Final: Photo Gallery

Title: Piano Practice
Message: Piano practice can be fun.
Techniques I used: Rule of Thirds, Backgrounds, and Angles/Perspective.
Challenges: Trying to capture emotion and a story while still following composition rules.

NO EDITING WAS DONE ON THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.

NOTE: Only the pictures with descriptions under them are to be graded.

1. "Practice"

2. My living room

3. Rule of thirds, background, viewpoint, and movement.

1. "Dang It!"

2. My Living Room

3. Rule of thirds and lighting

1. "I Give Up."

2. My Living Room

3. Rule of Thirds and viewpoint

1. "Poof"

2. My Living Room

3. Rule of Thirds and perspective (low angle)

1. "The Music Fairy"

2. My Living Room

3. Rule of Thirds and balance

1. "The Power of Music"

2. My Living Room

3. Direction/Movement

1. "Take 2"

2. My Living Room

3. Perspective

1. "WHY, WORLD?"

2. My Living Room

3. Motion, direction, and rule of thirds

1. "Ding"

2. My Living Room

3. Lighting, perspective, and rule of thirds.

1."At Last"

2. My Living Room

3. Rule of thirds and perspective

Project-Photo Manipulation

Before:

After: 

1. "Abigail" (I took this photo in project 1)

2. I took this photo in my backyard

3. To edit this photo I increased the contrast, blurred the background, and edited out some some acne.

Before:

After: 

1. Autumn Fire (From Project 3)

2. My Backyard

3. To edit this photo to look 'too good to be true' I changed the colors of the leaf, changing some of the reds to purple. I also edited out the leaf in the corner and the woodchip to the right of the leaf.

1. High Dive

2. I used a picture I took at Mesa Falls and used it for the background. (I found the picture of the diver at this link: https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/gary-hunt-wins-mens-high-diving-at-2015-fina-world-championships/)

3. I edited this photo by adding the picture of the diver to my waterfall picture. 

Project-Candid Photos

For this project I just followed my siblings around outside and snapped pictures while they played.

1. 'Landing'
2. I took this picture in my backyard
3. I love this picture, mainly because of Abigail's face. I managed to capture her expression and pose right after she came off the slide. I think that it portrays her just being herself.

1. 'Crack the Egg'
2. I took this picture on my trampoline.
3. I took this picture while my sisters were playing games on the trampoline. I don't think that this picture could have been posed. It shows the craziness that ensues on the trampoline (no one was hurt during this game :p)

1. 'Puppy Love'
2. I took this picture right after my sisters got off the trampoline.
3. I love this picture because it shows how crazy my dog is. She was waiting for the kids to get off the trampoline so she could play with them and was excited to see them again. Maggie (my dog) seems to know when I want her to do something for pictures, and (of course) does the exact opposite. If this had been posed it would have been extremely difficult to try to make her jump for this picture. Instead I was able to capture her reaction when she saw my sisters.

Project-Still Life and Movement

1. 'Halloween'

2. I took this picture in my kitchen.

3. This picture demonstrates a still life.

1. 'Travelers'

2. I took this picture from my front yard.

3. This picture demonstrates movement. I used a longer shutter speed to capture the light from the cars on the highway. The sun had gone down and there was not very much light, so I had to turn the ISO up pretty high. It made the photo grainy, but it captured some colors and light in the background that I didn't know was there.

1. 'SpiderBen'

2. I took this photo in my family room in my basement.

3. This picture demonstrates still movement. I had my brother jump off the couch while I took pictures. In order to get a clear picture I had to have a really short shutter speed. There wasn't enough light and the ISO ruined the picture, so I tried again with my on-camera flash. It made the wall brighter in the middle of the picture, but it allowed me to clearly capture my brothers's jump. 

Project-Portraits and Landscapes

1. 'Abigail'
2. I took this photo in my sister's bedroom.
3. This picture is a portrait. It has a a background that is not distracting and helps her to stand out.

1. 'Storm'

2. I took this picture in a field by my house.

3. This picture demonstrates a landscape. It has a deep depth-of-field and doesn't have a specific subject.

1. 'Maggie'

2. I took this picture in my back yard.

3. This picture demonstrates a landscape/portrait photo. Maggie is the subject and the main focus of the picture, but there is still a interesting landscape behind her. 

Project 5-Experiments in Lighting

1. 'Reflection'
2. I took this picture of my cousin in my backyard.
3. This picture demonstrates good lighting. I think the fact that a portion her face is in the light adds texture and makes the picture more interesting.

1. 'Blinded'
2. I took this picture in my backyard.
3. This is an example of bad lighting. The sun was right in her face, making it so she could not fully open her eyes. It made her appear washed out and felt flat.

1. 'The Porch'
2. I took this picture from my porch at 8AM, 1PM, and 6 PM.
3. These pictures demonstrate the change in lighting throughout the course of the day. The light was brighter and made the leaves appear yellow at 8AM and 1PM. The lighting at the end of the day (at 6PM) made the leaves and trees look more orange.

Midterm- Best. Photo. Ever.

1. This photo is called 'Idaho Sunset'

2. I took this picture from my front yard.

3. This photo demonstrates color, the rule of thirds, framing, and balance. It demonstrates complementary colors in the sunset and the silhouettes of the trees. The rule of thirds is seen in the position of the tree on the left side of the photo and the sky, which takes up the upper two rows of the grid. It demonstrates framing and balance through the trees on both sides of the landscape.

   

1. This photo is called 'Tracks'.

2. I took this photo on the train tracks across the highway in front of my house.

3. This photo demonstrates the Rule of Thirds (the middle of the bow on the shoe is on the intersection of the grid), color (the absence of color), perspective (I took this photo from a lower angle), leading lines (the horizontal and vertical lines of the train tracks), and patterns (the pattern of the tracks with the shoe breaking the pattern).

1. This picture is called 'Giants'

2. I took this picture in my backyard. 

3. This picture uses unique perspective (had my brother stand close to the camera and I had my sister sit far back. This made her look smaller and my brother look big), color (the warm color of red draws attention to my sister), and leading lines (the bottom of my brother's foot and the line between the black and red on my sister's face. That line draws attention to her face.)

Project 4-Framing and Viewpoint

1. This photo is called 'Chicken Coop'
2. I took it from the window of a chicken coop in my backyard.
3. This photo demonstrates framing. The window frames the tree and field and adds depth o the photo.

1. This photo is called 'Lilliput'.

2. I took this picture in my front yard.

3. This picture demonstrates an interesting viewpoint/perspective, as my sister is lined up so that it looks like she is on top of and smaller than my dog.

1. This photo is called 'Attack of the Jedi'.

2. I took this photo on my driveway.

3. This picture demonstrates a unique perspective. My sister is laying on her side pretending to hold a chalk drawing. It almost looks like she could be standing, but my dog is sitting on the ground next to her.

Photography Project 3-Patterns and Background

1. Unique
2. I took this picture in my kitchen
3. This picture demonstrates patterns. The egg carton is the same, with the egg breaking the pattern.

1. Autumn Fire

2. I took this picture in my backyard

3. This picture demonstrates good background. The background  is neutral and doesn't distract from the beautiful colors of the leaf.

1. 'Werk'

2. I took this picture in my front yard.

3. This picture demonstrates a poor background. My sister is on blue towel that distracts from her (she's the subject), the car provides a somewhat distracting pedestal, and my brother is 'photobombing' on the back of my car.

Photography Project 2-Leading Lines and Balance & Symmetry

1. This photo is titled 'The Lone Rider'.
2. I took this photo in my backyard.
3. This photo demonstrates leading lines. The leading line in this photo is the fence. It directs the eye to the hat and jacket. I also applied what I learned about Depth of Field and lowered the f-stop to create a more shallow doF.

1. This photo is titled 'The Mist'.

2. I took this photo at Mesa Falls in Ashton, ID.

3. This photo demonstrates balance. This can be seen in the bush in the lower right corner and the rainbow and moss in the lower left corner.

1. This photo is titled 'Redemption'.

2. I took this photo in my backyard.

3. This photo demonstrates asymmetry. The willow tree is not symmetrical, and its asymmetry adds depth and movement to the photo.

Photography Project 1-Color and the Rule of Thirds

1. This picture is titled "Through the Field".
2. It was taken across the road from my house.
3. This picture represents the Rule of Thirds. The ground and plants take up the two bottom thirds of the grid and the sky takes up the top third. The tree is at an intersection of the grid.

1. This picture is titled "Walking the Dog".
2. It was taken in the four-wheeler trail by my house.
3. This picture demonstrates the contrast between cool and warm colors. The background of the picture is neutral browns and grays, providing contrast to my blue sleeve. This adds further contrast to the bright red leash. 

1. This picture is titled "Abigail".
2. It was taken on the fence in my backyard.
3. This picture represents the Color and the Rule of Thirds. I have my sister off center with her eyes at an intersection of the grid. The color is seen in the 'split complementary' colors of blue and pink on her shirt. The colors in the picture are warm with the exception of the blue on the shirt and her eyes.

Pringles Can Pinhole Camera

Yosemite Trip July 2013

Yosemite Clouds

Half Dome Through The Trees

Majestic Mountains

Through the Water

Rocks

Half Dome in the Distance