Snow Scene 2

Snow Scene 1

Reflection

This is my final photo. It completes the transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas. This story was very simple and also a little bland but I personally like its simplicity and the way it makes its point.

Now I see the empty "socket" in the tree and move to place the light back in its place. The blur in this picture was purposeful as to show the viewer I was moving quickly.

The first half of my photos were more Thanksgiving themed. Now after the last photo, the remaining ones relate more to Christmas. I purposefully only let a little of the Christmas tree show in the picture, as to leave the viewer guessing where I would be going next.

This is the pivotal point in this small story. Its a close up on the Christmas light and a transition from one holiday to another.

I then proceed to pick up the light. This story was essentially plotted and planned which is why its almost frame bu frame in the way its portrayed.

This is supposed to represent my eye catching the lone Christmas light at the end of my plate. So I put down my fork, intending to pick the light up.

As you can see, not many changes occur during the different photos of my story. Here my fork is digging into the mashed potatoes.

This is the first photo in my sequence. It sorta sets the scene for what my story is about; displaying both Christmas and Thanksgiving themed items.

This is Nathan being awesome...

Letter Photos

This week I took three photos supposed to exhibit the compostional elements in the best way I could. All were taken at my house. This one in particular is of a lamp on my bedside in my room. The photo was captured in such a way as to blur the two "poles" closest to the viewers sight. I purposfuly took this photo right in front of the first "pole" to give the impression of a winding figure. While it does wind a bit, the pattern is more controlled then the viewer might percieve it to be. This photo was taken in worms eye view and also utalizes the leading line technique, providing two compositional elements. I edited the photo to bring out the black in the lamp more and I also sharpened the center. My photo on the bottom I like the most. It is of a can of Axe being sprayed. I think I did a good job of capturing the motion of the mist and although "stop motion" isnt composition the photo was shot to the best of my ability in the third. The point where the spray is initialy leaving the can is in the bottom left quadrant. The photo was originaly very dark apart from the can and the mist however a bit of my bedroom in the background could be seen. I edited it all out to black though. It provides a nice canvas for the subject of the picture. My final photo utalizes framing. It is probably the weakest photo of the bunch and I didnt get the chance to do any editing to it. Though I worked to shoot the doors handle in the third.

I wanted to capture a photo using the moon as a form of backlighting. I didnt realize how dark the picture would turn out. The moon just isnt bright enough to provide the kind of backlighting required for a photo at night. I think it was just too far away. Anyways, I had to improvise. Instead I used the light from a lampost near our driveway. Being much brighter than the moons light, its gave me a better looking picture and still retained the night setting Id wanted. Of course the subject of this photo is a cross. I just taped two sticks together.  I took the photo from slightly off to the side and also down, achieving a worms eye view. This is the only compsition used in this photo.

This is a photo of two of my fingers held up against the late evening sun. The sun is behind a growth of trees and is blurred slightly, giving it an interesting shape. I like the lines of light coming from the sun and crossing my fingers. the glow from the sun is evident on the insides of my fingers, proving that this is backlighting.

Unfortunataly, I ran out of time today in class to upload this photo. It was edited and all but not put up on my blog. I had to get the picture on my blog so this is the unedited version, though I plan to upload the other in due time. I find this picture really cool because it is capturing the action of my shadow, its not the best simply because on of my hands is raised because it was holding the camera.

This is me throwing a Frisbee. I'm standing on the soccer fields on Horizons South Campus.  In order to make the photo less distracting, I edited out the soccer goal that would have been right under the Frisbee. I darkened the highlights and such because when I took the photo it was a tad bit too dark. I also used a green filter to bring out the color of the Frisbee better. My purpose in taking this photo was to capture an action photo in a first person perspective. My hand takes this role and you can really see the action as the Frisbee is released from my hand. I would have preferred if I hadn't been wearing a gray jacket because the sleeve turns up really bright and is slightly distracting. I cropped the picture to put the Frisbee in the third. Also, the photo could be considered leading lines, as the top of the trees leads into the curve of my hand, straight to the Frisbee.

This is my bike. Its was taken at a sort of worms eye view. Actually, I was riding the bike when I took this picture and held the camera out to snap the photo. The bike was moving when the picture was taken but it wasn't very evident so I added motion blur to enhance that effect. Again, the photo wasn't very bright so I had to raise the brightness levels.  I like the angle the photo was taken at. It takes a second of looking at it before you realize that the object is a bike. The angle, along with the dark shade, give the picture an eerie atmosphere.I took this photo on Monday at roughly five o clock. When I look at this picture Im reminded of my bike, which is pretty new. I got it a couple months ago. Biking has become a hobby of mine in recent times.

This is the basketball hoop on my driveway. The camera made this picture really dark so I improvised and changed the photo to black and white while making it as bright as it could look naturally. I took this photo on Monday at about five o clock. I think it looks really interesting as a silhouette even though  the action itself is difficult to see. 

This is a set of 24 pennies that I painstakingly lined up and photographed. The ages of the pennies used vary greatly. The penny in the upper left corner is very old and worn while the penny near the bottom middle was minted in 2010.  

Repetition

I don't know if this photo could really be considered repetition. I jus liked the fact that the cars were the same color and also parked side by side.

Framing

This is the bench by the pond. The shutters were closed therefore blurring the corners of the photo. The frame is the "u" shape formed by the inside of the bench.

Framing

This is the triangle at the end of the swingset on the playground. I like the way you can see the other triangles. It gives it a feeling of repetition.

This is the foam in the gym. Its interesting because only the first three triangles are visible, and most wouldnt be able to guess what it is.

This photo I took of bench by the pond is an example of framing. It was taken at such a close angle that only one of the rungs in the bench is visible in the foreground. This rung forms a cross shape. This cross appears as a black silhouette against a "tic-tac-toe" pattern formed by the rungs towards the back of the photo. My initial interest in this photo was the way the bench forms a cross. It sort of represents my Christian faith. This photo was taken in the afternoon, during the period after lunch. When I look at this photo I am reminded of the way Jesus died to save us. Apart from being leading lines  my photo could also be considered repetition. In a way it is also framing because the top and bottom of the picture are dark from the edges of the sqaures the cross is formed from. 

I found these logs positioned in the shape of an "x" I took the photo above the logs making it birds eye view.

Worms Eye View

This photo, taken from the bottom of the slide is in worms eye view. I particulary like this photo.

Due to the view of this photo the general subject is unclear tho is presumebly the glasses resting of the table because the Ihome on the right is blurry. The glasses are also in the lower left quadrant.

This photo is in 3 point view because the focus of the photo (on the radio controlled area), is in the lower left quadrant.