Balance


Cropping


Depth


Framing


Leading Lines


Merging


Rule of Thirds


Simplicity


Symmetry


Viewpoint

Love and Loss

As I looked through this set of pictures I felt depressed. It is  a very sad story of a man's wife getting cancer and dying. The photographer said "These photos do not define us, but they are us". I think this quote is accurate because the photos represent their life with cancer. I don't think I would be able to take pictures if I was in this situation. If I could write the photographer a letter I would tell him I'm sorry for your loss.

Prompt Shoot #2

Electric


Purple


Cold

Africa

When I was going through this set of pictures I was surprised at what I saw. I did not know that Africa had such a diverse and varying landscape. I was also surprised at how much wildlife there is. I was not expecting there to be so many zebras in one place.
 
This my favorite picture by Nick Brandt because it is simple and it really captures the beauty of Africa. This photo follows the rule of framing because Brandt uses the trees to frame the focal point; the elephant.

Nick Brandt used a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses on medium-format black and white film. This is important because he wanted a documentary style collection to show how the African landscape is slowly dying away. He hopes to educate people on how beautiful these animals are in the wilderness. "What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist."-Brandt in the afterword of On This Earth.

Great Black and White Photographers Part III

Ansel Adams photos caught my eye because I like simple black and white pictures. I really like his
style of black and white landscape. Some of his pictures are the coolest I've ever seen.

I see the Tetons and Snake River.
I smell pine.
I hear birds chirping in the snowy trees.
I taste the dry, crisp winter air.
I feel the chilly breeze.


I see white clouds against the bright blue sky.
I smell cedar trees and dust.
I hear wind whistling throughout the rocks.
I taste the dry desert air.
I feel the hot sun beating down on me.

Mural Project

1. What theme, that we could take here at school, could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?
A theme we could shoot here on campus is all the nature we have here at Bowie.


2. Should we use phones only or or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people who don't have camera phones?
I think we should give people without phone cameras the chance to take pictures with normal cameras.

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?
I think we should put the mural somewhere a lot of people will be able to see it.

Edited Photos

Balance


Simplicity


Lines


Framing


Rule of Thirds