Assignment #7 - Diptych

Bah, this assignment was really hard for me, and I did not like it at all for several reasons. I have a tripod, but it seriously is a crummy tripod, and it would not hold still for the night pictures. My creativity was not flowing, my roommate and I got called creeps when we were taking the night shots (I guess taking pictures at night is creepy?), and the few good ideas that I had did not end up working at all! Whew! Now that I am done ranting, I did learn a lot about night photos (a nice tripod is key) and photoshop (putting together two images) from this project.

Black and White Test

This is kind of a self portrait, but not quite, soooo, I am using as my test/practice black and white conversion.

Assignment #6 - Black and White Portraits

This is Sam, my roommate. She is really an incredible person, and I love this picture of her because I feel like it captures her contemplative nature.



This is Miranda. She is in my recreational management class; however, I did not really know her before I took this picture.



This is Talia, another one of my roommates. I love this picture of her because I feel like it captures who she is to me. She is one of the sweetest people I have ever met, she is an excellent listener, and she loves to have fun in a cool/chill sort of way.

Color Portraits

This is Chery, my sister and best friend. I LOVED taking portraits of her. She is so fun and easy to work with, and since I know her so well :), I could boss her around a little bit. We laughed a lot during the photo session.




I decided to do take a picture of myself as the world sees me- the black and white photograph picture in my hand (with a few different stripes of colors), and as I see me. Most people think that I am simply either this or that - very black and white - because I am quiet. The color across the black and white picture represents when people get a completely wrong opinion of me. The "real" me is behind what the world sees.




This is Annie. She is 12 years old, and a real sweet heart. I did not know Annie before taking her pictures. I like this image of her the best because of her expression. She is quietly looking forward to her future with a smile on her face.



I learned a TON this time around. I realized that I should not let my nerves get to me when I am taking pictures of strangers, because honestly, I did some "-" polishing on those images. White balancing before shooting is ESSENTIAL! I found that taking pictures of people I know is really, really fun. The self-portrait was probably the hardest for me for a number of reasons, two being the idea and then the execution of the idea.