Aesthetics

After researching this topic a bit more I have finally came to my ah-ha! moment. I was reading an article online at http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/aesthetics-1.shtml. In this article i was surprised to find out how in depth aesthetics actually is. I couldn't believe there were NINE steps to this one word. I use to look at professional photographs and think "whats so hard about snapping a few photographs of one image and then picking the best one?" After the last few weeks of this class and reading over the nine steps to taking a beautiful photograph I have realized that photography is not that easy. You have to be able to relate to all nine steps as listed in the online site I mentioned...

1. How to see photographically
2. How to compose a photograph
3. How to choose the best lens for a specific composition
4. How to find the best light for a specificphotograph
5. How to chose the best "film" for a specific image
6. How to determine the best exposure for a specific scene
7. How to decide which ones are "keepers" and which are not
8. How to assemble a body of work
9. How to establish a specif photographic style

This was an ah-ha! moment for me because I really could not believe all the effort one must put into a photo and how much knowledge they should possess in order to take the perfect picture.

Monochromatic, Analogous & Complimentary Pictures

I really enjoyed this weeks assignment dealing with colors. I had so much fun in fact that I took pictures of all the options (monochromatic, analogous, and complentary) even though we were only asked to choose two.

Monochromatic: One hue (color). This photo is taken through the bottom of a green glass that is set on a white table cloth. My Sony Cyber-Shot camera was on the twilight portrait setting (shoots portraits in low light with flash). I tried this picture in a variety of settings but this one cameout the best. I really like the all "green" affect the glass had.

Analogous: Three colors in which are next to one another on the color wheel. As you can see I chose to photograph a red, orange and yellow pepper with a black background. My camera was set on the soft snap setting (shoots subject with soft background and flash). As all of you already know when red and yellow are combined in equal amounts they create the color orange; therefore, red, yellow and orange are in a group on the color wheel. I tried this photograph with a white background and in different positions/angles; however, I really enjoyed the colors and textures in the one I chose to share.

Complementary: Two colors in which are opposite of each other on the color wheel. I chose the colors red and green in the photograph above. As you can see there are red roses, green stem/leaves, green marbles and the basket has red and green stripes. I believe the white background makes the red richer and the green still stand out. My camera was set to auto mode with flash. I aslo took many shots of these objects. I tried the vase outside the basket (but the flowers didnt stand out as much) and I tried the basket on its side with the vase inbetween the stripes of red and green but the picture contained too much white background for my liking.

Week 3: Collage

While my camera was in "macro" mode, I ventured through my mother's house snapping photo's of some of her belongings. I used different settings, for different photographs as well. Some of the settings included: Snow (shoot whitish scene with high brightness), Twilight Portrait (shoots portraits in low light with flash), Auto and Soft Snap (shoot subject with soft background).There is a photo of a crystal egg, flowers from the top, side and bottom, a vase, a crystal sculpture (my favorite picture because shadow forms the object due to the white on white contrast), a olf kettle, a fake tree, dead flowers, a wooden cross, sand, candle, glass, window with shades, a fan, a cat, my daughter, fireplace tools and chinese statues.



A Day In The Home Of The Brousseau's



Cold Wonder

 Photo 1: I took this photo from at an angle from a distance to capture the entire scene.

 Photo 2: I took this photo in zoom mode to allow you to see what the entire scene was made up of, up close.

I took several shots of these branches with these icicles on them and these were my

two favorite out of the bunch! I was unable to do the shots I wanted to due to the 10inches of snow that came the night before I took them; however, I believe these two capture the scene perfectly!