series topics

1. black and white portraits
2.  dogs on the street. i wanna photograph people and their dogs on the streets of san francisco
3. minimalism. i usually never shoot this idea so i would be interested in experimenting with it

Negative Space

I have done negative space assignments in every photography class I've taken so i am very familiar with the concept. with that being said it was difficult for me to find a shot that i had not already taken. I was looking for interesting outlines and random hidden shadows to make my images more interesting. I think that negative space often looks best in black and white, so I tried to find a few shots that i thought could be interesting in color.

Experimental Style

For this assignment i chose to mimic the style of Haleys Braid in my last series. In order to create that effect i used cross process in blue, sometimes intrepid with a fade and then finishing with tranquil. I liked going out and finding pictures that i thought would work with that effect. If i were to continue this assignment i would keep looking for similar pictures; warm, lighter pictures that have good contrast and feel somewhat nostalgic. 

Photo Sketchbook

1. I used blurred edges and adjusted the contrast and exposure. i used the effect orton

2. i adjusted the exposure, brightness, and contrast alot for this one. i used tranquil and urbane 

3. for this one i only adjusted the exposure and contrast. i did not use any filters

4. i used the cross process in blue for this one and adjusted the contrast and exposure. i finished it with an intrepid filter

5. for the parthanon i used burst and then played alot with the curves and the exposure and contrast.

6. i turned this into black and white in iPhoto. i then i used urbane to make the edges darker. i also adjusted the contrast and exposure

7. for this i used cross process and then tranquil. after that i adjusted the curves and exposure/contrast

8. i turned this into black and white and then i used orton. after i adjusted the exposure/contrast and did dodging and burning around her face and the shadows. 

9.  i used tranquil for this one and then did a slight color tint to make it look warmer. i think adjusted the exposure/contrast.

10. all i did for this was turn it into black and white, adjust the contrasts and used texts. i wanted it to be simple

this project was interesting but became a little repetitive. i enjoyed playing around with the different filters. I defiantly became more comfortable with pic monkey and am happy with the way my pictures turned out. The most challenging part of the project was finding a picture and then coming up with the right text for it. I was lucky because my iphoto has over 10,000 pictures to choose from so i had a ton of options, but that made it a little difficult to pick the final photo. 

Best of Series 1-3, Henri Cartier Bresson

For this final series i tried to include the ten elements i included in my paper: “focus on geometry, be patient, travel, stick to one lens, take photos of children, be unobtrusive, see the world like a painter, don’t crop, don’t worry about processing, and always strive for more" While i couldnt travel very far, i believe i included all of those points in my best of series. The most important thing that i felt while doing these series was waiting for the moment. It was easy for my choose my pictures for this draft because i waited for the moment for all of them. 

Series Final Draft

A big part of Cartier- Bressons style was photographing children. I tried to focus on childish moments and the moment as a large part as well. I think i did a good job of waiting for each picture and on my final card when i downloaded i didnt have that many shots but had enough for my post. I also tried to look at geometry and envisioning the shot as a painting. To also imitated Henri Cartier-Bresson's style by doing very little editing and tried to make the pictures natural. 

Series 2

I really tried to focus on candid pictures of people on the street with an emphasis of discretion. I also didnt edit my photos very much which was a belief of Henri Cartier Bresson. I wanted to capture people in their natural state as they moved through their day and i think i was successful at doing that. I was also very patient when shooting. I think the picture of the sheep at the bottom is the best one representing Cartier-Bressons style because the setting, shadows, pose, and composition all come together in a moment.