tredegar

this assignment was interesting.  i found it hard to think of a concept for a place i wasn't sure of.  when i got there i noticed that i was taking pictures of windows though empty window frames.  i used this right off the bat.  i was a little limited because i wanted to keep unnecessary obstacles that were all around.  when we showed our images in class i noticed how washed out my images were getting.  so i took the re shoot critique well.

Fmb BMX

My second event was a bmx bike show that one of my good friends was competing in.  prior to the event i asked him what type of aesthetic he preferred and we agreed that we would try and shoot the highest amount of action possible.  first thing i did there was turn on the continous shooting feature so i could capture the action at it's height.  it was a pretty good day for shooting a little overcast but sunny at times.  in class it was brought up that formally my images we a little washed out.  i like my images and maybe can see where some people are coming from but i had an idea of what my friend wanted and he was more then pleased.  

Game Night

My event was game night.  i got some friends over and we played apples to apples.  it's a word assiocation game and i wanted to capture each persons facial expression with the card they won with.  i told them basically nothing except for the fact i was going to take their picture.  their expression was up to them.  formally my images were well in focus but dimly lit.  If game night happens again i will take the advice and shoot a combonation of the reactions and some of the actual game play.

urban landscapes.

on this assignment i didn't look at the blackboard site and just remembered that we needed a  concept.  i tried to think of what makes a city a city.  all i could think of were things that made the country the country and that was a porch.  so the best thing i could think of was a corner.  sounds like i settled i know but i still thought this idea had some weight.  i went out to belvidere and broad, a corner i find interesting for many reasons.  i was a little disappointed because this corner doesn't seem to be the same as it was last year.  i shot once during the day and once at night.  what i noticed when it was all said and done were the interactions or lack of interaction people had while at an intersection.  it was fun to watch and unfortunately i don't think my images do justice to what i saw but we'll get there.

50 shots of the crib.

On this assignment i looked for things that i thought would be interesting in my house.  since there isn't much i kinda started taking shots of the inner workings such as plumbing and ventilation.  i wanted to do some long time exposers but i hadn't bought my camera yet so i did my best with a kodak point and shoot.  it actually surprised me with that feature though the movement still looked odd to me particularly with in the fan images.   most of the other inner working images were shot in low light and that let there be a high contrast that i find appealing.  the rest of the 50 images really were whatever i found interesting/humorous.