Tuesday, April 15, 2008

My Favorate and most influencial photographs

The following photographs are my favorites that I have taken, and have influenced me in various ways.

I love taking pictures of people, especially children doing what ever they do.


I took this photograph of my niece last year, and has since become my favorite picture. This picture I originally took in color, and by accident changed it to black and white. which I feel emphasizes her features. The lighting on her face emphasizes her long eyelashes, and her innocence.

This photo was one I took last year. I learned that you can find beauty any where you look, depending on the angle you approach it. These leaves were on the steps of school blown into a corner.



















My sister asked me to take her wedding pictures in November. This is a shoot that I learned a lot from, by mistakes, and experience. At other weddings I have taken candied pictures of the bride and groom, and thought that it would be simple to take the posed pictures. Luckily I had done research and practiced before the "big day". I am embarrassed to say that on this shoot I learned how very important focal point is. I was so excited to take the pictures I didn't concentrate entirely on where the cameras focus was. I have some amazing pictures, with the bride and groom out of focus. I am very greatful that I took LOTS of pictures.



This is a photograph that I took of my husband obviously fishing. I found in while taking this image, photography doesn't need to have hours of set up time, nor needs perfect conditions. This was an image that I took for an assignment in Photo 2. It was starting to rain, I placed my camera on the tripod, covered my lens with a towel, took this shot and ran back to the car.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Pleasantville

As a class we watched Pleasantville. This is a movie that uses color as a character. I feel that a person turned to color when they were doing something outside of the norm. For example, when the teenagers wanted to start reading books, or when the owner of the diner started painting.

Their are many people that don't want change to happen, but it does. You must work around it, and not judge people for the various ways tasks can be accomplished.