BOC Week 11: A Photo of Nothing

The place has a home. I took a photo of the front doors of my home. I let the sunlight come in to show the shape, design and structure of the windows. The design on the windows are light so I let the contrast bring out those etches and the borders around the etches. The colors are kind of faint to show that the opacity makes from the windows. The windows show as slits to make it more hidden and want to make one look at the parts of the outside. I brought it at an angle and far so that the windows would show the soft opacity of the outside. With the etches, I brought out in one window to make it a variety of windows and the dimensions. I took it at an angle to show the dimensions of the texture you see just at a glance and know how the windows feel. It was taking in the morning so that I can get most of designs to show on the windows and the colors show faintly through them and it it more relaxed with no one around with the dimesions. The room inside the house I left dark because it is a house that is nice and hidden only revealed by those who come and visit and those who live there. The days are dreary at times and the nights are active at other times. I wanted to portray that the light coming in shows the window to the world and the inside is a hidden part of that world. I live in a place that is active with great caring family taking the house in its own care. We live in the nights and days we live out there.

BOC Week 9: The Eye

I highlighted the ends of the eye to make the color part of the iris come out. I used the sunlight as a light to bring in the reflection of the parts of the eye. I wanted to make the eye a focal point and make sure that it looks very clear and be point of focus of the photo. I used the reflections from the area to make me stand out in the eye. I wanted to make my figure look unduly unusual and be able to see in the eye. I wanted to make my shadow figure noticeable in the eye to make it more interesting and have a story behind it. I made sure the eye is saying something like she is reading what she is seeing and thinking something at the same time. I have it where the eye is seeing something that is pleasing and interesting and reading what the eyes is seeing just by looking at the photo. It is imperative to make focus my camera on the eye because that is the story of the photo. I wanted the pupil look somewhat constricted so that you can see the color of the eye somewhat. The reflections in the eye are an essential part because it hightlights the roundness of the eye and makes the eye stand out. It is the roundness that makes the eye an interesting shape and the iris makes is what make it a person. The iris identifies a part of a person. The pupil identifies who the person is inside. The highlights make the iris stand out and make the eye a person. I wanted the figure to look like she is focusing on something interesting. I made the figure look like a person with a different person and show that through the reflection of the eye.

Week 9 BOC Food

I did a cup cake and two cookies as my food. I used just a dark background to enhance the highlighted parts of the dessert and plate. The cookie were situated in a way that it is angled and the highlights are at the rounded edges of the cookies. The cupcake was arranged in a way that it is the soft huge parts of it are bulging out of the photo. I used two lights and two window areas that are bringing in the sunlight. The sunlight is not directly in the windows so it is diffused by the rays of the sun hitting on the sides The two lights I used are the regular strobe and the other is an umbrella strobed light. They are both angled 90 degrees from each other to point at the accents of the dessert and plate. I used the brown table to make the cupcake stand out and the cookies to blend a little but highlighted the cookies to make them stand out from the table. The background I made it blur because I wanted the plate and dessert to stand out. The plate itself is highlighted to make the whole dessert to come together and make the three desserts portray their colors and highlights. I wanted to make the plate help the dessert pop out from the background and the table so that is remains a delicious food item. The green of the cupcake I highlighted to bring some natural color that would go well with the natural brown of the cookies. These two help make the dessert more comforting and warm because of the natural colors. I moved the plate on the part of the table that it is less highlighted to avoid extra patterns of light. It is imperative that I make the plate a part of the whole photo because it brings in all the elements together as a whole.

Photo Challenge Week 8: News Worthy

My shot contained a shear, a car, car tire, and an angry person. I used the flash to capture the action and drama with the sharp shears going for the tires. I used the flash to capture the expression on the person’s face. I angled the camera so that it looked real and not fake to make it like a portrait. It is something where the camera person just caught someone in trouble in the act. I used the shears to create the off the wall type prop that someone would usually have in their house to get an easy pop of someone’s tire. I went to a parking lot where the victim would less likely to be harmed by anyone with that intent. It is in a nice tree and bushy parking lot where mid high class people would work at. The person with the crime I made angry and scared at the same time so that it is a fight against the will and make it real so that it is not a usual suspect. It is the first crime this suspect has done and would do again after fighting against her will to do so. I used the sun as another source to bring out the surroundings and the props around it to make it an unusual time of day for a person to do such a crime. I wanted to use the sun to bring out the surroundings and the car and shears. The person is just a regular person taking out her anger on someone else. She wants to take revenge and use the shear to pop the car tire. Her face is dramatized to the point she wants to take it out on the victim. I used this car so that it is an unusual type of car that anyone would want to pop a tire on.

BOC Week :7 Emulate Ron Gallela

I took a photo a person drinking her coffee and smiling having a nice day. I wanted to bring in a little of the palm tree so to emulate what a what Ron Gallela would do. I wanted to capture her in her most finest moment, herself in a perfect day. I used the light from the right to bring in angles and run the eyes to the person in the picture. I wanted it to be shadowy so that it appears mysterious and that her coat would be in focus and the person. The person seems to be relaxed and mainly focusing on relaxing for the day. She looks happy and ready to make the day a nice day. It is in focus so that she is in focus. She should grab your attention like she is being spotted on the moment that is right. She is not looking at the camera so that you are thinking what she’s thinking. She does not want you to notice her. She is just focusing on someone passing by and smiling as they pass by. She only notices the people around her and not hinting she wants attention from the camera person. The camera person wants to be in her thinking and capture what she is thinking by capturing what is in the situation. She is in her moment of peace and quiet and wants no distractions. The camera person take the photo even if she does notice so that it is a hint of interaction with the camera and the person in the photo. There has to be some chemistry or interaction to get her to be surreal in the moment. The coffee shop makes the whole genre look like it is an inviting place and where friends would stop by and say hi. She looks like she is waiting for someone to just come and say hi.

WEEK 5 BOC: Painting With Light

The painting with light was hard in itself because it was during the day instead of the night which would make it easier. I used a flash to punch out some light for the camera to capture at certain timed lapses. I used this flash because I think it would give it that spark that draws the eyes to the certain parts of the photo. I used Ingo’s art work because I think the his work draws your attention and the blue helps with the blue in the flash. I wanted to create a work that would make this photo stand out. I timed it at about twelve seconds so that it would be just right and not too bright from the surrounding lights. Of course I used myself in this because so to give the photo that character that someone was there in its presence. The star shaped light coming out of the flash is making the photo be part of the whole of the art. I like the way she is looking and posing with the flash to make it look like she posed for the shot. The surrounding lights help to make Ingo’s work stand out from the wall. I chose this work because it was a different type of mood. It sends that mood where you want to give it that extra boost with something like painting with light. The blue makes it stand out from the offwhite of the wall. The light from the flash was perfect to give it dimension and surreal affect on this photo. I wanted to make this a awe struck quality in a room with photos such as this one. I am part of it where I was there to give it that surreal feel and ghostly affect. For that time.

WEEK 4 BOC: Wedding Photo

The rings are from my family. They are both similar the man and the womans. I shot them next to each other with one on top of the other to show the that glimmer in the gold and diamonds insets in them. I used the tungsten lighting to make the yellow show out of the gold of the rings. I used a black velvet cloth to keep the light from bouncing off the surface anywhere so that it is only showing the roundness of the rings and the yellowness of the gold. I wanted to keep these two the center focus just by using the black velvet. The velvet also keeps things in sharp focus. I want the audience to look at the these two rings and have their own meaning. I put them up to each other so that it shows that they are equal but one shows more character than the other.The sunlight works best when showing the sparkle in the diamonds. I like to show the sparkle because that is what I want in focus. The sparkle helps to dignify the rings and give it character. I did them one of top of the other but they seem to be too flat so I brought them up to give them dimension and more roundness and gold. The gold around it make the ring more interesting and gives it that glimmer for draw the eye up to the area where they join and be looking that the diamonds. The flow from bottom to top to give it that dignity and show that these two are the same and different on the same level. These two interesting because each one are made different. If you look closely some of the diamonds sparkle and are bigger that the ones on the other rings.

Week 3 BOC: Sports Photography

I wanted to capture the moment at view that a bowler would see it and at an angle so that one can see the motion put into the sport. I used the lighting in the bowling alley to make the game pop out and the people look dark to make it look like it is the sport that they are focusing on. The blue bowling ball seemed perfect against the yellow floors because it popped out better. I wanted to get the bowling ball in action as the bowler is still watching but still in motion from his shot. It was taken at 11:15pm at the Sunset Station on February 3rd on a Thursday night. It was on off time for the bowling alley because on Fridays are Cosmic Bowling during the late night hours. There were many pink bowling balls (the lightest balls) available that night. Because on busy nights like Friday there are next to none pink balls around available. It was only about ten alleys that were filled with bowlers. Most of them were high school to junior high aged kids bowling their free time away. One girl did a little dance and made her friends laugh. There were a couple of families enjoying and spending family time together. They have a snack bar open for bowlers if they need something to snack on for example, chicken fingers, fries, hotdog, nachos, and beverages such as sodas and juices. If one ever gets too bored, they have music playing and some sports on television sets above them to watch while waiting to bowl. For the more gregarious type, there is a bar behind them for some favorite alcoholic drink. There is also a pool table in the bar area for those that want a different sport to play.