lines

The point of this series was to focus on lines, but more specifically on three things: design arrangement, decorative addition, and leading the viewers eye to the subject. Every time I found an excellent line to photograph, I tried to take is at different angles and tried to take it using all three things-but most of the time one thing worked better than another, so I chose that one. One of the streets we walked down was very sunny and had beautiful shadows, so I tried to capture those shadows as lines, among other lines in the picture itself. I noticed that it was fairly easy to photograph the telephone lines/wires and also trees and branches as well. I also noticed that for a lot of pictures, changing them to black and white made them stronger.

still life

For this series, we chose an object, or multiple ones in some cases, to photograph. I chose to photograph a purple artichoke because of the beautiful textures and the many layers to it. Every time you peel off some peels or a layer or peels, you can capture a completely different texture, which is truly amazing. I tried to photograph the artichoke at different angles, each time with different lighting. The point of this series was the capture both light and shadows on the object or on many objects, but in a controlled situation where you can move the lights around to find that perfect picture. One example of how different casting light onto something can make a huge difference, are my last two photos. They are taken at almost exactly the same angle, but since I moved the light around and cast different, dark shadows, the two pictures are actually quite different. 

textures series one

The point of this series was to try to photograph textures. I tried to get as much variety as possible (different colors, different patterns, etc.)

grids

For the first grid, I chose the best nine pictures from my last series, which was about textures and zooming in close. For this specific grid, I tried to choose not only my best pictures but ones that flowed well together. That is why I chose the three plants, the three wall/cool textures, and the rusty/red ish colored ones.

For the second grid, I had to narrow down from all the pictures we took this year to my nine personal best ones. I chose to place all the black and white ones in a t shape, and placed the two micro worlds very close to each other and the two silhouette ones very close to each other as well.

spring series three

For this series, I am trying to capture many different textures, as well as macro pictures-zooming in on things/objects. Through all three series, I have tried to get more of a variety of textures and colors as well as trying to take the pictures from more of a flat view.

spring series two

For this series, I am focusing on textures and zooming in close on different objects. I am trying to focus the camera more-as in making the images less blurry-and trying to get a large variety of textures and colors.

Combo series

For this series, I combined both close ups and textures. I tried to get a variety of textures and of objects, so I took pictures of all different things with all different shapes, colors, and textures.