My grandma

Taken a few weekends ago when we still had snow, but this is Bella!

I read the article "6 Easy Ways to Give your Photographs a Compelling Narrative" by Robert Bradley, and discovered the six secrets:Ask yourself questions when photographing, and bring along a notebook to record your ideas.Capture an image with conflict...

It’s easy, I think, to allow technology to mediate your imagination right out of a picture. In class, some people really loved the last section on design, and some people … Continue reading →

Something that has been bothering me for a while is the number of different file formats that are available for photos. I never know which one is best for what type of photo or if they are even different at … Continue reading →

Shooting with a single theme is a great way to start to broaden the objects that you shoot. You simply take a certain theme, such as a colour, an object, or even an idea such as contrast, and then you … Continue reading →

intricate // plain

This is an example I found online of a photo taken with the lens detached. I tried to follow the technique’s directions online but it didn’t work as well as I had planned. I detached the lens of my DSLR camera and held it up to where it usually attaches, tilting it slightly downward to ...

Daily Shoot! I think that generally people consider fish-oil omega 3 pills to be ugly. I tried to make them look beautiful in these shots!

Today I decided to explore contrast and brightness. I used a picture I already like- it’s me on St. Peter’s Square in Rome. I like the positioning of the shot and almost everything about it, except the fact that the bottom half of the picture seems very dark compared to the top half, divided by ...

Daily Shoot: EXTREME CLOSE-UP (of an easily recognizable object)

For Wednesday– Find one new thing to create or explore from an online or print source. It could be a technical issue–focus, exposure–or it could be a type of shot–a … Continue reading →

This week’s daily shoot assignments– Take a photo with strong contrasts—technical (lighting, coloring), physical (size, distance), conceptual (new and old, present and past) Take a portrait. Take a self-portrait. Take … Continue reading →

This past week we finished up our last design projects and dove into photography with several daily shoots. I started the week by making a couple minimalist posters and a GIF, as well as responding to the short story "Jon." The daily shoots were severa...

Self Portrait. The concept of this is simple: take a picture of yourself every day. It helps to use a tripod and shutter release, rather than limiting yourself by trying to shoot with the camera at arm’s length. You are … Continue reading →

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