal). This one is my favorite of this assignment because of the color, and the exposure is the best in this one. The favoritism is more technical than compositional.

This one is an interesting. It is actually the drain of a public water fountain. Never fear, i did not drink out of it, but it did look sweet. It is a touch out of focus, however, which slows my liking of it considerably.

I honestly don't know what this is, but it looked cool, and the top was tack sharp. Plus, i think that the image balances well.



This is a metal saucer that goes to my coffee maker. It was photographed in tugsten lighting, which, admittedly, was not the best idea i have ever had. It makes it look yellow, but if i take any yellow out, the whole thing looks really blue. I wish i had used a broader depth of field because i would have liked the whole thing to be in focus rather than just the one bit, but you win some and you loose some.

this assignment seemed much harder than it actually was. I enjoyed shooting it, and i think that it was useful to connect images as i am shooting them rather then trying to force images together that dont belong. Next time i would do 2 things differently: First, i would pay more attention to the depth of field and focus, and Second i would choose something a little more challenging to rhyme. I anticipated it to be much harder than it was and to offset that i used a relatively easy thing to rhyme, but know that i know i would pick someting a little more challenging.

Bracketing Re Done

Here is my bracketing assignment without the funky texture that we all hated. Also, these look very different on my computer monitor. i don't think that the blog is registering the the changes i made. I will talk to you about this tomorrow.

What my camera said was right:



Underexposed:



Overexposed:





My Picture, retouched:

Panoramas

I blogged some of these last term, but it is pertainant to blog them again. This is work by josef Koudelka, who is awesome, and he has an entire book filled to the brim with wonderful panoramas. enjoy.

Bracketing

Underexposed:



Overexposed:

Perfect (in theory/according to my camera)

fixed in lightroom