Documentary Photography Proposal

• I am planning to document Halloween, my family, friends, and anyone else I find to really represent it well.
• I chose this idea because Halloween is coming up and is a major holiday.
• I will take pictures at my house, at school, and possibly on the street Halloween night.
• I will try to capture creativity in people's costumes, focusing on the ones that are well done. I'll try to show what makes Halloween fun and scary at the same time.
• I will take pictures this weekend and Monday of next week.

American Photography (Part 2)

One event shown in the movie was World War II. Photographers were specially commissioned to go along to the war and take pictures for newspapers and such back in the states, to let people know how the war was going and to glorify American troops. I think that the pictures from here are really dramatic and give you a small sense of how horrible war could be.
Another event that they talked about was when the Hindenburg exploded. One person happened to get a few chance shots of it, and that picture made the event real, otherwise no one would've believed it and it wouldn't be "news". I think that the pictures taken of this event are cool because there's only three of them and they're very good quality, considering how fast the photographer had to load and reload the camera in the short amount of time.

If I could document one event in history through pictures, it would probably be the Revolutionary War, because it's my favorite period in history and it had a lot of action going on then. Plus, it would show how our nation came to be, what our founding fathers and american heroes really looked like.

Portraiture Project

Leaning on the Fence

Bored

Over Her Shoulder

Lights Up Her Smile

Laughter

Beauty Retouch

I photographed to people at a party that I went to last weekend. I was originally going to photograph my brother, but he was being uncooperative, and the little girl who is in the photographs volunteered to let me take pictures of her. She was playing ping-pong and other games with the older lady, so i ended up taking pictures of both of them.

My favorite photograph is the one I titled Lights Up Her Smile, because the lighting in that shot was just so perfect for a picture that was completely by chance and the colors really pop.

Line Color Texture Project

Color 1:
Pink Flowers

Color 2:

Garbage Bag

Line 1:

Rack

Line 2:

Pant Line

Texture 1:

Woven Purse

Texture 2:

Mushroom Tree

The subject of the two color photos were some pink flowers in my backyard and a bag made out of ice cream wrappers. The line pictures were a rack that my mom uses to put bread or other stuff she bakes on, and the other picture is some pants hanging out to dry on my neighbor's porch. The first texture picture is  my mom's purse and the second is mushrooms growing on a tree. 

I changed these pictures mostly by turning the vibrance all the way up and by adjusting the Levels and Curves so the dark parts were darker and the light parts lighter.

My favorite picture is the one of the drying rack, my first line picture. I think that the black lines of the rack and it's shadow are really strong, and they stand out against the reddish orange table. The lighting is neat and you're not really sure what it is if you didn't know.

I discovered that I really like to get in close to objects that I'm photographing. I liked the subject matter to take up the majority of the photo so it looks cool but you can't tell what it is too easily.

If i did this project over again I would take more initial pictures so I would have a wider selection when picking and choosing them.

Line, Color, Texture

Line

1) The subject is a canyon.

2) This is a birds eye angle

3) Somewhat symmetrical, with the walls on either side of the river.

4) The curving layered lines of the rock trace the river below and give a sense of height.

Color

1) The subject is a flower

2) This is a close up shot

3) Symmetrical, in a way, the flower is in the center, with leaves around it.

4) The bright purple color really pops against the green background.

Texture

1) The subject is a mushroom.

2) The shot is close up, and high angle

3) Symmetrical

4) The fine lines on the inside of the mushroom create a sense of texture, you can almost feel it just looking at the picture.

Editing Photos

Low Angle

Vibrance +100
Curves - Output = 35, input = 58

Establishing Shot

Brightness +73
Vibrance +100
Curves - Output = 219, Input = 198

Extreme Close Up

Vibrance +100
Brightness -67
Curves - Output = 209, Input = 167

High Angle

Vibrance +100
Brightness -23
Levels - 26 from left

Medium Shot

Vibrance +100
Curves - Output = 56, Input = 100
Brightness -38

Close Up

Vibrance +100
Brightness -49
Hue +180

Eye level

Vibrance +100

Long Shot

Vibrance +100
Brightness -57
Curves - Output = 15, Input = 45

Learning Shots and Angles

Close Up

This photo is a close up of a burger. It makes it look much bigger than it actually is by getting in really close.

Medium Shot

This shot shows the subject from the waist up with some stuff in the background, making it a medium shot. It looks like a "normal shot".

Birds Eye View

This is a birds eye view of a city, taken from somewhere up high. it makes everything look smaller and more "ant like".

Eye Level

This shot of flowers is taken at "eye level" (if flowers had eyes) and shows the world from the subject's height.

Rule of Thirds

This picture shows the rule of thirds, with the grass and fence seperating the forground and background into two parts, and the bush creating a third.

Symmetry

The reflection in the water is symmetrical to the actual building, in addition to the reflection being split down it's line of symmetry.