4th Quarter

Projects Left: Depth of Field, Perspective, Tilt Shift, Reflection
Depth of Field- For Depth of Field I have an idea to create a secret code in my pictures. My family constantly plays dominoes so I will have a domino in the foreground and a family member in the background or vice versa. The dots on the domino or dominoes will tell something about the person. The "decoder" will be a photograph of my Aunt Kelly's grave. She was the one who introduced dominoes to our family so I think this is very fitting. The domino will show the date of her death or birth (not sure yet) and the grave will read the same date.
Perspective- For perspective I plan on taking pictures of words and numbers from different angles. This is to show how crucial words are to our daily lives and how the same word may have a completely different impact on a person depending on his or her perspective.
Tilt Shift- I am not sure exactly how I plan on capturing tilt-shift. I want to do either people or cars because they would look cool as "models" but I'm not quite sue how to capture them yet.
Reflection- For reflection I want to photograph reflections of people doing something that defines or describes them. Therefore, that person would be both physically and mentally/emotionally reflected.


QUESTIONS:
1. Mr. Kraus could improve the class and my experience by showing more successful photography and describing why he finds it successful. Whether taken by students or real photographers this would be very helpful.
2.I can improve the class experience by allowing myself more time to travel places specifically to take pictures. Taking pictures of my everyday life is becoming tedious; therefore, if I go out and photograph at new places, my photos will look more fresh and I will have a variety of photos.
3. The most successful aspect of this class has by far been the blog. It allows us to view our peers photography and see what they do well. Also, it makes "turning in homework/projects" easy, especially once we've figured out a system that fits our personal schedules well.

Contrast/Texture

For contrast/texture I was somewhat limited because of the specific textures and contrasts required to photograph; however, I did try to create a natural theme. The most interesting textures and contrasts are often found in every day life -- specifically in nature. Therefore, many of my photos have neutral colors, because they were photographed outdoors (unforunately on a dreary March day, as well.) Although the colors may be more sublte, the amount of texture and contrast in nature, or just in everyday life, is incredible. From tall trees to fuzzy moss to brittle tree bark, nature provides photographers with an outstanding array of contrasts and textures just waiting to be photographed, even on a gray-skied day in late winter in Ohio.



Hard

"Unyielding Faith"
F-Stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 10/400s

High/Low

"Squirrel's Eye View"
F-Stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 10/1250


Sweet/Sour

"Hostile Hospitality"
F-Stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 10/300s



Solid

"Brick House"

f-Stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 10/500s


Soft

"Alien"
F-Stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 10/200s



Liquid

"Raindrops on Lightbulbs"
F-Stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 10/60s

Transparent/Opaque

"Mr. and Mrs. Vase"
F-Stop: f/7.1
Shutter Speed: N/A



Many in One

"Choose Me"
F-Stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: N/A


Big/Small

"The Sad Little Stump"
F-stop: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 10/800s



Brash

"Touchy"
F-Stop: f/7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/85s


Black and White

"Frozen in Time"
F-Stop: f/4.0
Shutter Speed:1/60s

Delicate

"Brittle Bark Disease"

F-Stop: f/7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/100s

Motion Blur

For Motion Blur I took pictures of street lights from inside a car. I tried to capture the fact that life flies by and often we don't even realize it because we submerge our lives into chaos. I did my first picture of lights that are so blurred that they look chaotic. The motion blur in my photos got progressively calmer as I try to stress that people need to calm down and not let life pass them by. My  photos were taken in Akron in February and March 2010.


"Chaos"
Shutter Speed: 10/40s
F-Stop: f/3.2


"Artificial Sunshine"
Shutter Speed: 10/40s
F-Stop: f/2.8


"Slow Down"
Shutter Speed: N/A
F-Stop: f/2.8



"Neon Horizon"

Shutter Speed: 20/10s
F-Stop: f/2.8



"Hold Tight"
Shutter Speed: 20/10s
F-Stop: f/2.8


"Focus"
Shutter Speed: N/A
F-Stop: f/2.8

"Speed of Childhood"
Shutter Speed: 20/10s
F-Stop: f/2.8

"Habitual Ignorance"

Shutter Speed: 10/40s

F-Stop: f/2.8

"Carefree"
Shutter Speed: N/A
F-Stop: f/2.8



"Tension"
Shutter Speed: N/A
F-Stop: f/2.8



"Relax"
Shutter Speed: N/A
F-Stop: f/2.8


"Calm"
Shutter Speed: N/A
F-Stop: f/7.1

Successful Photos

This photo is so successful because you can really see the emotion in the dogs eyes. The colors of the photo are all similar, so there is nothing distracting. Therefore, the viewer is able to focus on the glossy, sad eyes of the dog as it hides its face in the blanket.



This photo is a great demonstration of motion blur. The viewer can almost feel the power of the drums because of the crazy rays of light that all lead back to the drummer and the drum set.
Also, the drummer is so calm and composed compared to the lights.


I love this photo because it is such an ordinary scene, but I can honestly say I have never seen a photo of a laundry room before. Anyone can relate to this scene ordinarily, but the fact that it looks like a model makes it different too.