2 ideas FOCUS: THE MERCHANTS OF CHINA I want to take pictures of people who make food, sell objects, and people buying stuff The area we are going to has a road called 南锣鼓巷, a very touristy area with lots of stalls selling food and trinkets mood: cheery, focused on red colors maybe FOCUS: A […]
Practice Shots
Not all of the the following images were taken by me, however I assisted with planning of all set the shutter speed to be very slow in order to achieve the blurred effect light coming from right and darkness on left gives a good variance in value the gridded background of tiles provides a good […]
Artist Analysis – Ernst Haus
ERNST HAAS Historical Context Ernst Haas was born in Vienna, Austria in 1921. World War 2 formed a pivotal moment in the photography world. Photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson documented everyday atrocities, focusing more on capturing raw emotions. The shift towards capturing everyday events greatly influenced Ernst Haas. He first explored the idea of decisive photography […]
Street Photography – Definition
[Street photography] — the art of capturing photos in the moment — To me, street photography is photography of the moment. Each person has a different point of view of the world – whether it be the specific place, the framing, or the emotions of the photo. What they are able to capture with a […]
Alienated but Alive
Alienate [Verb] to make (someone) feel isolated or estranged: A plant. Thriving on brick. Where it isn’t supposed to be. Nature has a way of breaking the boundaries humans try to set. With storms, nature topples buildings. With microbes, nature invades the body. Not all of the boundaries broken are bad though. After all, in […]
798 Top 10
compositionally simple, main focus is on the tip of the vine i increased the contrast between the red and the green by editing the image the texture of the bricks is repeated, forming a background against the distinct green vine mostly conveys that nature and life can grow even in industrial settings tricolor brick […]
Statement of Intent: Layers of Time Triptych
I want my audience to think about the details in life, to slow down, catch a breath from the constant hurry in an urban center such as Beijing. I want to impart a sense of bittersweetness, that even though the moment has passed, it was a good moment. I also want to give a sense […]
Photo Safari
Which ”element(s)” is/are best represented in each of the pictures below? tone 2. shape 3. texture 4. line/pattern 5. line/pattern 6. shape 7. line 8. pattern 9. line/pattern 10. line 11. line 12. pattern I think pictures 1, 4, 9, and 12 worked, both because I like those images more and because they more […]
Photo Analysis – Rhein II, by Andreas Gursky
There are 3 main elements I think Andreas Gursky was interested in capturing: the texture of the grass and river, the horizontal lines, and the repeating color green in the image. Of course, these are only assumptions, but these are the elements that jump out to me the most. If I were the photographer, I […]