Children Face Expressions

This picture was part of one of my final projects. I decided to make my project on the expressions kids have on their faces. I went around many places taking pictures of many children. This was a great expirence for me since it showed me how many photographers have to run after kids to be able to take beautiful pictures.

MOMA - Jeff Wall

The Flooded Grave - Jeff Wall - A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) Jeff Wall


The two works that are being compared are The Flooded Grave and A Sudden Gust of Wind. The Flooded Grave was taken on 1998, in two different cementaries.The photograph was completed in two years. I chose the second picture because both pictures look alike. The structure of the picture is very similar to the first picture.
The Flooded Grave was characterized by Jeff Wall as a "moment in a cementary". It is described as the person standing before the flooded hole and looking into it, the person for one reason or another thinks of it as the oceans bottom. In the photograph we see a cementary towards the back, however in one of the squares we see a grave filled with water. Next to it we see a pill of dirt, just as a grave. The picture was taken during the day.
A Sudden Gust of Wind is one of Jeff Wall's early digital montages.In the picture Wall transforms the nineteenth-century Japanese scene to a contemporary cranberry farm. The picture shows the natural force and how people from the city are so impressed by it.This photograph was taken over 100 times in one year to be able to achieve what they wanted.
Both of these photographs were taken during the day. They both show water. These two photographs also send somewhat the same message to the reader. In one it explains to us how the mind imagines things and makes it seem as if we were in the oceans when in reality we are in a cementary, the second one also shows us how our minds play games with us. The city people are so caught up in what they are doing that they seem to not see the reality of nature.

Technology

Happiness 101

The idea that I had for this project was a student working on an assignment in class. I wanted it to show the viewer that it had to deal with school. However when I took the picture of the student and came to look at it carefully I noticed that I forgot to tell the model to smile. Since it is happiness she had to be happy, in the picture she is very serious. Then I went to school and wrote on the board happiness 101 followed by a big smiley face. I had one of my classmates model as if he was the teacher and drew the smiley face and wrote the phrase on the board. My exprience as a director of this picture was interesting since I never actually did a photograph of someone posing the way I wanted them to. It took many shots to come out with this one. I enjoyed taking a picture like this one, and I really liked it's outcome.

Brooklyn Bridge

This picture was taken on an afternoon that I was walking through the Brooklyn Bridge. I had the camera with me and began to take pictures of many shapes and abstract figures that I saw. I really like the way this picture came out. The way the shape came out and the way the sun reflected on it. The picture came out very clear.

World Press Photo Awards for 2006

I belive this picture won an award because of the expression on the woman's face. Her eyes show an extreme desire for help. The colors are so bright and help the woman's face expression show more. The little hand that cover her mouth shows the viewer that she has a little one to look after. However the picture shows the reader she does not have the money to help her and her baby, Her eyes show sadness and desire to have someone to reach out to her and lend a helping hand. The picture is very clear. The light helps the expression come out more.

Manhattan Bridge

This picture was taken on an afternoon while I was walking on the Brooklyn Bridge. I like this picture because it show us a clear view of New Yorks beauty.

A Touch of beauty

This picture was one of my assignments in a photography class. I like it because the light came out the way I wanted it to. All the petals of the flower came out in a way that we are all able to see it clearly. The flowers stem came out very clearly. The black background helped it stand out alot.

A Texture Touch

This is one of my favorite pictures because of its texture. The whole image is balanced on the right side of the page. With the light coming through the left side of the image the picture looks clear and detailed. The shadow helps emhazise the arch's shape.
I like the way the picture could be described in many ways, such as the negative and positive space is being used. Also, the detail of the bridge's lines and the way everything is all laid out. The face is also very detailed, the expression of the face also helps the mood of the pictures look sweeter.

Karl Blossfeldt

This abstract photography is composed of three dimensional figures yet makes the viewer only see two. The black and white colors help the images' texture stand out. This picture seems to have been taken in the middle of the day. The shadow appears to have been made of the sun rays. The sun appears to have been reflecting on something making the shadow look this way. The image takes up the whole page, not leaving space for anything to be added to the image.

Yousef Karsh

The master of studio Lights Karsh Yousuf, photographed many great people and celebrity personalities of his generation. Karsh was recognized for capturing the essence of his subject in the instant of his portrait.

Karsh used many techniques to make his pictures look very professional. For example, in the portrait titled H.L.Ickes made in gelatin silver print, Karsh used a foodlight located on the right of the picture to give the model's image a beautiful shadow to her left side. The shadow is a light shade, which allows the viewer to see all her features. The light helps her emphazise the not only her dress, her facial features, but also the necklace she is wearing.

Feeling Lonely

This picture was taken as part my final for my photography II class. This photograph is good because at the time it represented many essentials of my life. The water bottle would represent a person feeling lonely, lost and in fear of what tomorrow might bring. The drop of water which was captured would be the tears that are hidden behind a smile. The background would be a representation of the past, a past that has become a blur to the person in pain. The colors are all faded which emphasizes the mood of the photograph.