Sedona

Into the Valley (2011)

For these two photographs, I was hoping to show nature as it is, and I was also hoping to show how beautiful and strong lions are. I was on a class trip to Sedona, Arizona, and I had a lot of fun. I liked how the lion was looking straight at my camera. This could symbolize the strength of a lion. Its stare is so bold and distinct. We ended up going to a nature persevere. It was really nice and the animals there were just so cool.

The Strength of a Stare (2011)

As for my other photo, I was hoping to show how big and beautiful nature is. The mountains in Sedona are just spectacular. The colors are almost fictional. It is as though, a painter added the different shades. This photography however, also shows the power of sunlight. Sunlight can be tricky. Here, the rocks on the mountains look like they are all different colors and shades. The truth is, it is really only one color on these rocks. The sunlight plays tricks and the shadowy areas make the rock appear darker in some areas than others.

Close up

Abstract Beads (2011)

 These are photographs I also took in 2011. For these photos, I was focusing on details and looking up close. With "Abstract Beads" I photographed a display in my school built to celebrate art. I particularly liked the contrast between the white clear beads and the purple background. I also like how the lines on the background points towards the beads. This stands for being a whole. Every thing is made up of parts and each part has significant, no madder how insignificant it may seem. Lastly, I really liked how the lighting hit the beads. This lighting manipulated the background, tricking people into believing that the purple background has different shades. The truth is, the background is really only one color of purple. Also, this lighting has meaning. Like anything we do, things are complex. They can be deceiving or simply misleading. 

Ribbons (2011)

As for my "Ribbons" photograph, I wanted to show how even the smallest things are beautiful. This photograph also stands for all of the things people take for granted. Here, something as small as little ribbons people put on top of gifts are unqiue. They are not only well made, but so vibrant. The sad part though, is most people past these by and do not realize how beautiful these ribbons are. These ribbons were on the bottom shelf in a store. On the larger scale, this message can be applied to anything. Try not pass things by, because you will never now what you could miss.  

Hawaii

Now thats its towards the end of the year, I thought I would share some of my class photo-shoots I have done. For the next few weeks I plan on sharing some of my work with you all. For this post, I want to share a few photographs I took while I was in Hawaii summer of 2011. I decided to show this photographs first because they are the oldest and so, I would like to show how my photography has progressed throughout the year. When I took this photographs, the biggest thing I was trying to covey is nature's beauty. The world is really spectacular and I just simply love its greenery. I also wanted to convey the message that nature is better without humans occupying all of it. While I do love cities, I also love seeing nature as it is and how it always has been. Enjoy.

Everyday Objects

For this week, I decided to photograph normal everyday objects. My aim was to display how complex this objects are and how much geometry they have. For Photo 17, I photographed a cd player. I like how something as simple as a cd player has several gears and mechanics to it. I also like the contrast between the reds and the blacks and the grays. One thing that I like to do when I photograph things is to try and find contrast. Contrast in a photograph adds complexity and in some cases, more interest. As for Photo 18, I photographed a guitar. I played round with this idea before and I liked it so I decided to reshoot it. What I did this time was focus on the geometric shapes it makes. I like how acoustic guitars have a almost perfect circle and six strings that come across it. this strings give the impression of straight lines and help add a contrast between the circles and the different colored regions.

Photo 17 (May 9th 2012)

Photo 18 (May 9th 2012)

Just Loafing Around

Photo 15 (April 30th, 2012)

Photo 16 (April 30th, 2012)

For this week, I decided to show a more humorous side of photography. This two photos are meant to appear silly. For Photo 15, I photographed a huge bear sitting watching TV. My purpose of this is to point out how silly it looks when other things act like humans. Sometimes, people should stop watching TV all day and go out and have fun. I also like how the bear sticks out from the background so much. For Photo 16, I photographed the same bear but now it is sunbathing. This photo to me is the funnier of the two, because one, usually bears do not sunbath, and two, this bear sticks out once again. As an active photographer, I always like to shoot new things, and so I decided humor would be this week's theme. I once again used my Canon Rebel Xti. The bear is a bear I recently got from my brother for my birthday.