Chefs-d'oeuvre
Throughout the course of the semester, I have taken hundreds of photos, developed so many and seen my failure be so prominent. Although all that may have happened, I was still able to create some truly spectacular photos. Here are ten of my best photos I took and developed this year.
This is one of my first and favorite photos. It portrays my liking of nature, different views of the world, and my liking of off-roading. I was inspired to take this photo because the light coming in through the trees made the walk a moment to remember. It allowed me to really think and appreciate life. No special processes were used to create this photo. I believe my strengths for this photo include my ability to develop it with the incorrect aperture and still have a decent photo come out. I like how you are able to tell where the light comes in, and how low the branches hang, and the wear into the ground from multiple vehicles.
This is the photo I took for our shadows and lines project. I think it is one of my best ones because you can see the textures on the tires, the spokes on the wheels, the different shades on the bike due to distance and lighting. Also, because it's against my house you can see the texture of the outer walls of my house. This was a very difficult photo to take, as I was not able to look through the camera because it was taken from such a low position.
I was inspired to take this photo because I love the architecture in my neighborhood. My neighborhood consists mainly of Mediterranean architecture which is absolutely beautiful. I got on my roof and took a photo of my neighbor's house and as many houses would fit in the photo. I used the rule of thirds in this photo; the houses are the middle and bottom, while the clear sky is the top. I think my strengths of this image include being able to get texture even though the closest subject is at a distance, also I was able to get shadows incorporated into my photo, and I did very well on the rule of thirds and using the correct aperture for the lighting.
This photo was taken on the top floor of a parking garage. This was taken for our shadows project. I thought being up high would work out great because I could get a lot of objects with their shadows. What I really like about this photo is how the sun was so bright that it still managed to be in the photo as a blur. I believe my strongest skill used in this photo is how I was able to capture the objects and their shadows together. Also, I believe I did well at an unusual angle.
This was the first image that I was able to create. Our project was to get objects and put them on a piece of photography paper to stop light from coming through and the photo was meant to be a black background with a white subject. No special processes were used to create this photo. I was inspired to make this photo because I wanted to make something interesting and weird. I believe my strengths of this include the use of shadows. I like how this photo shows something different. It was originally a doll, but now it is a rearranged or different kind of doll. The meaning is to show that you don't have to follow the norm to be special.
This is one of my favorite photos. It came the neighborhood shoot, and I believe it is my absolute best photo from the project. I really like how it doesn't just focus on houses, but it also focuses on the types of trees that people have; which, are there to emphasize the importance of looks and how people view their houses in our neighborhood. No special processes were used to create this image. I believe some of my strengths of this picture include my correct usage of aperture and I didn't necessarily focus on one thing so my entire photo turned out clearly.
This photo was taken for the non face portrait part of the Portraits project. The photo focuses in on the coffee cup to show my friends liking of coffee. No special processes were used for to develop this photo. I really like this photo because it came out, focuses in on the coffee cup instead of just my friend, and isn't extremely blurry even though the whole photo isn't in complete focus. I believe my strengths of this photo include the capability to focus in on the object instead of just the entire photo. I also like the fact that I was able to get texture and distance in this photo because I believe it helps you feel like you're looking across from her.
This is my best portrait from the Portraits project. My idea was at first just to focus on what my friend is doing rather than her, but I'm glad the photo focused on everything rather than just what she was doing. No special processes were used to develop this photo. I like how in the photo you are able to tell where her hair falls and what she is doing. I think my strength of this photo was getting both her and what she is doing into a photo clearly.
This is one of my photos from the Night Shoot project. I was inspired to take this particular photo by pure curiosity. My idea was just to move around a flashlight everywhere. Eventually it got to the point where it was thrown up in the air which makes it look like there is lightning in the sky. No special processes were used to develop this image. I really like how there is the main movement of a flashlight, then the light, far away streaks from a flying flashlight. I think my strengths include how the light was used to create an image.
This is another one of my best photos from the Night Shoot project. This photo was meant to just move the flashlight around a lot. The person holding the flashlight walked across the camera's field of view swinging the flashlight in a circle and from one side of their body to the other. There was no special processes used to develop this image. I believe that my biggest strength in this image is how you can tell the distance of the light because of its location on the image and how thin the line is as well as the shade of the light. I really like that as well - that is my favorite part about taking photos like these.