365 Day Project

Okay a NEW project. I have a friend who takes and posts 1 picture a day. I think I can do this and it should help me improve..right?

I think I only have 1 rule-- NO PHOTOSHOP.

I really want to improve my photography no photoshopraphy. I am a little nervous setting this rule, but here it goes to 365 days.

Frame Dynamics

For my birthday my MOm gave me a photography book. I read the first couple pages and decided to practice the concepts. The first chapter is about Framing the photo. This concept is a little hard for me to grasp. The following photo's were taken in my living room. I used natural light for all, but one of these pictures. These pictures are silly and will soon be erased from my computer, but I am working on specific concepts.

Above the concept of alignment to frame

diagnol tension

diagnol tension


Intersection for abstraction. This is iron square artwork on my wall.

This is "diagnol tension" I still need to practice this coneept.

This is another example of alignment. The carpet touches 2 sides of this picture, helping to create a frame.

In these couch pictures I was Trying to use the concept of Alignment. However, I think my subject, the couch, was a little to bulky and it didn't work. I also wanted to include both of these pictures to show the difference with and without a flash. The above picture I used a flash and the couch is washed out. I have been told that the flash will do the exact thing with faces and to not use a flash whenever possible. This is one of my current struggles.

Textures

I am learning about TEXTURES! The above is a picture of Keanna in Austria. I put a texture on top of the picture and then I multiplied it and messes with the hue, lightness etc. I like how Keanna's face is muted, but the blues are still present. I think one of the most difficult thing is knowing exactly what I want each picture to say, but a lot of fun!!

Kinetic Photography

my birthday pie

My birthday flowers

a yummy candle

Each week I am given an assignment via email from a photography workshop. This past week it was on Kinetic Photography. Basically, it's photography where you move your camera and capture moving light. It required me to have a large aperature and a slow shutter speed. This was a good experiment because it helped me understand a little more of what I can do with my camera and how I might capture movement in the future. A few silly pictures, but I learned a lot.

I love moderm day conveniences

I think I like it in Sepia

I loved this picture of Ayla. However, I didn't like the way the light reflected off her face with the light sky in the back. Every time I looked at it, I was annoyed. I think I like Sepia better.

Frustrating

All of these variations of light bulbs, but none of them work in my house.