After Thoughts on Sutter Speed

By far, this was the most difficult assignment for me yet.  I found it extremely hard to find subjects that I liked besides people jumping, so I just snapped some photos at my soccer practice.  They turned out pretty good though!  This assignment also helped me better familiarize myself with the settings of the camera!  The only problem that went wrong this time was that the camera with my photos had been taken out and not returned, so I was unable to upload for a while.  But anyways, I was overall pretty satisfied with the images I took.  The contrast was my favorite part, but I also liked the composition, lighting, and the crispness of the pictures.
What do you guys think?

     

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born in 1902 in San Francisco, California. Throughout his childhood he played in the sand dunes beyond the Golden Gate, where he grew his love for nature and its inhabitants.  Later this became the central focus, message, and subject in Adams photography.  Particularly concentrating on the Yosemite National Park, he began to take many natural photos that portrayed the true essence and beauty of nature.  Through these pictures, Adams was then categorized as not only an exceptional photographer, but also a strong individual who ultimately protected many nature conversations by bringing its beauty to others eyes.  Then, in 1980 Adams received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for "his efforts to preserve America's wild and scenic areas, both on film and on earth.  Ansel Adams will always be remembered as a powerful, caring, and talented photographer.

  

Post- Shutter Speed Assignment

Shutter speed - The time for which a shutter is open at a given setting.

What does it do? - Shutter speed effects how much blur you get in an image when an object is moving, and enables a picture to have no blur at all.

This week, our project is on shutter speed :)
Personally, I'm pretty excited about it because from the pictures I've seen from Edgerton, shutter speed can to some really amazing things.  I plan to try to get some nice pictures during soccer practice but I don't know if I will have time.  However, I will definitely try.  Other than that, once again I will be sticking to natural subjects such as animals, falling leaves, and whatever else I see.  

Wish me luck!

   

Harold Edgerton

Harold Edgerton was born in 1903 in Fremont, Nebraska.  As a teenager, Edgerton learned about photography from his uncle who lived in nearby Aurora.  He even built his own dark room in his house!  Eventually, he took his creative and innovative mind to MIT for graduate school in 1926.  There, he began to work with the stroboscope which creates brief, repeating bursts of light, which enable an observer to view fast moving objects in a series as-if frozen images, rather than a single continuous blur.  By 1931 Edgerton had invented ultra-high-speed and stop-action photography! Later, he also invented types of underwater photography, which added together, made him one of the most well-known photographers of his time.  Sadly, Edgerton died of a heart attack in 1990, but his images are still live and well.

The beautiful motion, color combinations, and created subjects will be appreciated for years to come! 

Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon in 1883.  He grew up there and eventually went to the University of Washington in Seattle as a chemistry major.  After graduation Imogen worked in the Seattle portrait studio of Edward S. Curtis, the photographer who made the volumes of “The North American Indian.”  While there, she learned how to platinum print which ultimately led to her winning of a grant to study photographic chemistry in Dresden, Germany.  Then, in 1914, her first one-person exhibition was held at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences!  From that point on Cunningham's life really took off.  She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, and was even elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.  But a long story short, Imogen Cunningham was a fantastic photographer who could truly capture light, and mastered close up images.  Her work will be greatly appreciated for years to come.

                                                                                                  

Inspiration

Just thought that this could inspire you guys! There's lots of really cool photos :)

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Paul Strand Photos

Overall, I think I accomplished what I wanted to do with this project before I started taking photos.  I really tried to channel into my 'inner Paul Strand' which helped me get some pretty great pictures.  Contrast, structure, and the subject of man-made things were what I tried to focus most on.  Hopefully you guys like these, and let me know what you think :)   

Surprisingly, throughout this assignment I didn't have much trouble. Except for when our evil photography computers decided to delete some things..So next time I should probably get my own SD card to make things a lot easier. Anyways, the contrast in my pictures remind me of Paul's style and I did my best to create some structure by keeping things off center.  That's definitely what I like best about my images.  Also, because many of Paul Strand's images concentrated on machinery of the early 1900's, I figured it would be a good idea to focus on modern, man-made things.  These are the things I evaluated my photos on, contrast, structure, and subject.  Personally, I think that these are pretty good things to base this project off, considering the style of Paul.  So just by having the experience of walking through the halls and putting myself in Paul Strands shoes, I was able to take these photos.

Photo 1: ( My favorite)

What I Like

• contrast
• structure
• subject
• lighting

Photo 2:

What I Like 

• structure
• lighting
• contrast
  Photo 3: 

 What I Like

• contrast
• lighting
• subject

 Photo 4:

What I Like

• subject
• contrast
• structure

All About Paul Strand

Paul Strand was a great photographer like many others, who created pictorial studies in the 1910's and 20's.  It all started when Strand was introduced to photography New York City's Ethical Culture School.  There, his first photography teacher showed him a deep sense of commitment to the social betterment of humankind as well as many other photographers from the past.  This made Paul realize that he too wanted to become a photographer.  His style evolved into photos that had much of movement in the city, abstractions, and street portraits.  Paul Strand's beautiful composition and contrast are still enjoyed today and truly show the city life.  His work with shadows and light have inspired many other artists, and he made the perfect example of how normal people can impact the world through a lens. Paul's work is very well done.

Pre-Paul Strand Project

This assignment is on Paul Strand's style of photography!  Personally, after seeing some of his images I think that his photos are beautiful.  The way he uses the contrast of shadows and light is pretty amazing and I love the structure.  so while I take the photos for this assignment I hope to really capture the contrast of the light and shadows, and hopefully get better at incorporating structure to my images.  I also would like to try taking some photos of things that are not of nature to change it up.
wish me luck!

About To Get Close...

This week, we will be taking close up pictures of different things and materials.  Mostly flowers though, since that's what's set up ( they're so pretty by the way! c: ). However I do plan on getting some nice shots of other object with perhaps some more texture?  But I want it to really focus on more natural things and lighting since fall is officially here, and it's my favorite time of year.  I'm also very excited to get some pictures with unusual angles to gather a different perspective.  And trust me, taking over 50 pictures to start with will NOT be a problem :)