Finding my Fave

 strength: contrast

 strength: focus

 strength: detail

 weakness: interest

 weakness: proportion

 strength: contrast

 strength:focus

 strength: focus

 weakness: focus

strength: focus

Surrealists' Dreams

X-Men Origins: not really, It's photography origins

Sir John Frederick William Herschel

7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871

• invented the cyanotype process and variations
• experimented with color reproduction
• experiments using photosensitive emulsions of vegetable juices (phytotypes)
• discovered platinum process on the basis of light sensitivity of platinum salts
• Unaware that the term photographie had already been coined, Herschel coined the term in 1839
• He discovered sodium thiosulfate to be a solvent of silver halides
• Niépce took what is believed to be the world’s first photogravure etching
• earliest surviving photogravure of a man with a horse and of a woman with a spinning wheel.
• Niépce called his process heliography, which literally means "sun writing".

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851

• French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.
• born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France.
• In 1939, he was elected to the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.
• died on 10 July 1851 in Bry-sur-Marne, 7 mi from Paris. A monument marks his grave
• Daguerre's name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel tower.
• concentrated his attention on the light-sensitive properties of silver salts
• invisibly faint "latent" image created by a much shorter exposure could be chemically "developed" into a visible image
• The resultant plate produced an exact reproduction of the scene. The image was laterally reversed
• a Daguerreotype was almost always sealed under glass before being framed

Name:  Alfred Stieglitz

Date/place of birth:                                          Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1864

Trying to communicate:          prove that photography was a medium as capable of artistic expression as painting or sculpture

Contributions:          editor of Camera Notes, the journal of the Camera Club of New York

Illuminating Photography, From camera Obscura to Camera Phones 1. What does the term Camera Obscura mean? It is Latin for “dark room” 2. What IS a camera Obscura? darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside 3. What were the earliest examples of the principles the Camera Obscura utilizes? the crescent shape of an eclipsing sun holes in a sieve, and gaps between leaves of a tree. Alhazen did experiments with five lanterns outside a room with a small hole. Leonardo Da Vinci gave clear descriptions of camera obscura in his notebooks. Many were large rooms like that illustrated by a Dutch scientist. 4. How does the Camera Obscura work? a dark box that allows light in through a tiny hole and allows the image to be transferred to the opposite side of the hole 5. How was it used? Portable camera obscuras were used as aids for draughtsmen and painters. The camera obscura became the prototype for the modern day camera 6. Who is credited with first using the camera Obscura in painting? Joseph Pennell 7. What role did the Camera Obscura play in the development of photography? It was one of the first cameras Aristotle understood the optical principle of the camera obscura by viewing 

1. What is a Daguerreotype? photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor. 2. What does it look like? a box with a lens 3. How does it differ from photographs of today? it took a lot longer for light to penetrate 4. What length exposures were needed? 8 hours 5. What were the styles of typical early daguerreotype portraits? rigid, stone-like 6. What were post-mortem photographs and why were they taken? after someone died; to remember them 7. What is a Calotype? early photographic process in which negatives were made using paper coated with silver iodide. 8. What does it look like? a daguerreotype

Creativity at it's Finest

Animals of the Earth

These ferocious creatures are basking in the light and also tearing into some food.

Coming to an End

And so the school year is almost over and I graduate in a week. I can't believe it is so close. I am hoping, though, that I can continue uploading pictures of my creativity. Remember, you are allowed to get lost in wonderland. : )

Calling All Winners to Compete

Living the Life of a Rock Band

Light Within the Dark

Kill Me With Abstract

           Exposure. Yes,all parts of this picture are over or underexposed. This was intentional.
Focus. There is no main subject. The assignment was to be abstract.
Depth of Field (DOF) You can not tell the depth of field due to the exposure.
Lighting / White balance. The light is harsh. It is supposed to be seeing as this is a light and shadows assignment. There is no hue to the photo, it is black and white.

          Centered vs. "Rule of Thirds". There is no main subject, this is abstract. Whatever this is is not centered. Fore, Middle, and Backgrounds. There is no fore, middle, or background. This is abstract. Cropping/Framing. There is hardly any white space. Cropping would not make much difference in this picture. Color / Tonal Range. This is black and white. There is true black and true white. Diagonals, S-Curves, etc. There is a slight diagonal line in the picture. Leading lines.
 Since the picture is mostly black, the white might draw attention. Dark vs. Light areas.  No, it is perfect. Balance. The photo has more light on one side and more dark on the other. It it balanced.

          I see a mysterious mood in this photo. This mood is not what I intended, I was just trying to get abstract photos for class. This photo feels mysterious, maybe causing an uncomfortable feeling. This photo is abstract, there is no real story. I like this photo because I like black and white photos. NO, I would not hang this photo on my wall, I do not like abstract images.

Shutting out the Light

These pictures are the most creative and interesting of all 70 pictures I took. The subject is one that no one found before, nor after me. Think what you will of these, for they are thought provoking.