Creative Controls Pre-Work

Part One:

Total Motion; Charlie Cho

Total Motion; Dan Dechiaro

Panning;  tatraskoda

Panning; Kevin Pepper

Freeze Motion; Mark Vincent Muller

Freeze Motion; Elie Dahdouh

Freeze Motion; Cade Cahalan

Slow Motion; Jonathon Medor

Slow Motion; Itay Navon

Camera Shake; Kevin Meredith

Camera Shake; Gideon Van Niekerk

Dancing; Mikhail Baryshnikov

Dancing; Will Brenner

Triptych; Daniel Roque

Triptych; Conor Ashleigh

Diptych; Andres Ballesteros

Diptych; Diego Jimenez

Part Two:

Shallow Depth of Field; Christopher Ho

Shallow Depth of Field, Portrait; Sarah Abraham

Deep Depth of Field; William Nylen 

Deep Depth of Field, Portrait; Francesco Alessandra

Composition Hunt\Elements of Design

Part One

In the Field by Kostya Jonaitis; Texture

In this photo, Jonaitis uses black and white film to convey a very dark, eerie feeling. The woman is dressed in casual clothing and doesn't look too happy. The hay is a very important aspect of the photo, because without it, the photo would be bland. The blades of grass she is sitting on and the texture of the hay bale give contrast to the cloudy sky.

Ashley Bryant; Linear

I love this photo so much, because it is taken by the camera I use, a Pentax k1000! It also looks amazing. We don't do color film at Lincoln, but this photo makes me wish we did. The clouds almost look like they have pink accents, but gives off a cotton candy feel. The rocks have so much dimension to them, they aren't just rocks. In this photo, they could have cut it off at the top of the highest rock to only show the trees, however, the rocks give it more. The trees show the linear aspect of the photo.

Sunrise, Lanikai Beach, Oahu, Hawaii by Luiscarloceferino; Value

I'm not going to say I love this photo, because I don't. I do, however, like the value in the techniques used in this photo. The camera is focused on the horizon and the waves near the bottom of the photo are sort of wispy due to a longer exposure. It reminded me of Mrs. Abens analogy of taking pictures during a hurricane. If you want to focus on a rock, you would want a longer exposure, and everything around the rock would be blurred. However, if you wanted to focus on a palm tree, you would want a shorter exposure.

Thea Bosso; Space

When I see this photo the only word that comes to mind is lovely. This is because, in my opinion, the photographer did everything right in this photo. The focus on the subject is perfect. The use of the space around the photo as well, is pretty great. If this photo had been cropped any different than it is already, I'm not sure how satisfying I would find it.

Laundrette by Huda Al; Shape

In this photo you can identify certain shapes very easily. There are a few circles, some rectangles and squares. Those shapes are a very important aspect of this photo. This photo is taken out of a very interesting series, all of which have geometric properties.

Part Two

26 Disposable Cameras Shoot by Less-Privileged Girls. 

For this part, I chose to use one series of work to show rule of thirds, bug's eye view and bird's eye view.

Bug's Eye View

This is a bug’s eye view of looking at a small flock of birds flying past. The clouds in the background of this photo have a dark hue to them, revealing a not-so happy mood in the photo.

Bird's Eye View

This photo is obviously taken by someone who is taller than this small child. Knowing the background of the photo, it definitely gives me, personally, a sad vibe. The women who took these photos were not as privileged as most people I know, so, in looking at this photo you can see the depressing atmosphere.

Rule of Thirds

This photo is lovely. Right off the bat I saw rule of thirds. 1/3 is the stone wall in the back, 2/3 is the boy and his sheep, and 3/3 are the sheets hanging on the clothing line. This photo give off a happy carefree vibe. The boy in the photo is clearly smiling, I can't help but wonder what he is doing with the sheep though.

 Mark Hillyer; Leading Lines

This photo is very satisfying to me. The lines are very symmetric and look very pleasing. The colors remind me of an eerie hotel hallway.

Sarah Bucher ; Close up

This closeup is pretty. The colors are very deep and rich, giving off a peaceful vibe.

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Griffin Simm; Frame Within a Frame

This photo shows a relatively young boy in the frame of a door. Every photo has a story, and the story of this one looks insanely intense. The black and white makes the photo more meaningful.

Ferdie Agara; Diagonals

Lights in photos are one of my favorite things to photograph. In this case, the lights are diagonal and give me an eerie feeling. The red at the end looks like an exit sign and the lights on either side are to illuminate the hall. It almost looks as if the person who took the photo was running towards the exit [red light].

Emma Perry; Filling the frame

This photo is an extreme close up of a leaf, I think. That's what I enjoy about filling the frame, you don't always know what the object it. It gives a little mystery to the picture.

Old Process, New Artist Prework

cy·an·o·type

ˈsīənəˌtīp,sīˈanə-/

noun

noun: cyanotype; plural noun: cyanotypes

1. a photographic blueprint.

A cyanotype is an old photocopying process used in the 20th century. The sun exposes whatever is on top and makes the rest of the paper blue. It was generally used for field journals.

            

Lynnette Miller is a famous photographer who specialises in cyanotypes. Above, are some photos she has done in the past. I found the one on the right especially intriguing due to the positioning of the petals and stem. However, in the one on the right, there are a lot of bottles. I think she put different things inside of the bottles to give them more depth, which make them more interesting.

Anna Atkins: Different artists tend to have different techniques, even when they are doing the same process.Anna Atkins used cyanotypes for field research and plants. Above is a pressed flower, you can see the veins of it.

My plan is to flatten out some plants and expose them on 4x4 pieces of watercolor paper. After they are dried out an the shade I want I will make them into a book. I was planning on doing an accordion book. I haven't quite decided on the design of the cover page, however, I will before the due date occurs.

Project Nine Pre-Work

Fine Art Portrait:

Marta Bevacqua

I was looking at portrait photography and stumbled upon this photo. I really liked the colors and simplicity of it. Her facial expression gives off an angry feel, and with the broken glass it seems like something happened there. It's almost eerie. I think the lighting is perfect. I really like this photo.

Fine Art Portrait:

Marta Bevacqua

I found this picture after I looked up Marta Bevacqua. I really liked it as well. I like that the background is dark and blurred out (shallow depth of field.) The use of nature makes it look more natural and the fact that she has messy hair plays a role. The way she looks it almost feels like she had been running, her mouth is open to catch her breath. I really like Marta Bevacqua's work, and I would love to do something like these.

Magazine Cover:

Vogue

I chose this photo because it stood out compared to other photos.I liked the way the background conveyed summer. It made me warm, and the use of 'summer' in large font helped as well. The difference between this photo and the two above, is, well, she is placed awkwardly. You can tell she was modeling for the photo, and maybe the photographer told her to move her shoulder a bit so her collar bone stuck out more, or to place her hand near her waist to draw attention to her draped jacket. The two above look natural, almost like they were just looking at someone or something, not a camera or a photographer telling them what to do.

Magazine Cover:

Elle

I chose this photo because it was very different from the other magazine cover I chose. The background is dark and doesn't give off any feelings.  While the font is different sizes, it is only one color. In a way it  almost looks more mature and classier. I believe they did that to draw attention to her colorful dress. As I looked at the two covers next to each other, I noticed that, while Emma Stone is seated, the positioning of their hands is very similar. Both left shoulders are pushed forward, one hand (left) at the side, near their waist, and the  other (right) near their face. I believe the hands are used to draw attention,

attention to the face, to the small waist, the colors.

Project Seven Pre-Work

Daguerrotype:

Edgar Allan Poe

Daguerreotype: A photo taken by an early photographic process using an iodine silver plate and mercury vapor.

Cyanotype:

Wilson Stephens & Jones

Cyanotype: A photographic printing process that prints in a dark blue/green color.

Gum Bichromate:

KFerrell & DBrock

Gum bichromate: A printing process based on light sensitivity of dichromates.

Emulation