Diptychs and Triptychs

 I made these two photos into a diptych because they are both of frosted leaves and bark-chips. I think that the composition as well as the coloration of these photos makes them fit together nicely.

I made these three photos into a triptych because they are all of an artistic lamp in my house which is made up of both geometric and organic shapes. I think that these three completely different views of the same lamp create a full, visually pleasing vision of it.

Two Favorite Shape Project Photos

 This photo is asymmetrically balanced and is geometric in shape.

This photo is asymmetrically balanced and uses both geometric and organic shapes.

Shape Assignment Vocab

Geometeric Shape: Regular shapes most often found in human-made objects, machines and architecture. Circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and triangles are common geometric shapes.
Organic Shape: Shapes that we see them in nature and with characteristics that are free flowing, informal and irregular. Examples are leafs, seashells, and flowers.
Symmetrical Balance: Equality and correspondence in size, shape, color, relative position, etc. on opposite sides of a dividing line or axis.
Asymmetrical Balance: The placement of non-identical forms to either side of a balancing point in such a way that the two sides seem to be of the same visual weight.
Radial Balance: the balance as the result of components that are distributed around a center point or spring out from a central line.

Color Project #3

Favorite Grid (Project #2)

This is my favorite of the three grids that I made for our second project. This picture was taken downtown at Director Park. The picture is a bugs eye view of a pillar running up to the glass cover of the park. I  love the icy color scheme of this photo, as well as its composition and how the photos all fit together in such a visually pleasing way.

Favorite Jacob Riis Photograph

This is a photo by a great photographer of the late 1880's name Jacob Riis. I like this photo because the great use of rule of thirds, as well as the black and white coloration. I also just think that the composition of the photo is very visually pleasing.

Slideshow of Photos From Framing (Project #1)

Photographs of Favorite Photographers

I love all different kinds of photography and for that reason I chose three very different photographers. The first is Jim Shoemaker, who photographs beautiful, colorful unusual landscapes. Secondly I chose Shazeen Samad, a portrait photographer, who creates amazing contrast and composition in his photos. Lastly, I chose Chema Madoz, who likes to play with shadows and create visually complex and confusing images.

Three Best Photos from Framing (Project #1)

These three photos are my favorites from our classes framing project because they all showcase a  different photography style well. The first is a picture of green and red peppers from the Farmers Market. It shows the technique of Using Foreground Elements as the focus is obviously on the peppers (in the foreground) and the background is blurry. The second picture is of a bright building in downtown Portland. It shows the technique of Diagonals, because the orange supports of the building are outstretched diagonally, creating a visually pleasing image. The third picture is a portrait of one of my best friends, Corey. It is a Close Up because I got legitimately very close to her face, focusing on her eye.

Self Portrait

Our classes first assignment was to take self portraits of ourselves to explore the many different techniques  which we will be using throughout the year. I decided that this picture was my favorite because it was a candid shot of me laughing and running my fingers through my hair. I think it shows genuine emotion and the type of person that I am.