Reflection!

For my first project, I chose to take reflection photos.  All of these photos were taken in January 2011 by me.  I realized my interest in the macro mode of my camera growing as I moved along in this project.  I had a loose theme of "Reflective things you can find in a purse with an abstract/ manipulated reflection".  I thought this would give me a lot of room to grow and be more versatile within the project, which it did! I found more than enough objects to photograph: my class ring, an Altoids tin, sunglasses, my Cape Cod bracelet, two different pairs of earrings, a rosary, make-up brushes, lip gloss, and my purse's medallion.  It makes you take another look at the ordinary, everyday things you never thought to have before.  This project excites me for the rest of ADI, I can't wait to watch myself grow, and hopefully, call myself a photographer!

F-stop f/7
Shutter Speed 10/300 sec.
Classy.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/37 sec.
Curiously Strong.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/176 sec.
Fly high.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/210 sec.
Pray.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/82 sec.
Pucker up.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/183 sec.
Hide your flaws.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/134 sec.
The bigger the diamonds, the better.

F-stop f/7
Shutter Speed 1/30 sec.
Grainy.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/222 sec.
Cape Cod.

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/55 sec.
Metal Leaves.

F-stop f/3.6
Shutter Speed 1/55 sec.
Can you hear me now?

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/22 sec.
Designer.

Around the Block 1/28/11

F-stop f/3.5
Shutter Speed 10/300 sec

Looking down into the deep abyss,
out into space,
through a tunnel into the rest of the world..
or maybe it's just an outdoor lighting fixture with a flagpole outside of my house.

Around the Block 1/21/11

F-stop f/7
Shutter Speed 10/300 sec.

I took this photo at night thinking I would take a shot of lights in the dark, but I somehow came up with this picture of ice and snow on an outdoor lighting fixture at my house.  I have always been a fan of photos that are in the "macro" mode on my camera.  I enjoy seeing parts of things I never have before.  

Third Quarter!

For the third quarter, I have taken interest in the projects of Reflection, Tilt-Shift, Motion Blur, and Depth of Field.

I want to do Reflection because I have already started seeing multiple photos I can take and also scenes that I can create to make reflections! I've always been interested in taking reflection photos and I'm pretty sure this is the project I would like to begin the third quarter with.  I have already started taking reflection pictures and creating a game plan for the rest of my photos for this project. Mr. Kraus has interested me in an artist named Audrey Flack and her work has inspired me to do possibly a wide shot of a messy dresser.  Then, I plan on focusing in on different reflective objects on my messy dresser for my other photos.  Another idea I have been intrigued on is making every day items look so much 'bigger' and relatable than they seem.  Also, Mr. Kraus has also interested me in possibly making the wide shot a shot of my purse with all of the small objects I plan on photographing in it!

The next project I am interested in taking on is Tilt-Shift.  Tilt-shift seems like a way of manipulating the photo to make it seem almost fake and a little childish.  I am excited to start this project because of the other artists and students photos I have seen recently have sparked multiple ideas of what I want to do for this project.  I want to most likely shoot pictures of the mall, streets with cars and people, the sky with airplanes passing by, or many other things.  This project interests me because its putting a playful idea on the concept of a normal, everyday scene!

Motion Blur! I am so excited to start this project! It's almost like making a purposeful accident in a picture. I still have no idea what I want to photograph for this project.  Motion blur intrigues me, but I see that almost everyone who has previously done the project has used street lights, cars, and highways; I want to do something different.  I'm thinking about doing something with Christmas lights, lamps, things in the home.  I can not wait to start this project, I think this will definitely test my creativity as a photographer!

Depth of Field.  This project sort of scares me, but I really was inspired by other students' work.  There were some really creative ideas in previous students' projects in this area.  Depth of field would be a challenge for my creativity and camera smarts.  I'm interested in doing this project this quarter because I want to capture images that will have multiple meanings within what is in the foreground and background. I am thinking about doing something with song lyrics written on very different things in the foreground, not just paper, and then maybe something that relates to the lyrics in the background.

I am very excited to dive into this class and hopefully think of myself as a photographer in the future!