I love this photo by Irving Penn because of it's simplicity but it's uniqueness. I got it at http://joephoto.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/04/irving_penn_07.jpg. I think he took this for a Vogue magazine cover. I like the expression of the lady with the red lipstick and the serious expression. She seems hidden and mysterious with her eyes glaring to the other side and her face being concealed with a net. How she's dressed in black and white shows off that quality as well. I love the retro look of this woman and the simpleness of color. It's just black and white but it shows so much. I like how the black bow around her neck is slanted so it kind of balances both sides of her and is more unique than traditional.I love it. The scarf around her neck is a little abstract because I couldn't tell if it was a scarf or a shirt she was wearing.

I really like this photo by Garry Winogrand and I got it at http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/41132-large.jpg. I really like the light cutting through like scissors with the shadows of the ladies' feet in between. I like how you can immediately tell that they're the subject of the photo because of the light and how they seem to match with their hair and shoes and dresses. The man in the wheelchair on the left contrasts in this photo because everything seems sunny and glorious and happy and people are doing things. He seems so restricted and unhappy and not able to live like everyone else. He seems real though because everyone else seems materialistic: the women have their dresses and shoes and purses and the other people have cars and buses and other things.

A Day In the Life of Apples #1

These photos I already have descriptions of on another post.

The Day In the Life of Apples #2

The first photo I wish I could have retaken because it's a little blurry with camera shake probably. I really like the down to high perspective like the hero angle perspective. I like how small the apple is compared to the car and you could see the tire and the length of the car and its height. This photo was kind of hard to take because I had to lay down on the cold hard cement of the garage and it hurt my back and then I had the tripod laying on top of me and I was trying not to move and everything. The second photo I already have descriptions of. The third one I like how cute it is and how I just happened to have a little backpack, but I don't like how the red apple kind of blends in with the carpet. This was a nightmare to color balance because of the red carpet. The next one I really like because it shows that apples like to watch TV also, like us. I like how the dad apple is trying to press the remote control with his non existent fingers. Haha. It was hard to color balance because of the shadows and the silver of the control. The next one with the mom apple typing at work could have been a good photo but I focused the wrong thing. I wanted the apple in focus not the laptop. I like it though because it shows that she's working and trying to get it done. I like the simpleness of it and how you could see that it was a keyboard or something from a laptop.

The Day In the Life of Apples #3

The first one I like how the lines are all neat and together on the planner and how it kind of leads to the apple even though it's not in the center of the image. The shadow was really hard to color balance because it kept appearing really really green. I like how the photo is simple but how there's complexity of words but they're all simple and neat. The red pops out of all the gray and white. The flute one I already wrote a description on. The three apples I could have retaken and used a less colorful couch in my house. The background kind of fights with the apples and it's too much color. The apple on the left reminds me of soap for some reason because of its shape from the top. Haha. I could have shot this one better and ti's not my favorite one. The next one I think shows the closeness of family life and how close families can get in small close situations like this. I love the action of how the dad is tucking her in. I like the color and the snugglyness of the photo. I like the next one because the sheets are so crisp and white. It actually didn't take me that long to color balance it. I like how the apples really pop and stand out against the white. I purposefully made their stems go against each other so it would look like they're facing each other even though they didn't have faces. It shows the love and snugglyness and the comfort of being around each other. I love how simple it is and how simple the colors are.

#6 in my Final Project

Technically this photo is supposed to be the last one but blogger won't let you add more than 5 photos to a new post. This is after school when the daughter apple is playing its flute and practicing its instrument. This was a hassle to do because the white would not color balance. I like how the apple is tilted on the flute rather in a more traditional straight standing up position. It's so cute and it makes me feel serious and concentrated like I'm getting something done.

Final Project: A Day In the Life of the Applebaums

This is my final project and it's a day in the life of apples. I called them the Applebaums. It's kind of cheesy but it's cute and I like it. That's all that counts. Haha. The first photo is of the daughter of the apple couple sleeping in her flowery cute sheets. I really like it because the apple creates color within the white sheets and pillow. It also makes me feel really snuggly and cute. I also like it because it makes me feel safe and loved like I'm protected. The second photo is of the same apple on the toilet. I really like it because it shows the proportion of the toilet to the apple. It shows how much of a struggle it is just for it to be able to go to the restroom. I love the red it gives to the photo which is mostly white. This shows how difficult an apple's life is if it were really alive. I love how bright I got the white because it is the most difficult color to color balance. I hate white! The third photo is of the mom apple showering and I wanted to show something proportionate to the apple so I thought a real shower would be too big in proportion to the apple and the sink would be better. It shows that just because it's apple doesn't mean it doesn't like to be clean. I really like you can see the water bounce off of it like a real shower. The next one is of the father apple by the sink ready to wash his face and brush his teeth, getting ready for the day. I like how it shows the action and what he's about to do instead of showing something else. It shows the thing with the apple being the subject rather than the sink or something else. I really like how it's simple and there's not too much going on. The background foreground relationship is pretty good. There's no fighting going on. The next one is of the Mom apple driving to work. She works at Louis Vuitton and she's one of the head and major people there. I wanted to show her work and status and salary based on the car she drove so I wanted to show the leather. I like how it shows how small the apple is compared to the seat. It shows the difficulty it has to go through to be able to drive a car, something as simple as that. It's on the seat getting ready and it shows that life is hard for it despite all the other things it has like a good job and a stable life.

I really like this photo by Dorothea Lange and I got it at http://www.ibiblio.org/channel/shack.gif. I like it because the people really do live there and they really are poor. It's not something posed because if it was then the emotion and the rest of the photo wouldn't be as real because regular people wouldn't get the same feeling as the people living here. The old house is gorgeous in its own way. It seems heartwarming like the feeling you get when you know everyone in your school and your neighborhood. I like how the shingles on the roof are all different shades and I like how the people are just sitting there lounging. I like how it's black and white because it adds to the feeling of the photo.

I really like this image by Harry Callahan and I got it at http://www.masters-of-photography.com/images/full/callahan/callahan_detroit.jpg. I really like how blurry it is on purpose. How all the cars going by on the street were taken at a long exposure time. What I don't understand is how the building is blurred because buildings don't move. It's a really cool picture also because it's all old cars. I love how all the cars aren't lined up exactly together either because that makes it so there's cars all over the photo which makes it really neat and unique. This is a cool photo.

I shot this photo for my assignment just yesterday when it snowed. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get a good photo before the snow melted. I really like this photo because it makes me feel so delicate and breakable, like someone could shake and break me in one second. I like how you can see the details of the leaf and the droplets of water or melted snow. The litte piece of snow hanging off the leaf makes me feel so vulnerable also. I was really happy I got this shot because I don't think you can get another one like it. Water moves and it doesn't stay permanent so I took the chance to get it. This assignment was very stressful for me because it was one photo but after I took it I just felt so relieved that I got it over with.

Assignment 6 MORE

I think what I could do better is to pay attention to more details and think about things before I do it. This way the details would be more clearer and be snappier and if I think about it then the work will be better. I think what I did do good was I made people not be able to see that I was myself in the Cleopatra picture. I also showed some emotion in the photos I took for this assignment. I was really happy about that.

I really like this photo and I don't know who it's by and I got it at http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/350249795_c5448f693b_o.jpg. I like the nighttime exposure so the lights are a line because of the movement so it's blurred into light in a line. I like the bright building in the back with the tree in the middle of it. I like the street lights on the right side of the photo how they're flashing and sparkling. I like the dots on the floor and how they're arranged in a different shape. Some go straight, some go diagonal, so it's like an arrow. I like how they're straight and diagonal so it draws my eyes to different parts of the photo. The straight lines draw me forward to the building and the tree. The diagonal lines draw me to the other parts of the picture, like the sides. The parts of the picture where you don't notice as much, it helps you to. I like how it's black and white because it shows a more old and classy side of this place like it's the start of the 1900s and there's people going to old movies and girls with curls in their hair going to operas or dressing up.

Ripples

I really like this photo by Jeff Alu of the leading lines. I got it at http://www.bmreview.com/images/jeff_alu/images/Jeff_Alu_leading_jpg.jpg. It's a pattern and leading lines. It makes me see all the way out to the end of the photo but doesn't lead my eyes off the photo because the end of the leading lines doesn't end at the edge of the photo. It ends with the sky so my eyes stay in the photo wanting to know what more is happening in the photo. I really like the pattern of the lines that look similar to each other but are different shapes though. This is very cool. I like how it's black and white so you can see the gray of the lower level and the black of the lines. I like the simplicity of it, how it's only lines and nothing more. It makes the photo very cool.

Assignment-6 PORTRAITS

I really enjoyed this assignment because it was really fun. It wasn't easier or anything, but it was fun taking pictures of other people because I had many jokes and laughs with them. My mom and I kept joking around and laughing while we did ridiculous poses and did ridiculous jokes. For my self portraits, my mom had to stand in place of where I wanted to be and then I would adjust the white balance and lighting and the view from the camera. Then she would stay there and I would go over and pose where I asked her to so it would look the same or I would tell her what part of her body was where in the screen of the camera. Then she would come back and snap the photo. We did all this with a tripod. For the first photo of Zephani Huang, we went over to her house during lunchtime on Wednesday because she lives off of 9400 S. so it's really close. I snapped photos of her and she had this cool scarf so I asked her to wrap it around like that and only show one eye for emotion. I really like how it's upclose and only shows her face and hands and the scarf. It's very mysterious. The second picture, I was trying to have a Hollywood essence about me. More of a 1960's and earlier time so I put on red lipstick and lined my eyes with black liner. I tried to portray different sides of Hollywood in the assignment. I did girly, mean, and classy. The black dress is my mom's and I barely fit in to it. I really like this photo because how the dress is spread out is so girly and classy and how it's an black dress with red lips. The third photo is me trying to be Cleopatra. I didn't have the exact white dress and the gold accessories and headdresses, but the details and the eye makeup tells the story. I wanted to show that Cleopatra could be mean and have control. I really like how close the photo is and how it shows the details of the headress and the eye makeup. It really shows emotion even though it's just through the eyes. The fourth photo is of my mom and I took it of her and her reflection in the mirror. I love reflections. I think they're awesome! I like the expression on her mouth how it's different than regular ones. I like how the reflection is looking back at the viewer rather than herself. The fifth photo is of my mom and I took it while she wasn't paying attention that I took it of her. This way it would be blurry and more natural in action rather than posed. She was in the middle of getting ready of a pose and I snapped it. She didn't know which made it even better. I like how it's blurry so there's several images of herself looking ghostly around her. The whole thing is blurry yet clear because it's literally blurry but you can still tell what's going on. I am really starting to freak out about my final portfolio! I haven't started it yet! I'm really really x 100 starting to worry.

Quote of Forever

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shopping Carts

I really like this photograph but I don't know who it's by. I got it at http://www.photoaxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/pattern.JPG. I originally thought it was buildings with things on them and pictures on the sides, then when I looked at it again I figured out it was shopping carts. I really like the shopping cart pattern with the grids and the handles. I really like the simplicity of color and the complexity of the pattern. It's really cool. I love how the pattern continues and is a leading line that draw your eye to the top left corner and leaves me wanting to see farther what is there: whether it's carts or something else. I like how there's so many of the carts and it just fills up the screen. I love it.

I really like this photo of the water and the forest and rocks. I like how the sidewalk is a leading line for the forest. It leads you to the darkest strongest color part of the photo. I like how the green is such a rich green and how it's the darkest thing in the photo. The water makes me feel peaceful like I could just relax in it and float in it forever. It makes me feel very happy and like traveling and vacation at St. Bart's or Grand Cayman or something like that. The view is also beautiful.

Assignment-5 LIGHT

I really enjoyed this assignment but it was harder than the last one because you had to find light that was good and even though it was everywhere, it was hard to find good ones because you had to set it up sometimes but most of the good ones came from natural light. I found a lot of them just by sitting there getting bored or walking around. All the good ones I took were taken when I wasn't thinking about it too much, just letting it be. I really like the first photo a lot because there's not a distinct foreground or background. It could be seen as a table or anything else. I like how it's a little abstract. I didn't even think of taking a photo like that. I was just sitting in my parents' car and as they drove down Highland Dr. I saw the light shine through the sunroof like that and it was beautiful. I was lucky that they just happened to bring my camera in the car or else I would have missed it. During this assignment there were so many times when I was like oh that's so beautiful but crap I don't have my camera! I was so mad! The second photo was in my bathroom. I was just running out of ideas for the assignment last night and I was getting worried, so I started walking around my house looking for good things to take pictures of. I went into my bathroom and I just remembered that there was that window there so I took it at a couple of different angles. I like how the light is on the top and that there's contrast in the photo. I like how you can see the depth from the lines of the angles of the thing leading to the window. The two also are acting as leading lines bringing you to the brightest light. The third one I didn't think would be that good but it turned out pretty good. I like how the rug separates the reflection and the real thing. I took it when I was standing there taking pictures of other things also. I like the brightness of the light. The fourth one with the nighttime was taken accidentally. I was holding the flashlight turned on under my chin and I went in front of the camera without covering the flashlight and I came back without covering the flashlight so since the flashlight was under my chin it emphasized my head. This is why it looks like my head is floating and you can barely notice my body being there. I love the floaty effect. I actually don't like the fifth one as much. I don't think it's as strong as the other pictures. The stuff in the background seemed distracting and the composition just doesn't seem right. I like the contrast and the lighting but not the composition. I don't think much about that one. Haha.

Braided Black Hair

I really like this photo by Horst P. Horst and I got it at http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/PHOTOGRAPHY/HORST/483Horst.jpg. I really like this photo because it's very simple except for the hair which is the main point. I like how the only detailed thing is the braided part of the hair. It tells the viewer exactly where the main point is. I like how the only dark thing with light on it are the braids and everything else is either plain, shadowed, lighted, or gray. The shinyness of the hair really brings out the photo. It makes it feel so ladylike and so 1800s rich girl. It reminds me of the time periods where they the rich lived in Manhattan, NY and how they got dresses and fancy gloves and hairstyles. This is like that except it's more modern because it's without the dress on her which makes a difference. If the dress was on her then it would look like a side view portrait from a person in the 1800s rather than photo like.

I really like this photo by Hurst P. Hurst and I got it at http://www.forbesgalleries.com/assets/corset.jpg. I really like how feminine it is with the corset and the soft light. I like how she's so graceful in her actions about taking off the corset and how the gracefulness is portrayed even more by the soft white lightcast on the middle of the corset. I like how the attention and details is on her corset rather than the other things in the photograph. I also like how the hairstyle of the lady matches the grace and femininity of the photograph and her corset. I like how the light doesn't get very dark until the very top where the attention of the photograph isn't at.

I really like this photo by Hurst P. Hurst and I got it at http://www.gallerym.com/images/work/big/HORST_P_HORST_ROUND_THE_CLOCK_I_1987_L.jpg. It's called Around the Clock. I can tell why that's the title because her dress goes around in a circle. I like this because of the lighting and the shadow cast on her legs and heels. It makes the dress and the lace on her tights beautiful! I like how the dress goes from dark to light. I also like it because it reminds me of ballet and I dance and the heels remind me of something beautiful like prom night when all the girls are wearing heels and being glamorous and girly. It's just so feminine but so strong. It makes me feel that the lady in the picture is very strong because her heels are dark and they're tall and black. Somehow that makes me feel like she's free and very independent like she can take care of herself and doesn't need a man.

COCO CHANEL!!!!!!!!!

I love this photo by Hurst P. Hurst of Coco Chanel, the designer. I got it at http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_116810_271178_horstp-horst.jpg. I really like this because of the lighting and the girlyness of it all. I like how the light starts at her face and goes into shadow towards the bottom and sides of the chair and her skirt. I also really like feminine photos and this is really girly because of the jewelry, the shiny fabric of her skirt, the bow on her head, and the makeup on her. I like how they're leaves above the chair because it makes the photo more unique and doesn't make the wall as plain as it was. It adds to the photo. Also, I picked this photo partly because it's one of COCO CHANEL!!!!!!!!! I love her! Her handbags are iconic and her 2.55 bag is classic! Haha, now I'm getting off topic so I'll stop. Haha.

I don't like this photo by Eddie Adams which I found at http://www.arkitectrue.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/0228_murder-vietcong-saigon-police-chief-eddie-adams.jpg. I don't like it because it's so violent with the man shooting the other man. It's in Vietnam during more violent times. It makes me feel scared and it's a darker image and violent. I don't like photos that make me feel like this. I don't like photos of war and soldiers or blood and the dead. It's too violent to think about for me.

I really like this photo by Berenice Abbott and I got it at http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/braddock/images3/abbott-newsstand.jpg. I really like this because of all the different variety of magazines on there. It's different things and I like how they're so crammed together but you can still tell that each one is unique and different. I like how there's a man standing on the left looking at the newsstand because it makes the photo look more realistic and I like the cigar and milk signs at the top. It makes the magazine stand look more not modern and more close to home like somewhere you'd go everyday. I like this photo a lot and also because it's black and white. If it was color then it'd be not as cool because not every color would be the same and with black and white only the design and shapes are different.

This photo is by Bill Schwab and I found it at http://www.darknessdarkness.com/artists/schwab.jpg. I really like this photo because it gives an air of mystery. It seems kind of foggy and snowy. The snow almost looks fake because it's so pure and smooth and white. I like how the lights are in the background and not fighting with the tree. It adds to the photo and I really like how the snow is up the tree also but then there's black parts left so it adds contrast. I like the black thing that is lying in the snow. It breaks up the all white snow so it's more interesting. I like how the light in the background is reflected and that the snow eventually goes to thin ice and then blends to water. It's very smoothly done.

I couldn't find who took this photo but I got it at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/15/lightfinal.jpg. I love the lighting in this photo and how it's coming from the subway and it goes from intense blinding light and fades out onto the train station. It makes the platform go from light to dark from left to right. I love the lighting on this. It's beautiful. I love how it's black and white also because it makes the light stand out more than if it was color. I just love this photo! The composition is really cool too and the platform doesn't take up most of the photo either. My eyes go straight to the train because it's the brightest thing in the photo. I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

I like this photo but I don't like it at the same time. I couldn't find who took it but I found it at http://www.blackphoto.com/images/lessons/night/header_photo.jpg. I don't like this because it's too busy and too colorful and there's just way too much going on. There's the spinny ferris wheel and then the other orange thing on the bottom left. Then there's the hot pink doors on the bottom right. I really like it though because how the ferris wheel is blurred because of the longer exposure during nighttime. It reminds me of Final Destination 3 the movie because the people die on the roller coaster and a lot of the movie happens at carnivals, festivals, or amusement parks. This is a more positive image than the movie though.

This photo is taken by Jan Leonardo Wollert and I got it at http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7187281-md.jpg.
I really like this photo because of the circles of lights. I did not know what it was at first but I asked Mr. Slade and he told me it was something in a factory and they put lights on the spinning things. I thought it was really cool because although there are different things in the picture your eyes go straight to the light circles because it's brighter and more colorful. It's more scientific cool though instead of powerful photo. I still like it though. I like how the angle of the photo is so you can see all the circles leading back to the door leading your eyes back.

Assignment-4 HERO ANGLE

I really enjoyed this assignment because I thought it was really cool to photograph things from a different perspective and see simple things differently. This assignment went really well and I thought it wouldn't because I barely got it done last night, but it ended up being pretty good. The shoes picture I really like and I thought of it last minute. It was the last picture in my assignment and I thought it would be different from my other pictures. You can still tell that it was photographed low but instead of doing things that were already in nature, I set it up this time using myself and instead of taking a traditional feet straight up and in front I decided to slant my feet and pull one of my socks down. I took the next one of my back porch during the day it snowed. It was really cold and I was wearing snowpants and a snow jacket having barely just finished breakfast. I was laying half down on the ground and freezing but I really like it because you can tell that it's low because it looks just barely over the porch. The tire one you can tell is low because there are the trees in the background telling you it's low and because the tire is obviously touching the ground and is the same height as how I took the photo. I like that one because there's not too much ground in front of the tire but there's not too little and there's light and shadows from the tire to the side. I like the line in the cement because it's very simple and it's obvious that I took it low. It's simple but it does and finishes all the work. It makes a strong image even though there's only one thing in the photo. The road one was where my driveway slanted down and the road was a bump up. I was sitting down right after I took the one with the line in the sidewalk and I saw that I thought it would be good. It turned out really nicely and you tell it's low because of the background and the road itself. That one is one of my favorites.