Seeing Red

   






 For the final project I matched objects that are red together. I printed out two images on one piece of paper so that it was obvious what two images went together.
     The first two images were put together because the swirls of the rose go with the swirls made by the nail polish. I wanted to take a picture of a rose since I think red roses make beautiful images. Then I had the idea to swirl red nail polish in water to get a wily design to match the rose picture. That's how I went about with  the idea for this project.
 















  In the second two images I took the picture of the red cardinal first. Then I saw a red feather from an ornament on my Christmas tree that would go well with the red bird.
     Im happy with how my final project turned out. I put my creativity to the test to see how many red objects I could photograph in an artistic way. It made me realize how many red objects there are, exceptionally during the holiday season.
   

Fact Sheet: A look into the nature photography career path

• Nature Photography- Photographs that are taken outdoors and shows natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants and flowers, and close-ups of nature.
• The majority of nature photographers are freelance photographers who sell their work on their online websites to individuals and collectors.
• Some work for publications such as National Geographic by going on assignments.
• The least amount of education needed is a high school diploma
• People who have a high school diploma can take some classes to learn the fundamentals of photography.
• To further chances of becoming a professional photographer for companies, an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree helps.
• Work days aren’t a typical 9 to 5 type of job. Photographing depends on the weather, lighting, and opportunity.
• There’s also the business part of the job so not everyday can be spent outside taking photographs.

Reaction Paper #3

    In class, both Professor Keener and Professor Cyr presented their photography work to the class. I found it interesting seeing the work that they have created. It was cool to see what kind of photography style each have.
     I really liked Professor Keener's journalism work for the newspaper. I liked the images were still artistic and not just point-and-shoot images. The one that really stood out to me was the photographs of the little boy who lost his arms. They showed a community getting together to help welcome that little boy home from the hospital. Keener's artistic photographs that he made in college were also very interesting. His self portraits had a strong mood and emotion to them.
     Professor Cyr's abstract/ texture images were visually pleasing all together. I liked how his photographs were in collections where they all go together, like the sky images. I really liked the developer trays collection of photographs because of the different colors of the trays on the black background all put together.
      It was interesting hearing how two photographers got to where they are today. I enjoyed hearing the stories and jobs they've had before teaching. I really enjoyed the presentations.

Red Orbs

   Continuing with the red theme that I'm doing for my final project, I took out of focus pictures of lights. I like when lights are out of focus because they create the bokeh effect. My christmas tree lights helped to get the cluster of light orbs.
   For the images with tons of light orbs, I desaturated the other colored lights and mad eat red lights more prominent.
    For the image with the two orbs I made sure to get close to two red lights. The one orb has black lines through it which is from the the Christmas tree branches.

Red Everywhere

      For the final assignment we got to chose what to do for the photographs we wanted to shoot. I decided to talk pictures of objects that are red and dull the rest of the colors. This is different for me since I like tons of vibrant colors in my images, but I feel this will come out as a nice theme.
      These three images have red in nature. I have a few other images that are Christmas decorations that are red, but right now I' making sure to get nature photos before all the leaves die and fall off the trees for winter.
      So far I'm enjoying shooting this assessment since I see tons of red now and can go and photograph what interest me. Also since it's near the holidays there are many things that are red all over the place. I can also abstract photographs swell as nature.
     

Rainbow Lighting

      For this assignment we had to use light to our advantage. At my house I have a lamp with a prism stand that creates rainbows. I decided to try self portraits using the rainbow as the light.
     In the first image I made sure to get the rainbow over my face. I did this by using a wide angle lens and auto focus to make sure my eye was in frame and in focus. I also looked at the reflection in the camera lens to make sure the rainbow was in the right spot. In Lightroom I cropped it in closer so it was just my eye and eyebrow.
      In the second image I made sure the get the rainbow to be on the wall behind me swell as my eye. That image I didn't crop much since I wanted the wall to be seen.

Cloudy Skies

     These two images were taken for a landscape assignment. I like these two images because though they are from different locations they are very similar. Both images have cloudy blue skies and similar colors of green and orange within the land.
    The first image was taken at Smiths point beach. The sky had fluffy clouds which I feel adds more interest to the sky. That is also seen with the second image as well. The second image was taken by my house on a different day. The white fluffy clouds added interest to the sky just as the first image did.
      I enjoy landscapes that have many different tones. That is why Ansel Adams landscapes photographs are so well known. The range of tones in his black and white landscapes are perfect. They really give a sense to how the area looked on that day.