critique me

I was contacted via e-mail by napoelon dynamite, on how he loved the style of my car. He said the curveture and overall look was as he said "fricken sweet". Upon the e-mailing back and forth, he flew out to plainfield so that i could photograph him with my car. He liked the trunk space, and said that his bow-staff would fit perfectly in it. I'm pretty happy with the outcome of t he photo, contrast and background. Let me know what you guys think!

last week of school

this is the last monday of school before 2010 roll's around. i'm still working on getting my s-curve project turned in, but it'll be worth it. Besides that, we're starting a new project and taking notes for it today (how fun). Everyone is excited for this week to be over with so that they can go on vacation and whatnot. I'm sure almost no work will get done this week by anyone either. that's it for now,

until next time,
tyler

critique me.

I like this photo because it has good black and white values to it. The composition is pretty clear and i like the contrast as well. i also like the fact that i dont really know what it is; kinda mysterious. Let me know what you think

S-Curves

i think for me, the reason why S-curves are so interesting is because they really lead the eyes. they take the viewer from one side of the photo, to the other. In the end, this makes them look over the whole photo without even knowing it because their eyes were just being lead across the whole thing. At the same time i think this is sometimes hard to do as a photographer. The reason why S-curves are more appropriate in females is because they have alot more curveture as opposed to guys. Females curveture and S-curves symbalize beauty, strength and feminism. there is definitely something inherent in females only that present the beauty factor, which makes them superior (as opposed to males) for S-curve photos.

mondays, mondays, mondays.

Today is monday, unfortunately. This means that we're all still working on our S-curves project. This sounds like a really fun project, if we were able to do it in class with some actual studio lighting and whatnot. i really like the concept of what we're supposed to do, but lack the drive of doing it because of not having the right materials.(backdrop, lighting etc.) I think regardless though, this project should turn out pretty decent for everyone.

Painting will always stay strong.

Painting is the one art form that i dont think will ever change. It's going to go on to still be a strong, if not the strongest kind of art. It takes lots of talent and years of skill to be good at painting. Photography is in a whole nother category when it comes to art. painting is a chance to create the world how you want to see it; fantasize, if you will. Photography is a chance to capture the world just the way it is, changing nothing.

updatin':

i took this photo yesterday evening, because i hadn't taken any for my individual project. The contrast is off and the shutter isn't right, but i still kinda like it. Anyways, let me know what you all think of it. Criticism is expected, but comments are welcome too.
-tyler

Critique Me;

For this photo, i was trying to create a nice contrast between whites, grays and blacks. The reason i like this photo is because of the angle in which it was taken at. The photo is big and has an "in your face" kind of effect. This is why i like it; but what's your opinion?

tutorialz

Since were learning about studio lighting and taking self portraits, today we're working on tutorials to help us create smoke to put in with our photos. On friday we looked up an artist named gram jefferey who used computer generated designs and put them with photos of models. This looked really cool, and i think it will be interesting to see what everyone else in the class will come up with since everyone will probably do it differently.I think it will also be a challenge to take photos of smoke too, because it seems really hard.

The nineth of Monday:

Nearing the end of our "classic" looking project (which is due tomorrow, i've noticed that it's pretty challenging to make photos look hundreds of years old. Sure, i can make it sepia-tone or any other tint to achieve the old discolored look. But to make it look real and legitimate, there's alot more that i noticed i need to do. In lamens terms, It's not all about the post-editing. The whole background,foreground and midground all need to look old as well. Taking a photo of a modern bulding or modern anything for that matter, and adding the old classic effects to it just doesnt make sense. Likewise, it looks terrible. i found this hard because very seldomly anymore, can you find old things to take photos of, that will look half way decent with classic post editing techniques. Overall, i wouldn't say this project was hard, by any means, but rather just a challenging one.

-tyler

David Muench: A Photographer

i like this photographers photos because he uses the same kind of techniques that i try to capture in my photos. He tries to get a lot of contrast in his pictures, and the clouds in all his photos always stand out alot. they're vivid, the whites stand out a lot and the contrast is really nice. His photo's also emphasize alot of natural curvature and s-curves throughout the whole picture. he takes a lot of wide angle shots as well, which i really like. The last thing i really like about david muench's photos, is how he uses shadows from the sun in his photo's, to make them stand out more. i think it's a clever technique and seems hard to do.

critique me:

This photo show's contrast between the sort of horizontal lines of the tree and the vertical lines of the rope. I think this even's out the photo more, and leads the eyes around the whole scene. The blacks, whites, and greys seem pretty well evened out through out the picture. Overall I think this is a pretty strong photo, but let me know what you think!

About me

The kind of photography i like to take is along the lines of street photography. i like to capture images in the urban landscape. What i try to accomplish in my photos is very simple; to take pictures of things that the normal person would see everyday, but try and take them in a sense that if they saw the photo at first sight, they might not recognize it. Taking simple objects such as buildings, bridges, street signs etc. and turning them into much more than what they appear. This is something i enjoy doing because it's a challenge. Anyone can go out and take a photo of a the sears tower, but to take a photo of the sears tower so someone might have to ask " what building is that ?" is something that, to me, is hard to do. Taking photography in urban settings is a lot more than just having the "grunge" style setting. Rather, photo's in urban/city/street settings often tell more of a story. Each photo can tell a different story, or be presented in such a way that one could talk about it for ages. This is especially exemplified at the times of dusk & late afternoon when the shadows begin to form. Shadows often bring out pieces of architecture that one might have never noticed in the daytime. The shapes & patterns project onto the ground, which can make for some very dramatic photos. Every last piece of architecture in a city or town is an opportunity to be a divine piece of photography; it's up to us to make it our own. Beauty is in aperture of its beholder. We are one in a few. We are photographers.
-tyler berry