Assignment

Alright! If you haven't read my blog before and you're doing so now because your my classmate, I just want to let you know that this is my preexisting blog that I've had for a few months. I just didn't want anybody to get confused. Anyway, people who do normally read this, I know I already posted these pictures last time but, as I said, it's a part of our assignment is to write something to go with them. And also to name them which is something I never do but I will for a grade. This one above here is to be called, "Man with Satchel"! I think it holds the tone quite nicely. I took it because I needed more motion photos for class and I loved his satchel. It seemed like it was from the 1930's, really cool. If I were a business man I'd be too awesome for a brief case too. Because it's in black and white, now it's not just the brief case that seems old. The whole thing could be from the 30's now. I think that's why people like it.

This one shall be known as "Flower Boxes"! I love tilting when I take pictures. I really enjoy the look of things receding into the vanishing point diagonally. I feel it's really interesting and causes a great depth of field. I also liked it because this was a parking garage, which to me does not scream 'floral'. Nothing about a city really makes me think of any kind of nature at all so whenever I see misplaced plants that is exactly what I think; misplaced and the contrast is interesting to me.

This one is just called "Ian". That's right, you guys now get to see what he looks like after I talked about him so much. This is the first picture I developed and printed and I was so happy when it turned out. I was pretty much squealing so this photo and I have a unique relationship. I took it for the depth of field, with the blurred traffic behind him and the foreground only existing in the right corner. I knew how to do the rule of thirds before I knew it was called that. I just figured everything is more fascinating if it's not head on. If you put it somewhere less expected, it will obviously be more worthy of attention, depending on the subject matter.

"Metal". These were in a tea store Ian was applying to work at and they seemed neat to me. The whole tea room had a cool vibe but I didn't know if it was too dark to take a picture with  out a shutter speed that would require a tri-pod so I only took the one. All the same, I'm pretty pleased with it.

"Grate". I have a tendency for taking pictures of feet. These are mine, for the record. I don't know if I just really like shoes (quite likely) or if I just have a high respect for the things feet allow us to do. When I was in the Palace Temples in Bangkok I always put the gold leaf of Buddha's feet to bring me safe travels.

I'm not the biggest fan of having to describe my work because I like when something has an air of mystery to it. I like when people have to ask me questions about something. That's also why I don't often name my photos unless it's something like "IMG452". Everybody's different.