Project 4 Contact Sheets

Five Conceptual Rules

1. Take more photographs of people.
2. Experiment with longer exposures at night.
3. Vary depths by taking photographs closer to the subjects.
4. Spend more time finding locations.
5. Spend more time setting up shots.

Color Variations

Assignment 3 Contact Sheets

Chapter 3 Review-Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3-

Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3

Chapter 3-

            This chapter provided a good review of shortcuts in Photoshop, and a lot of new information in Adobe Bridge and Lightroom, which I have never used before. It described how to set up and customize your workspace in Photoshop, and then transitioned into fitting images to screen and panning. Layer properties and filters were described with captured images in a step-by-step format, which still provided a lot of useful information.  Bridge and Lightroom are both new to me this term, so this chapter helped understand Bridges similarities to Photoshop, and its use to view and organize a large amount of photographs. There was very little information included for Lightroom in this chapter but it laid out the basics for future reference.

Project Two Contact Sheets

Project #1: Old Work/ New Ideas

            Shooting a lot of family gatherings and vacations for my parents over my childhood sparked my interest in photography. They always approached me because I understood the technology in digital cameras, which they struggled with. I never spent time to learn more than the basics of my camera. I acquired a handful of 35mm equipment from my grandparents and decided to learn the manual controls and shooting techniques. A lot of the work that I printed in black and white is dark and usually obscured by the use of low angles. I enjoy exploring different compositions and making viewers think, but I also shoot a lot of simple landscapes. 

A rope in Charleston Oregon -2010

 In this course I mainly want to continue to memorize the effects of each manual feature of my camera. I just recently made the move to a DSLR and want to be able to practice using it while incorporating what I have previously learned in the black and white course. I know that there will be a lot of options as far as shooting in Eugene. When better weather approaches I hope to shoot more nature and move away of from indoor objects on rainy days. I really like historical music photographs, which are more candid. I really respect Bob Gruen’s work as a rock and roll photographer because it makes you feel like you are back stage at every show he shoots, or sitting there with each artist. 

Bob Gruen's photo of The Clash