Photo1Q2.15: End Q2 Best Photo

Thumbnail (this is not my best photo for the quarter!) The main highlights from this quarter were actually form straying away from modern methods of photography. Taking it to the roots of exposure was very intriguing, especially with the pinhole practice and the sun prints. They expose you to such raw concepts in both of them, and you truly understand the importance of each point on the exposure triangle. I look forward to film photography in Photo 2 (from what I've heard, this is what an advanced...

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Photo1Q2.14: Pinhole Practice

Thumbnail When I learned that we were doing pinhole photography, I was pretty intrigued, but also somewhat "distant" at the fact that we were "going backwards" in terms of photography, using older technology to learn the importance of exposure and composition. The introductory videos made me concerned that I wouldn't be able to grasp the concept, but when I truly understood how it worked, it made the whole process easier. The aperture is basically permanent, and I'm not sure what our paper ISO...

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Photo1Q2.13: Project Projection

Being in front of the camera is an odd sensation, as I'm usually the one behind it. I don't mind being in photos, but I often am unsure of what to do since a lot of the people I usually work with just naturally look great. The overlaid image didn't make too much of a difference from regular portraits; I still felt kinda "exposed" but not really exposed where I can't come up with at least something. I haven't really experimented very much with actually commanding a live subject to do particular...

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Photo1Q2: Snaps 12: Red & Green

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Photo1Q2.12: Rep Yo' Self

Thumbnail Our first introduction into the lighting unit on the qualities of direction and sources of light, I felt intrigued. There was a video in which Mrs. Takemoto presented showing how a shift in direction can change the feeling of an portrait. I've always wanted to manipulate the light itself, but I realized after learning a bit about lighting, it kinda clicked. As someone who prefers street photography, I didn't necessarily have a "choice" in placing a point of light or the subject I'm...

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Photo1Q2: Snaps 11: Chaos

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Photo1Q2: Snaps 10: Reflections

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Photo1Q2: Snaps 9: Gratitude

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Photo1Q2.11: Sunprint

Of the four themes, I decided to do the "Thyself" theme as I felt that it provided the most flexibility. While coming up with ideas, looking for objects, and doing the overall process behind making the sunprint conceptually, I realized how much the objects that represent me are impossible to translate onto the tiny paper. I began very specific, with a camera, a basketball, and maybe some equipment related to them. Only when I branched out and looked at my life as a whole, did I begin to find...

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Photo1Q2: Snaps 8: Imagine

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Photo1Q2 Snaps 7: Darkness

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Photo1Q2.10: Creepy Capture

For this photoshoot, I worked with the typical group I gravitated toward, which included Noah, Eldon, Kris, and Rylen. I originally intended for my lens to be a tool in the photoshoot (with Eldon being the primary photographer), though, I found that simply taking it on my camera was enough and wouldn't make sense to switch lenses as it would take up time. In addition to being the primary photographer, I brought black paint and a couple brushes. Noah and Kris were the main subjects of the photos....

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Photo1Q2 Snaps 6: Golden

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Photo1Q2.9: Independant Forced Perspective PT 2

Upon viewing forced perspective photos from my peer students' blogs, I learned how difficult it is to get the "perfect" picture. The collaborative exam day slides assignment did assist me in what one could improve on as well as some decent examples that I'd be interested in recreating, but my success with the part 1 work was minimal. I have decent foundations in photography, and I do understand forced perspective photography and how it works. However, I just could not come up with original,...

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Photo1Q2 Snaps 5: Fall

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Photo1Q2.8: Peer Blog Review

Period 3 Recommendation: Tayli Ikenaga On the surface, one might see this as "just another blog" due to that same familiar template you get when you create a blog, but the appeal to this blog was definitely in the content. The metadata labels are integrated for all the photos where they're needed, and the explanations well thought-out and structured, taking viewers through each photograph. Speaking of, I definitely appreciated the aesthetic to a lot of these photos (I believe they show that person's...

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