Semester Exam, Part Tri (3)

1) I take photographs to capture the world as I see it and to make it my own. By doing this, others can see how I see the world, which is what art is all about.

2) My photography has changed because of my work this semester. I now look  and compose shots instead of snapping shots arbitrarily. I do enjoy the composition of shots as much as I like taking them. However, some shots will still be snapshots because of the nature of time.

3) I think that I still need to develop my ability to vary compositions. I would also do better if I was more prolific. Most of my portfolios have shots of the same composition; thus, variety would be better. I also struggled to take the number of shots needed to find good photographs.

4) I will remain active as a photographer by making sure to take my camera with me on trips and continue to see the world as if I was going to take a photograph. The tendencies I must avoid are my laziness; if I continue to take photos, I will continue to grow as a photographer. The positive habit I need to cultivate is to be more prolific.

5) Some of my photos have reached the level of art. One of these was Vesuvius, which is from my Motion Blur project. This revealed to me that I had the potential to become a pretty decent photographer. Another was Brash, from the Contrast/Texture. This photo showed me how probability still plays a part usurping even skill. Finally, Upside Down Reality from reflection showed how my photography has developed. It is abstract and yet understandable.

Semester Exam, Part Deux (2)

1) Imagery affects faith by instilling a "seeing is believing" attitude amongst the populous. Photography does not enhance my faith currently. If it did, it would be because I now have proof to back my belief. If photography did question my believe system, it would be because I would wonder why God allows suffering into the world. Something unseen can be made more real through photography because it allows some who have no opinion on the matter or some who are opposed to see the truth and change their opinion.

2) Photographing something grants you ownership of it; not necessarily physically, but, you gain ownership of the memory of it. My photographs are proof of this. They capture moments in time that can be remembered forever; and they are all mine.

Semester Exam, Part Ichi (1)

These are my best four shots from the semester:

Vesuvius
F-Stop: F4.1, Shutter Speed: 15 sec

This shot was the best from my first project. This shows my development as a photographer and proves that I am moving into the right direction. From here, I continued to develop as a photographer.

Michael Kudlac
F-Stop: F2.8, Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec

In this project, I combined my loves of Photoshop and Magic: The Gathering to make portraits. This was my favorite project to do. It shows that when I have a passion for something, I can make good photographs from it.

Brash
F-Stop: F2.8, Shutter Speed: 1 sec

This shot came from sheer probability. I never intended for this shot to be as good as it is. This is one reason why it is one of my favorites and best. It shows how probability can play such a huge part.

Upside Down Reality
F-Stop: F3.5, Shutter Speed: 1/100 sec

This shot came from my last project. This shot shows my skill as a photographer after the end of the class. I have gone a long way from the beginning of the class; and, this is proof.

Building a Camera Obscura

Building a camera obscura takes about an hour and requires the following things:

A big box, a piece of paper, spray adhesive (or glue), lots of duct tape, aluminum foil, a calculator, a pin, and a couple of sharpies.

Firstly, you must make the box light tight by duct taping, inside and out, every hole or gap that could let in light.

Next, I derived a formula for calculating the diameter of the hole in the aluminum foil.

Next, using spray adhesive, I adhered a piece of white paper on the back of the box onto which the image had a white screen to project.

And there you have it! After painting (or sharpie-ing) the inside black and attaching the lens, you have just built a camera obscura in about an hour!

Stroll Around the Corner

Spring has come, just in time for summer
F-Stop: F2.8, Shutter Speed: 1/50 sec

Camera Obscura

For this project, I constructed a camera obscura (the buildings of which will be detailed in another blog post). I then placed my camera into my camera and photographed the image that was projected onto the back of the box. Enjoy! All photos are at F1.7 with a 40 sec shutter speed.

First Success

After Kraus destroyed my first lens we did some experimenting

Still No Luck

Not Yet... Closer to the subject?

We got something! Light leek

Too little exposure

There is Finn!

It's Avenger Time!

Hubcap

Hubcap Take two

Take Three

Nick Roberts

Kevin Geary

Hoban

Stroll Around the Corner

Small Geyser
F-Stop: F4.1, Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec