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.