Photo Experience: Cat & Mouse Assignment

Today we went outside to do a "Cat & Mouse" assignment. So, basically what we had to do is take pictures of a person. You would start off by standing back to back and the photographer would take a picture of the model. Before taking each picture though, the model and the photographer both had to move two places in any direction and then turn to face each other. This would result with multiple pictures of the model in different distances, and possibly backgrounds,  from the camera. My model was Angelina. We took the pictures in the front office because Ms. Ramos was there and we knew she wouldn't get mad at us like the lady that is usually there. Anyways, it was an OK experience. It's kind of cool to look through the pictures and see how the model person would like move from place to place.

Matt Eich

Matt Eich is an independent photographer born in Virginia in 1986. He is a photographic essayist and takes portraits as well.  The way I would describe his photographs is things we see in everyday life. To be more specific, I would say he takes candid pictures as well as portraits of people. It also looks like the pictures of everyday life he takes are of things we see, but don't pay much attention to.

     

I found these images, and more, on Matt Eich's website. I chose to put these here because they were the first to catch my eye. The one with the smoke is cool, because you can mostly see the smoke only in the ray of light. The bricks and the tree are examples of what I meant when i said everyday life things we don't really pay attention to. The girl sleeping is a candid picture. The last one with the water ripple I just chose because I liked it. It is simple and has a value in the color blue. 

Photo Experience: Plus & Minus Assignment

 Today me and Thyara went out to take pictures for the assignment. Basically what we had to do was take a picture of the same thing, but change the lighting available to the lens. I chose to take a picture of some blooming flowers on a tree that had lost all its flowers because of the winter. My friend to a picture of two dandelions. I actually liked this assignment because you got to compare the same object under different exposure of lighting. I think the main reason I liked the assignment , though, was because of the camera we were using. My favorite camera out of the three the school has is the Sony because it just zooms in the best and has the best focus in my opinion compared to the others. It just overall takes the best quality pictures out of the three. If the pictures were uploaded to the server I would put one on here, but they are not so that is all. Bye.

Photo Experience: Spin like a Top Assignment

Today I went outside to take the pictures for the "Spin like a Top" assignments. We were out for like 5 minutes and then one of the staff people (not going to say names) told us that we need to stop just standing around and stuff. We were actually trying to fix the setting on the camera so that we could carry out the assignment. It took me like 5 tries and sets of photos to finally get the pictures how the assignment asked for. It was frustrating and awkward because I am not photogenic so I wasn't pleased with the pictures, or my face being in the photos. Eventually I didn't care and just wanted to get the assignment done, so I just kept the first 6 pictures that came out "right". Then I returned to class. I liked this assignment, just not that my face had to be in the pictures. I wish flowers and other inanimate objects had hands so they could take pictures of themselves for me. sigh.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was born on July 20th, 1895 in Hungary. He was a painter and a photographer. Below are some of his photographs. My favorite is the one with the two silhouettes. I don't know if they are actual people or not, but the image looks awesome. I also like the two cat photographs because it is basically the same cat, but the original image was flipped and inverted. The other two I like because they look abstract and like pieces of artwork. Laszlo died in 1946 from leukemia in Chicago.

Hans Neleman

                                 


Hans Neleman is a Dutch-born photographer who was born on May 30, 1960. He lives in Connecticut, but works in New York. His works include still lifes and assemblages, fashion and celebrity portraiture, and advertising for clients like Nike, American Express, and Sony.
The pictures above are some of his works. I like the one with the bird. I'm pretty sure its a painting, but it still looks really nice. There is also a picture of a celebrity- Shakira. The one with the lady and the legs necklace hung across her chest is very odd but that is why I like it. The rest are just very cool and abstract.

Photo Experience: "100 Shots" Assignment

Today we went outside and did the '100 Shots' assignment. We actually just had to take 20 pictures of anything, really. We also got the suggestion to choose one thing to take pictures of, but we had to take different angles, or just make all the pictures of that one object different. I chose to do that and my "object" was the front of the school. I went from one side to the other, I zoomed in, and I just took pictures of the walls on the side of the school. One picture was really bright, and the next was at the same angle, but darker. It was a pretty simple and easy assignment, but I liked it. The people in my group took pictures of one object too. Their "objects" were people and the vending machines. It was just a normal experience over all, just like any other day.

Photo Experience: Hocus Focus

Today we went out take the pictures for the Hocus Focus assignment. This is basically where we take pictures where the closer objects appear blurry in comparison to the objects farther away. We stayed inside because it was a little cold outside. I took pictures of a a Marvel magazine, friends, and posters on the walls. I think my favorite is the one of a Marvel comic book because even though it is out of focus, you can tell that it is a comic book. It is also very colorful in comparison to my other pictures. Overall it was an OK experience.

William Wegman

William Wegman was born on December 2nd, 1943, in Holyoke Massachusetts. He is an American artist/photographer who takes pictures of dogs, specifically his Weimaraners. First he was going to pursue a career as a painter. While teaching at California State University, he got his first and most famous of the dogs he photographed, a Weimaraner he named Man Ray. 

The pictures above are some of his photographs. I chose these because they're all pretty silly. I like the dogs facial expression on the first photo with the dog on the balls. For the second picture I also like the dog's facial expression. The third picture is kind of creepy, but funny at the same time. Its just an odd picture and the dog's wig is so weird. I chose the fourth picture because I was feeling like that dog this morning. I had my hood on and I was just done with everything and just annoyed about everything and I feel like that is what the dog is trying to represent??. The last picture I chose because I liked the boots and how the dog is wearing them backwards.