PANO GLOBES!

I think out of all 3, this one would have to be my favorite. I took this during lunch outside on the football field. I really like how the stands looked on this globe.

I took this in the field next to the football field. This one took some time to fi up, and it's still not that great, but I still like it!

This one I took kind of last minute. The lighting was different so it turned out weird but cool looking. 

CLONED SELF

The editing process for this photo was pretty difficult. As you can tell, the lighting aren't the same, and I couldn't fix it without deleting everything because the layers weren't saved properly. I had fun taking the pictures though! 

SCANS

PORTRAITS

This is my mom. My mom actually gave me most of the ideas of what to take and what poses she should do. She grabbed my old glasses off of my night stand and put them on. She actually didn't like this photo, but I loved it.

This is Angelica. We were walking to her mom's car when I noticed there were tons of leaves  so I had her do some poses. I told her to make some sort of face and this is what she came up with.

I love how the the trees and leaves turned out in this one. I told her to do her famous pose and she did her peace sigh pose. It's really an inside joke actually.

Angelica came over to get her hair cut by my mom, and while we were waiting she was playing n my piano. So of course I had to snap a few pictures. She kept laughing and telling me not to take pictures.

Here's my mom again! I told her to look off into the distance and this is what she did. I told her not to smile while she did it and of course she did! 

Here's my favorite picture of her again. This one is in black and white. I remember sitting in my room with her and she said if I wanted to keep this photo to at least make it black and white so she looked nicer. 

I love absolutely everything about this photo. How her clothes turned out, and how the leaves were. Just everything.

I really liked this one for some reason. Just Angelica playing on the  piano.

Here's the sepia version of my mom in her "deep thoughts". 

Cross process version of Angelica and her funny face. I love how the leaves turned out in this photo. I also love her facial expression too.

SELF PORTRAITS

I tried making the texture photo show up a little different. There is actually trees in the background, but it didn't show up as much with overlay.

I tired going for a little more serious photo, so this was actually the best I could do without laughing. 

I really love, love looking at clouds. Reminds me of fluffy things obviously since clouds look fluffy. 

I was actually doing math homework when the camera took a photo. I liked how the shade of the paper was different throughout the whole page.

I accidentally set the time to go before i was ready, so it snapped a picture of me running a hand through my hair. I really liked how my hair looked in this.

I really like how this one turned out. It shows a lot of texture in my hair and of the rabbit. Also, the shadows on the wall turned out pretty cool.

This one was actually taken accidentally, but I liked how it turned out. It shows that sometimes I just like to doze off, or i just get distracted easily.

I love reading. I actually have not finished this book yet, but I hope to do that soon. I was running out of ideas and decided to just pop up behind a book!

I really love stuffed animals. I have a lot on top of my shelf. I've had this rabbit since I was about 3 or 4 so I just grabbed it and took a picture with it.

Web Post # 5: Beauty

1. How would you define beauty in photogrophy?

I'd define it as something that stands out to you in a photo, something that catches your eye and makes you think, "Wow, that photo is really nice."

2. What are characteristics of photographic beauty?

I think the photo needs a story to tell, good lighting, great color, and a good location for it to be beautiful. But it mostly depends on how the person sees it.

3. Can something "ugly" be photographed and be considered beautiful?

Yes, an "ugly" photo can still turn out to be beautiful. I think it would take a lot of work, but with the right amount of editing it can transform into something beautiful. For examle, this photo of really worn out shoes, to the point where the person's feet are sticking out and the ripped socks, tells you a lot in the photo. Is the person poor? Have they walked a long ways? How hard are their lives? Or is it just that it's there most favorite shoes? Imediately a ton of questions pop into your head. That is what makes it a great photo.

Quintessentially beautiful photograph:

Pumpkin

Here is the finished pumpkin.

This is my pumpkin carving. I actually had a real difficult time trying to make it look 3 dimensional. This pop up was popping up every minute so that messed up some of my work. I like how it turned out overall though.

Alphabet Phrase

I chose the phrase 'Chance it' because I don't take chances at all. I want to be able to take chances on things I normally wouldn't do. Like breaking rules.  Like staying past curfew,  or speaking with people who aren't part of my 'group' to make more friends. Speaking my mind without taking the chance that that person wouldn't dislike me. To chance it.

Web Post #4

1. Who was Alfred Stieglitz and why is he noteworthy in the history of photography?
Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer, and he was also a modern art promoter. He's noteworthy because he opened New York art galleries in the 1900's and brought in art from Europe to the U.S.

2. Choose a photograph he made, upload it to your blog, and explain why you chose it as your favorite by him.

I really liked this picture because of the postion the top hand is in. I really liked how the grapes were in this photo also.

3. With what famous painter was he in a relationship? Who was she? Upload a painting by her that you like.

He was in a relationship with Georgia O'Keeff, an American painter

 

 

 

Macro Pics!

I had a very difficult time getting the crayons to stand properly since my hands were shaky. Plus, it was raining so the lighting was pretty dark. I wanted to do the whole box, but some crayon tops were pretty flat.

For this photo, I was running out of ideas so I decided to grab a book, flip to a random page, and take a picture. Things went wrong in photoshop with the burn tool because it started to look like the book was actually burned in the corner, but I liked the way it looked.

So this is a feather. When I looked back in my photos on my iTouch, I thought it was a leaf. But nope. it's actually a feather. It actually looked pretty gross in person, but cool on camera.

This picture was actually taken a few months back. I had taken it in Las Vegas, Nevada. We were walking in the hotel's garden, so I quickly grabbed a camera and snapped a shot.

I think the texture of this tree looked pretty cool on camera. I like how mostly the cent was bright and the rest of the tree was a darker shade.

I'm not really sure what to call this, but I like how it's mostly blurred and you can see the grass pretty well.

These are my beat up ear buds. They're beat up because as you can see the top of the closest one is ripped off. Also, I accidentally pulled the cord apart.

I thought this leaf was pretty, so naturally I took a picture of it. Although it's pretty blurry, I still really liked how it turned out.

This photo was taken in 8th grade when I was on yearbook. Yes it was the school's camera, yes I put it on a thumb drive  so I could keep the picture. It was a beautiful day when I took this. I was scared that the turtle would start moving away when I got closer to it.

I really like photos of water drops, so I took a picture of my empty water bottle. Which of course had water drops on the inside. I like how it was foggy on the inside also.

Pinhole

This is the pinhole I had worked on. I was pretty excited to see how the pinholes would actually turn out seeing as we did take the picture with a can. I was kind of worried that I hadn't sealed the can properly, but I had. 



                                   



Developing this in the darkroom was fun, but unfortunately I only had a hairband and a ladybug bracelet to work with. 



Tilt shift

This picture was taken in the Tualatin commons. There were tons of baby ducks that day! Also, in the background of the blurred part, those dots are actually ducks.

I took this picture while I was at Sea world in San Diego. I actually got pretty close to them. I would've walked up closer, but I didn't want to keep my family waiting.

This picture turned out pretty good. I took it while I stood on one of the benches in the school parking lot. Let's just say the benches aren't very good to be stood on since they're wobbly.

I actually really like this picture. I was trying to take a picture of a bird before it flew off, then I saw a bus parked. The thing is though I didn't realize that there was a person sitting in the drivers' seat though.

I took this picture when we were picking up my great grandma and great uncle at the airport. I was hoping to get a better shot, but I couldn't since we were in such a rush.