Project 4

This kaleidoscope is a picture of grass cropped out the lightest part

This kaleidoscope is a picture of a sidewalk 

This kaleidoscope was made from a picture of a water fountain, cropped on the water

With this diptych, I put them together and saw that the complements between the leaf and the pine needles looked really nice. Also, there is some smoothness and roughness in texture in both photos. The snow is smooth as the pine needles give a rough texture.

Contrast in Color

Symmetrically Balanced

Balance and Contrast

Symmetrically Balanced
Eyan Higgin Jones

Contrast in Scale
Andrew Gibson

Contrast in Color
Jim K.

Contrast of Texture
Ron Bigelow

Radial Balance
Nicole Harrison

Project 3- Colors and Grids

With this project we explored color, learning new ways and looking deep within the meaning of those colors. Learning how different colors create mood and what its meaning may be.

Cool Color Grid

Warm Color Grid

Color Complements- Green and Red

Mood
I took this photo at the beach this last summer. I changed the photo to a black and white image. When I look at it I see a storm symbolizing anger possibly. Although it's just a photo of the ocean, there can be so much meaning behind the photo.

Color Wheel

            

         Julian Calverly
You see a gloomy image, I see a mood that shows anger or possibly sadness, but soon all the fog will clear up and show these beautiful colors that lay underneath the clouds.

                                 

Project 2- Framing and Composition

     For this project we shot photos of 8 compositional techniques; Rule of Thirds, Frame within a Frame, Close up, Birds Eye View, Bugs Eye View, Leading Lines, Diagonals, and Filling the Frame. 
     I shot these photos on my phone, nothing fancy. The photos I'm posting below are my 8 best photos out of the project. I didn't do much editing to them except for some cropping and enhancing.

Rule of Thirds

Frame within a Frame

Close up

Birds Eye View

Bugs Eye View

Leading Lines

Diagonal Lines

Filling the Frame

Contact Sheet

Project 1

Subject 1- Nature

Subject 2- Street Signs

My Summer

This summer, in July, I traveled 3 hours to Prineville, OR. I usually go with my aunt, cousins, and two people I call my grandparents. It always seems so long of a drive, but that's just the excitement building in. I always love the drive to prineville though, the view is great.. In some areas there will be so much fog, sun, wind, ect. I take so many photos going there, more than I take while I'm there I think. While there, we go to Prineville Reservoir. When we get there we set up the tent on the beach, park the RV, and put the boat in the boat area.
When it starts to become dark it's so great to eat food and sit by the fire, under the stars. It's crazy when it gets dark, you can't see the water at all. It's like you're in this big dome with stars just everywhere you look.
The mornings are fun, waking up at 6 AM drinking coffee, and going fishing with my aunt, her boyfriend, uncle, and grandpa. This year we had some troubles with the boat so my little cousins would get so mad when we'd come back because they wanted to go tubing. So we couldn't go tubing for the first couple days until the boat was fixed..
Also, there were two-three days of thunderstorms which in my opinion was awesome! The thunder was crazy and all you hear is *boom* "wow!!!" And the way the lightning strikes over the hills was amazing also.
Skipping to the last day.. On the last day of vacation I ended up in the hospital. I passed out while inner-tubing I don't really remember what happened. But I got a concussion, minor spinal strain, and temporary short term memory loss. I do remember sleeping a lot on the way back.
But this is always my favorite trip of the summer, inner-tubing, wake boarding, fishing, awesome food, ect.