Full moon

Just thought I'd share this

Updated photos for final. Still missing a few photos

Final photos

Portraits: Week 12 Assignment

Street Photography: Week 11 Assignment

I took all of these with my 50mm f/1.4 lens. 

My clueless sister.

Cute old couple holding hands.

I really don't know why I like this one. I guess I like the amount of people in the photo.

Ugly glare across this one. This guy was handing out Occupy Otsego flyers.

Again, I don't know why I like this photo.

Quiz question #2

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimonlive/6254435881/in/pool-14563546@N00/

I believe this is a decisive moment, first, because I found it in a flickr group just for "decisive moment" photographs. It's also a decisive moment because the woman is looking at the photographer, and I believe that if she wasn't looking straight at him, it wouldn't be as strong of a photo. Her expression is stern and that's what caught my eye in this photo at first. 

Color: Week 10 Assignment

My color was red. For this assignment, I took advantage of the Halloween lights my dad has up on our front porch. He has a disco ball with a red filter, and we also have a string of lights (which are actually orange, but out of focus they looked red).

Week 9 Writing Assignment

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SOUTHWEST - ANSEL ADAMS

The main idea was to bring together photos of the Southwest in Adams' visits.
Adams said that he saw magic, strength and beauty in the Southwest, and the purpose of his photos were to capture all of that.
He definitely uses natural light to his advantage, creating interesting shadows and lighting in his photos.

Week 8 Writing Assignment

Since the photographer disabled users saving his photos on flickr, here's the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafalkryczka/6260950161/in/pool-71917374@N00/

The lighting supports the main subject, which I think is the girl because most of the light is hitting her instead of the guy. The position of the light is off to the photographer's left, which casts interesting shadows on the guy. I assume the lighting is set back a ways or else the guy's face might not be in shadow as much, which I think makes the photo. The photographer wanted the focus to be on the girl, so keeping her in most of the light emphasizes that she is the main subject.

Lighting: Week 8 Assignment

Sorry for some of the ridiculous faces. She can't be serious for more than ten seconds.

Lighting at eye level, coming in from my left in first photo 

Lighting facing down at roughly 45 degree angle, still at my left in first photo 

Lighting closer, set right in front of Katie about 2-3 feet off the ground