Photographer

Name: Brassai
Years: He published his first book of photography in 1933
Why I appreciate them: I like the way he captures the streets and couples in Paris. He has such a rare and artistic mind.

Motion Blur

This first picture is a picture of my brother on a skateboard. When he went by me I left open to shutter and followed him with my camera. I was able to make him still, but blur my background.

This next picture is a picture of car lights on a freeway. I left open the shutter for a long time to get a long blur. I steadied the camera very carefully so the lines wouldn't be bumpy.

For this last picture, I did the same thing. I held my camera carefully and left the shutter open for a long time to capture the lights from the cars on the freeway.

Multiple Exposure

This first photo is a photo of a monopoly board with a picture of a hand overlapping it. I did this by taking two negatives, layering them, and exposing them to the photo paper. This one is personally my favorite of the three.

This next photo is a picture of a pair of Toms shoes (which you may have seen on my symmetry and rule of thirds project). It is layered with a picture of Christmas lights that are out of focus. I did this picture the same way I did the first- by layering two negatives.

This last picture Is a picture of a starfish in front of a light source (which you may have seen before on my light project). I did the same thing I did with the Toms, and layered that picture with a picture of out of focus Christmas lights.

Self Portraits

In the picture I was in a dark room and held the light on the left side of my face. I was able to get a nice line right down the middle of my face separating the light and the dark.

In this picture I held the light directly above my face and looked up.It created a cool light in my eyes and also created a interesting cast shadow on my face.

In this next picture I was looking through my fish tank and had the camera set up on the other side. There is a fish in the top right corner but you can't really tell. My forehead is also reflected on the surface of the water.

This last picture was just an experiment. I put my hands up to the lense and looked through.

Rule of thirds and Symmetry

The picture above was a picture I took near a horse stables. Since the horse crossing sign is not directly in the center, but rather off to the side near the corner, this would be an example of a rule of thirds picture.

This picture is a example of symmetry. The line down the middle of the road divides it in half, making the road symmetrical.

This is another example of symmetry. If you put the Toms side by side and draw a line right down the middle its the same on both sides. Also in the light it creates an interesting cast shadow.

This last one is sort of an example of symmetry. There is wire on both sides. It more has a really good focal point with a blurry background.

Values of Light

The picture above is a picture of my piggy bank. I went into a dark room and shined a light from the right, creating a harsh shadow over his face.

In this next picture, I took a rose and put it above a light source. It created a beautiful silhouette with absolute blacks, whites, and a variety of grays. 

In this picture I did the same thing as I did with the piggy bank. But instead I held the light father away which created a lighter picture with softer, but still dramatic shadows. 

Portraits

The above picture is a picture of my mom. We went to a nearby park and I had her lay in a path that was covered in leaves.

The above picture is a picture of my friend. We went downtown for photography and I had him stand in front of a really cool brick wall and make a funny face that pretty much describes who he is.

This is another picture of my mom at the park. I liked the look of t he drinking fountain and I thought it would be a cool picture if she drank out of it.

This is another picture of my friend while we were downtown. He was able to rent a Tilt-Shift lens, and this is a picture of him messing around with it.

Photo grams

The above is a photo gram, which is the second project we worked on. We laid down a piece of photo paper with objects on it and exposed it to light, creating cool patterns and pictures. I took buttons in this one and bordered the paper with them.

This next one is the second photo gram I did. I took buttons and laid them in the background. Then I took and old pair of sunglasses and laid them over the buttons.

One Thing

This is the first picture I took and developed with a film camera. I put a CD in the crease of the book and put a light behind it to create the shadow of a heart

The second picture is another picture of the book with a different light source. In the first picture, the light source was directly behind to get the shape of the heart on the book. In this picture, however, the light source is coming from the left to give it a slight shadow over the pages.

Pinhole Camera

The above picture is the negative and the below is the positive. These are a picture of a tree that I took with a can made into a pinhole camera.

The first picture is a negative self portrait picture we took with the pinhole camera. The second is the inverse of the first one.