This week was really fun! I really love photography and exploring new was of creating stories with my photos. I found the tips in the different readings we had to do this week really to the point and helpful and I think I learned a lot this week! Reflecting on cinematography: I did things a little … Continue reading Week 4 Summary

This week was images!!! My favorite! However, besides this course, I had a lot going on – 2 quizzes, 2 exams, 3 practices, and too many tutorials and meetings to count! I completed most of my star assignments on Monday –... Continue Reading →

This photo of my purse shows all the most important items I carry around with me each day. The biggest item is my wallet which carries almost all the most important stuff like my license, my school ID, my debit card and any cash I’m carrying around. The next biggest thing is my little bag … Continue reading My Daily Essentials

Another assignment for this week was to review the cinemagraphic effects of horror movie.  For this review, I chose the Movie, Near Dark.  As I was watching the movie, I took notes as to which effect I could pick out.  They... Continue Reading →

This week was very interesting for me personally. I tried to read through the list of our assignments that we needed to do for week 4 but my eye kept jumping to the Photoblitz. I was confused and curious as to what a Photoblitz was and decided to read through the description of it. I … Continue reading Weekly Summary 9/18/2015

My all time favorite place to go is Half Moon Bay, California. It is one of the cutest towns and most beautiful chilly beaches you will ever go to. To create this collage I just grabbed a few images off of google and used the pic stitch app to put them together. It’s so beautiful!!

I enjoyed doing this week’s work. While having very limited experience with photography in practice, I’ve studied it before and forgotten most everything that I’ve learned. However, I did find it interesting that this week focused more on it. To that end, I also enjoyed doing this week’s assignments. The first one that I tackled … Continue reading My Weekly Summary (#4) →

This movie is an excellent example of horror for many reasons. As such, I want to take my time and explore some reasons that explain why. The first of these is depth. One great example of depth in this movie is one of the hallway scenes following the child on the tricycle. I say that … Continue reading The Shining, an analysis by James Rives →

I took this picture today with my girlfriend at the river by our school and I thought it would be really fun to mess with the colors. I used an app called afterlight and messed with the color hues until I liked how it looked.

For this assignment, I had to watch a horror movie and find elements of emotion in stills from the movie. I decided to watch The Ring because it was the first horror movie I ever saw and thought it would be easier to dissect it since I have seen it many times. I also wanted … Continue reading Cinematography is More Than Entertainment

For this assignment I decided to make a collage of my favorite animal: the Fennec Fox. I just took four pictures off of google images and used the app called pic stitch to put all the images together in a collage. Hope you enjoy these adorable little a...

This week was very fast and furious for me.  I was dealing with the loss of a family member who is near and dear to my heart.  However, I did manage to get all the work done.  Not sure I can articulate what I did very well but here’s what happened, as I remember it. … Continue reading Summary Week 4

This week was rough. I didn’t look ahead of time and put it all off until the last minute so I couldn’t do a lot of things. I feel like the week just flies by and next thing I know it’s Friday and this is due. I think I just need to get better about […]

Looking at the world through the lens was the task of this week! So I decided to do something different and instead of writing out my process and evaluation I thought why not have a video! I hope that you enjoy my crazy thought process and comment! Photography Reflection Bride of Frankenstein Paranormal Photo Storytelling […]

  I took my original picture (which I notice is a different version but it’s only off by one head) and added a couple of different filters to create new effects and different lighting. I actually think the edited version looks super cool!  

  Doc and Brady are my new adopted kitties. The boys are brothers and were both found on the side of the road in the town where I am from. They have a sister but she was not up for adoption at the time I adopted the two boys. Brady is mine and is named […]

That’s the last time I ever take a selfie with this old phone, I swear. I knew this thing was a piece of junk when I bought it, but I suppose there’s no accounting for taste… I just wanted something that would work when and if I needed to make calls, text someone, or listen … Continue reading A paranormal happening… →

This is my version of a paranormal picture. If you look close enough, you can see the double chain locks on the doors and the wearing of the frame from where this creature got inside.  

The movie the ring does a lot of contrasting with lights. Often the scenes have a black versus white/light appeal. The perspective of the movie is looking in on a bunch of different people who all watched this film and were told “seven days” foreshadowing they would die in seven days. For the lighting, the movie almost […]

      At risk of sounding like a bad commercial, I chose to use this bottle cap because I’ve recently embraced being 21 and found this cap to be interesting. I suppose I just like the way to logo fits perfectly onto the face of it? I guess that’s one way to put it. … Continue reading Larger Than Life →

Sometimes at night…when I’m really tired…and can’t sleep…my feelings change…and…my face changes. I can’t really explain it, but I just become abnormally happy. All the stress of the day seems to disappear. The only problem is…all I remember of the night…is that calm feeling…but sometimes…I wake up in the morning…and there’s blood in my bed…and … Continue reading Sometimes at Night…

Reflect on cinematography   After reading Becoming Better Photographers allowed me to understand more about photography and was amazed at how difficult it is to film a movie. They have the Selection: unique views and images to present the scenes to audiences. After watching The Ring, I applied the knowledge that I just learned to […]

This week went by pretty quickly! I’m SO glad it’s almost over. It was the week of broken things for me. First, on Sunday morning my glasses broke. Then as the week went on my hello kitty rice cooker and...

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I do not take that many pictures often and when I do it’s either of my kittens, niece, or boyfriend. And they’re not very scenic pictures, it’s just in the moment pictures with little or no effort. I don’t try to capture any kind of feeling or focus on anything particular so I guess I […]

We’ve come to the end of yet another week. Time is flying by, but this week (week 4) wasn’t too bad; I feel like this class gets easier and easier, maybe just because I’m getting the hang of it now. As usual we have our usual responses I’ll tag below in case you missed them. […]

Cinematography – simply put the art of movie making. This week we have been focusing on visuals such as photos, still shots, and movies. We were asked to analyze one of three motion pictures, I choose the “Bride of Frankenstien.” As stated before it is alot easier to impose certain emotions or feelings upon someone […]