Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween!!

I really like this pumpkin photo because every pumpkin is fully illuminated and bright. There are many shades of orange and yellow in this picture. The only thing if find to be rather distracting is the lamp light in the left corner. My eye goes directly to it when it should go to the pumpkins because they are the main focus. Maybe if the light was a little less bright it wouldn't be as noticeable. I was unable to find the photographer of this photo.
I really like this portrait. There seems to be an intensity in the boy's eyes and i like that it is in black and white so there is more of a contrast between the makeup and his hair and his coat. I guess i like how many different shades of black and white are in this photo. Photographer unknown. 
Halloween is not complete without a black cat! I like the angle that this photo was taken from. I think it would be better if you could see more detail in the cats eyes. They are very bright and i think that it would be cooler to see the life in its eyes. You can tell a
lot when you look into an animals eyes and i think the bright light takes that away. I do like that you can see every little hair and detail of the cats face. It makes me want to pet it and snuggle it. Photographer unknown.
This photo is amazing to me. I really like castles and large buildings. Something about this photo is very mysterious and makes me want to go explore and see what i find. I like how there is so much depth to this photo, it shows that there is quite a bit of distance from the front trees to the actual castle, and then who knows how far away the hot air balloon really is. The photographers watermark is in the middle of the photo but i was unable to read it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


Thursday, October 24, 2013

sunflowers!

I really like this picture. It was taken by Michael Breitung Photography. I like how there is depth to the picture. It goes back in space and makes me feel like i could reach into the picture itself and pick one of the sunflowers in the background. I also like the colors that are captured in the sky and how the clouds are flowing and almost appear to be moving. The flowers are also very vibrant and the details can be seen nicely.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

street photography tips

This photographer has posted some pretty cool tips for shooting street photography. She brought up some points that i wouldn't have thought of on my own. I like reading about different photographers points of view and tips that they provide. I really liked the tip that showed using different objects to frame your subjects.

photography tips

barns!


I really like pictures of old farms and the neat things you find on them. Old barns are really beautiful to me. This website has a lot of great barn pictures. They are each unique because the composition and setting of each are different. Someday i'd like to have the opportunity to attempt some creative barn shots. Some of the shots have some really great clouds in them, almost to the point that they look fake. I wasn't really able to find out each photographers techniques and such but nevertheless, the pictures are beautiful. Here is the link (hope that it works)

barn pictures


Thursday, October 3, 2013

on the road...

This past weekend i traveled to Sheridan, Wyoming. I took a bunch of pictures, however, most of them were taken from inside the car while we were on the interstate. Here are a few!

This picture was almost awesome! The crappy part is how the bottom of the picture is blurry. Sharpness is better than blur. The top half of the picture is definitely more appealing that the lower half of the picture. Part of the blurriness is the fact that we were driving on the interstate.

I like this picture because it is not blurry! We were out in a farm field shooting shotguns when i thought that this would make a neat picture. I really like the lighting and the shadows that the tree creates. I also like how the water can be partially seen sneaking through the landscape.

On the way home we encountered some pretty neat skies while the sun was setting. I tried to capture some of the bright, deep colors. I really like the clouds and the yellow of the sun.

As the sun went behind the clouds and it started to get darker, i noticed how cool the clouds looked. I only got the tops of the trees in the picture because i wanted to have mostly sky. I was afraid if the picture was of sky only, It wouldn't be very appealing. I like the shades of grey throughout the sky and i also like how the trees are just dark silhouettes instead of very detailed trees.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

critiques!

#1. This picture is pretty cool to me because of the action that is being captured. This is not an everyday image that you would be able to go out and randomly capture. I like how pretty much all of the photo is in focus. I also really like how the bear's hair is very clear and the detail can be seen. I also like the fact that you can see the eye of the fish clearly. I would hate to know what is going through the mind of that fish at this particular moment. The picture didn't load very well when I was trying to view it.

#2. I really like this picture because fall/autumn is my favorite season of the year. The vibrant colors of the changing leaves is captured in this photo. I like that it is bright and almost looks fake because of how bright it is. I like how the water looks. I'd like to go hang out in this picture. I thought of the rule that red is more attractive than yellow, which kind of made me laugh because I think in this instance, the yellow shown in this picture is attractive to me.

#3. I'm not a big fan of this picture because it looks pretty fake to me and I don't want to spend time looking at it like I do with other pictures. I like the contrast between the dark and light shades but I think the white on the right side of the picture is kind of distracting. I like the left side of the picture ten times better.

#4. I like the mountains in this picture, but the sky distracts me away from them. when I first look at the picture I see the white cloudy looking part of the background. It kind of takes something away from the starry blue/black night sky. The jaggedness of the mountains is definitely an eye catcher.

#5. I love the cool calming colors of this picture. I also like the levels that catch my eye. they start with the sky, then move down to the trees, then too the hilly areas, and then to the flatter parts.

#6. I really like this picture because I am drawn to bright colors. Every important part of this picture is clear and in focus. I like that the bird is centered in the photo and is large enough to fill the space. It definitely looks better than if the photographer hadn't zoomed in as closely to the bird. I also like how the branches go vertically and diagonally. I think that it helps to divide the picture and also helps your eye to move around and look at all parts of the picture.

#7. This is also a cool action photo but I don't like that the details of the bear's face cannot be seen. I also think that the water droplets might be a little to over exposed and draw attention away from the main subject of the photo. I like the rocks on the left with the moss on them, just wish that the bear was a little more sharp.

#8. In this picture my attention is drawn to the left half of the picture, which is unfortunate because the subject matter is located in the right half. The moose seems out of focus and is kind of in the dark so it is not focus on when someone is viewing the picture.

#9. I think that this picture is very awkward. I think that the position of the birds wings takes away from the fact that it is catching a fish. It also takes away from the intense look on the birds face. The picture could have also been a bit sharper.

#10. This picture seems pretty simple to me. looks like the rule of thirds was considered when choosing how to set up this shot. I almost like the upper half of the picture better than the whole. if you took out the bear sitting in the water and zoomed in to the bear in the background, it would be a pretty cool shot because of how the sky and the clouds look.