Famous Portraits

Richard Avedon photographed portraits. He took pictures that brought us closer to the great and famous. He normally has them in front of a white backdrop with no props or anything. I chose this photograph because this man's gaze is so piercing and attention-getting. His head is also at an angle that makes you think about what he is looking at and his emotions.

Arnold Newman developed an approach of portrait photography that is widely influential today. I chose this photograph because I liked how the man was off-center and his face has an interesting expression on it. It made me think about who he is/was and where he is/was. It was just a really interesting photograph that caught my attention.

Annie Leibovitz worked for several different magazines. She photographed many things including portraits. I chose this photograph because it was extremely eye-catching. Her facial features are so sharp and defined that it makes it look like she's posing when she's in a casual position. I just really loved this photograph because she looks so perfect.

History of Photography

I learned many things from doing this project. One thing I learned was that photography goes all the way back to the 5th century when the idea of camera obscura was first developed. It amazes me that people were thinking of that kind of thing so early in time. Another thing I learned about was the Lumiere Brothers. They were very interesting in that they developed the first color film with their invention called the Cinematographe. I also learned about Eadweard Muybridge. He was the first person to capture movement in a photograph. He proved that all four of a horse’s legs are off the ground at the same time. He was a really interesting person to research. All in all, I learned lots from these presentations and I hope to learn even more about the history of photography.

Shadow

I was having some trouble finding shadows in my house when I found this. I have walked past this sign at least 500 times and never really noticed it. I saw the shape of the sign which made me think the shadow would be a good one if I got it just right. I turned off one of the lights, and I got the shadow I had been thinking about, the perfect heart. It made me appreciate this sign instead of regarding it as "just another thing my mom hung on the wall." The sign is a decoration, a comfort for the people that walk in my home, and now a sign that has helped me on a school assignment.

Stay Stong

The purpose of this project was to strengthen your creative problem-solving skills so that you are looking at things in a different way, to find letters of the alphabet in everyday objects to create a word, and to become familiar with basic photoshop tools.

One of the things I learned as a result of doing this project was if you look at things in a certain way you will find interesting subjects to photograph. Some of those interesting things could include letters so that you can spell words. Another thing I learned as a result of doing this project was that literally anything can be interesting to photograph, it's the angle that matters. For example, some of my letters were ladders or door frames. That proves my point that everything anything can be interesting to photograph no matter what it is. The final thing I learned as a result of doing this project was that photoshop can either really enhance your image or really destroy your image. We learned about different tools that make our photographs better, but if we went too overboard, then the photographs would look bad. Photoshop is a great tool, but you have to know how to use it for it to be effective. Overall, I really liked this project, and as you can see, I learned a lot.

Unusual Perspectives

For this assignment, we had to take pictures at unusual perspectives, hence the title, but I really wanted to make a very, very unusual perspective photo. To make this photo, I parted the bananas so that you could see the apple. I did this because I thought it would be that very interesting and unusual perspective photo I wanted to make. It's unusual because you wouldn't normally look at an apple like this. It turned out exactly the way I wanted it to, very unusual.

Composition:Unusual Perspective

This photo is unusual perspective because I am zooming in close on the starfish and I'm getting the sand dollar and shell in there too. Also, I chose to get at an angle so that you wouldn't see just the top of the starfish and then the shells. That would make it boring, so I got at an angle that made it interesting.

Shapes, Organic and Geometric

In this photograph, I used the rule of thirds. You can see this because the objects are off-center. I took this photograph because it reminded me of my summer trips to the beach with friends.