Photography Links

Below I've listed the links to a few of the sites for photographers who do some interesting analog/digital photography. Looking at their work really pushes the boundaries of what I perceive "photography" to be. I definitely want to search for more names after this and see what else is out there.


Jane Fulton Alt
I really like the "airy-ness" of the pieces in Jane Fulton's "Visitations" album. It's really creative how she imposed the flowing fabric over the clouds. The "Chiapas" album is also really nice. I love the earthy/sepia tone that unifies all the different pieces forming her compositions.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
As for Moholy-Nagy, I imagine that his work must have been revolutionary, or at least shocking during the time period in which he worked. The contrast of his black and white pieces are memorable and his compositions are intriguing.

Blur

This is one of the blurred shots that I took for our latest ART 116 project. I put this one up here not only because it was difficult to take (it was probably 7:00 at night or later), but also because of the story behind it. I was doing my best to fit in as many shots as I could before the due date for the project. I was desperate to get some action shots of people playing sports, but I didn't have anyone that I knew personally to photograph. Normally I'm really shy, but in this case I just threw caution to the wind and went up to some people playing tennis and asked if I could take pictures of them. After they gave me the anticipated look of trepidation and hesitation at saying 'yes,' they gave in and were quite helpful! So with this shot, I not only conquered my fear of using new functions on my camera, but I also overcame a bit of shyness. :) I like the highlights of the white in her shirt and shoes, and the fact that you can see the path of the tennis ball as it moves toward and hits the racket.

Some self portrait shots...

Here are a few of my other shots from the self portrait project...

I'm Not Sure...

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. When I was taking my photos for the self portrait project, this one was a mistake. Somehow I still kind of like it, though. I think the worm's point of view is interesting, along with how huge my hand on the right side of the picture is and how the shot seems rotated on an angle. But I think the shot is too bright and I'm not sure if the rays of light and red/orange dots are simply distracting and a sign of my lack of experience in photography, or whether they're a good mistake!

Something a Little Bit Different...

Knowing what I know now about selecting a focus point, I might have been more careful about focusing only on the heart and blurring the surroundings even more. I also might've composed the shot so that the heart was less centered, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I just wanted to post something a little different than the plant/animal shots that I'm most often getting caught up in.

"Shining Down Like Water"

I don't know what kind of berries these are, but I took this photo right after a light rain so the water is still dripping off the plant. When I saw the wet berries and leaves I was drawn to the simplicity and vibrant color. I tried to get the background as out of focus as I could.

Bee & Butterfly Bush

This is a shot that I took back home this summer. I would've liked to have the bee positioned less close to the center, but I was more focused on capturing the shot before the bee buzzed away! My mother is an amazing gardener, so her hard work has afforded me many opportunities to photograph amazing insects and birds that are attracted to her plants. The more I photograph nature, the more intrigued I become by the minute details that I may have glanced over or ignored had I not taken a closer look with my camera.

Hymns

I chose this image for my first photo post because it explores my love for both fine art and performance art.

Out of the Darkroom

Inspired by my grandfather's artistic skill and hearing of my uncle's homemade darkroom, I've found my own love for being behind the camera and capturing glimpses of the elements of life that are important to me.