3/31

This link is just something that I think that Dave should consider getting. jk.
http://blog.photoshelter.com/2008/06/its-all-the-rage-camera-tattoos.html

http://www.jturnerphotography.com/panorama/index.htm
I was looking at landscape photographers when I stumbled upon Jeremy Turner.  When looking at all of his galleries one that really stood out to me was his panorama gallery.  I really like the idea of being able to get more of the landscape in your photo without having to zoom out.  I just think the whole idea that you can actually do that is amazing. My favorite gallery within the panorama gallery is gallery number 4.  I really enjoy the warm tones that are in his pictures, caused by the sun rise and set.  The black and white gallery is also one that I found caught my attention, mostely just because I really like black and white photos. Although thoses were my favorites, I still really liked all the rest of his photos, espcially his panorama ones. 
Landscape photography is something that I really enjoy, because no matter what you are taking a picture of there is always some way that you can make it inreresting, wether it be angles, lighting, zoom, color, or focus you can take great pictures if you choose the right elements to focuss on.  In reading his biography, Jeremey found his love for landscape photography when his passion for cycling turned his attention to the beautiful outdoors, and then the rest is history. Overall I think that his work is amazing and it makes me jealous that he gets to go to such cool places.

3/28

In learning about the importance of color, i learned that color can really change the way a picture is portrayed.  I found it interesting that in the first article it talks about the many different color wheels, and how we perceive these colors to help make a picture stand out.  The color tree really caught my attention and i thought it was cool how all those colors could come together to make a tree.  Also the points of trajectory of light is interesting to understand that these points make that much different in color.
In the second article I learned a lot about how to edit the color and adjust the settings to make the pictures color more vibrant or dull.  By adjusting the hue, saturation and lightness you can really alter the pictures color and change its overall outcome.  I tend to always play around with these settings with my pictures to get the color i want for them.  It was also interesting how he lumped two colors together and said that they basically need each other.
In the third article I really enjoyed looking at the different pictures and recognizing the differences between the ways the colors were use.  It was interesting that by selecting different colors to stand out how it really alters the outcome of the photo.  I like how you can choose a certain color from the photo and it makes all of that same color stand out, this makes for really vibrant and beautiful colors.  All the tools that photographers use for landscape photography are really interesting to me, and i think its cool that they have all these aids to get the best photo as possible.
In article four I really enjoyed the picture of the rocks, those colors were amazing.  I just think its interesting that there is so much that goes into getting the best color out of pictures.  Like memorizing colors and just certain things you learn over time.  Over all I just think all the skills needed to take good pictures are amazing and important.

3/24

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/silhouette-photography/
This article talks about what how to take silhouettes, and what kind lighting should be used to create the best type of pictures.  It suggests taking pictures when the sun is near the horizon, and in some cases including the sun in the photo, but not pointing your camera directly at the sun.  I also like how he talks about how to do it with a point and shoot camera.
http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/digital-pictures/30-striking-examples-of-silhouette-photography/
Is another website that has a lot of awesome silhouette photos.
http://www.erinkayephotography.com/
This is a photographer who used to be my basketball coach. She based her studio out of Belgrade.  I really like her wedding photos and baby photos.  I think that she has really good ideas and that they are really well executed.

3/17

In the articles that I read I found all the information to be very helpful in learning new things about photography.  In the article about lighting I found it very interesting that bad weather can create the best pictures. Like the canyon photo that had the harsh clouds that caused the photo to look 3D, because of the illuminated lighting. When he shows the cave photo, I really enjoyed the lighting and how it reflected off the ground to cause both the shadows and the glow on the rocks.  I also like that  he plans his shoots before he goes, so that he doesn't have to wait forever at the shoot for the right lighting.  Over all the lighting advice was helpful and i will definitely take the weather and the lighting into consideration when it comes time to shoot.  In the second article about light I found it interesting that many photographers look at the almanac like farmers, gardeners, hunters, etc.  Along with using a farmers almanac to look at the weather and sun rise and set, you can also use a gps to determine such things, it can also keep you from getting lost in the wilderness. If you don't have a gps you can always use a compass to locate the sun using the azimuth.  Also the tools that he uses to create artificial light using reflecting shields to relocate lighting to another object. In article 3 I found the different times of the day that the photos were taken to be interesting in the way that they made the pictures stand out. I found the air lighting to be very interesting and enjoyed the white sands picture very much.  I also really enjoyed the  4 pictures on the different times of the day that the lighting.  It's interesting to see how the different angels the sun has on the object and illuminating different parts of the photo. In article 4 I really liked the idea of using silhouette photography.  I enjoy the idea of contrasting dark foregrounds with light backgrounds. I also enjoyed the rainbow examples and hope to capture something like that one day, and i wonder if with the panoramic option if you could take a picture of the whole rainbow?  The picture of the cave with the light penetrating through the whole was also awesome.  I enjoyed all these links and think they will become very helpful when shooting landscape photography.

Lifestyle photos

Minus the editing I did to the background in the second picture, these were two pictures that I used in my lifestyle photography.  One I modeled in, and one I took.  They were advertising for ray ban and under armor.

3/10/11

 http://www.johnfedele.com/#/athletes/athletes/

In looking at photographers work, I came across one named John Fedele, who I really liked.  His work with sports photography really stood out to me, probably because I'm really into sports.  His pictures have a  lot of editing done to them, but the effects he adds are really cool.  I feel that some of them have the potential to fit into the action category, and I used them to get ideas for our next action shoot.  It gave me an idea for things to do with the background, by using dark and cloudy skies to put more of a spotlight on the model.  Also the glow he uses to illuminate the model to also make them stand out.  Over all i just really liked his photos and though that the could be somewhat helpful for our next assignment.