Photography Class Project #2 and #3

I have combined two of my last projects in this entry because I am eager to post about new things. Project #2 is called Lines, Shapes, Patterns, Forms, & Designs. I am sure from the title you can guess that we have to look for Lines, Shapes, Forms... and so on, in our pictures.

This first one is a wood pile at a friends cabin. I love the lighting in this one. It really shows the true brown color of the wood. I like lines and shapes of the space between the wood and the shapes the wood creates. blah blah blah....


This next one is a picture of a fern I found while on a camping trip with some friends. (Note: Never Ever Ever take your two year old on a camping trip, unless you love stressing out to the point of crying all the way home and then passing out for 4 or 5 hours due to shear exhaustion. If you are down with all that, go right ahead.)
I love this photo because of the color. The green just lit up the whole class room when we critiqued it in class. I love all the spines of each fern branch and the water you can see on the leaves.


Those are the two I am showcasing from that project.

This next one is me paying homage to the late great Edward Weston and his famous Pepper, 1930 photo. He is probably one of my favorite photographers. His Farm Security Administration work was one of the most profound and ground breaking introductions into real life that there has ever been. So here's to you Mr.Weston! Thank you for being so damn inspiring!

This one I shall call "Tomato, 2009".


My next project was the dreaded Portraits portion of this Photography class. I somehow managed to get Ryan to agree to a photo shoot. The lighting is late afternoon/early evening and the backdrop is a mural of some graffiti in the middle of town. I chose this one to show all you lovely people because I love the color of the background versus the dark black and gray's of Ryan's clothing. I just think it looks interesting. I also like the composition of the photo being shot from below. I would have liked to see him doing something other than checking his phone but I couldn't think of any direction to give him. At least he is natural in this one. I need to work on my direction. It's hard to tell people how to act or look and still expect them to look natural. I think he pulled it off in this one though. I like it. I love taking pictures of Ryan.



That's it folks. I hope I got a good grade in the class. Thinking about taking a Lighting for Photography class in the fall. This class was so much fun and I met some cool people. And some not so cool people! But that's a story for a real conversation and not a blog.

Stay tuned for pictures from the camping trip we took. The place was absolutely beautiful! Definitely going back, WITHOUT THE TWO YEAR OLD!