Birds eye view

So on a nice Wednesday after school, i made my way over to city hall with a few of my classmates. On the way there sadly, i got into a little accident on my scooter (oops) but as i made my way in to city hall, and up to the top of the tower, i fell IN LOVE with the old feel of the creaking wood, old paintings with chipped paint, and carvings from past visits to the tower from who knows how long ago. I think i took some decent pictures, the only downside was at the tower there was a black net around the perimeter. Good for safety reasons, bad for photographers! It really was great though, here ya go!

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	35mm
Exposure	1/125
F Number	f/10
ISO	100

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	33mm
Exposure	1/400
F Number	f/5.6
ISO	100

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	33mm
Exposure	1/2000
F Number	f/4.5
ISO	400

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	18mm
Exposure	1/40
F Number	f/10
ISO	100

Julia Margaret Cameron

Who is Julia Margaret Cameron? A British photographer, she became known for her portraits of celebrities of her time, photographs with Arthurian (King Arthur). Surprisingly  she did not start her career till she was the age of 48, obtaining a camera from her daughter as a birthday present. Her photographic career, lasting 11 years (1864-1867) was appreciated by many modern photographers, taking inspiration from her cropped in portraits. Cameron once wrote "I longed to arrest all the beauty that came before me and at length the longing has been satisfied" Now i have to say i am not really in love with her work, but only because portraits are not my thing i find them a little too plain, even if the characters emotion in the photograph has meaning behind it or not
                                                                             





To my left is a photograph of Ellen Terry(16 yrs), titled "Sadness" By Julia Margaret Cameron. I actually think this is my favorite of her images i have seen, i really like the fading background pattern                    






                                                     This is a portrait of Julia 
                                                     Prinsep, Camerons niece                   Source
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Birds Eye View (Pre Assignment)

Birds eye view: An elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the photographer, or observer,  were a bird. This assignment seems interesting and fun! A great way to really get some great images would be to take a tour of the tower at city hall like Ms. Underwood suggested, but if i am unable to do that, i'll have to get creative. I cant really get as creative as the example below, but we'll see what I can come up with! 


Also, see http://kalisdigitalphotos.blogspot.com/2012/02/types-of-perspective-in-photography.html for a great blog example and a good example of a birds eye view image.

Finding Inspiration

 I viewed many different artists works at http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/zoomwin.php?eid=8-42830-12&uid=&code=. We were to look at the work, and compare our own work to those of other non professional photographers. I think looking through this site i have found a a way to show what kind of photography i would like to pursue. I really enjoyed the dark and provocative images. You don't need to have a pretty sun set or a pretty face to produce a beautiful image with an amazing subject that keeps you guessing. When i looked at these images i just wanted to be able to ask the artist so many questions. These images are by Clay Stang, titled "Alberta Ballet Annual Report"

The 3 images are in order from my favorite to least favorite

~ Analogous Colors ~

This assignment was somewhat easier to accomplish because analogous colors are more natural together, and there was more natural situations to photograph rather than creating my own out of uninteresting household items. There weren't any challenges other than figuring out a good exposure for each image, making sure the colors don't blend too close together. So here are a few of my own analogous colors images! (:

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	55mm
Exposure	1/80
F Number	f/5.6
ISO	1600

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	27mm
Exposure	1/400
F Number	f/4
ISO	100

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	43mm
Exposure	1/320
F Number	f/5
ISO	1600

Camera	E-520
Focal Length	27mm
Exposure	1/80
F Number	f/4.5
ISO	400

   

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	46mm
Exposure	1/4000
F Number	f/5.6
ISO	800

~ Complementary Colors ~

This assignment ended up giving me all the trouble i thought it would. I had to resort to creating situations with the objects around me, which were not very interesting. I had some great starts, but couldn't execute them the way i wanted. There were a few I liked, but I'm not very blown away by my work. This could have been easier for me if i had more time to go out and explore the woods and trails around town where there are pretty greens and reds and oranges from autumn.

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	27mm
Exposure	1/80
F Number	f/4
ISO	1600

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	45mm
Exposure	1/200
F Number	f/5
ISO	200

Camera	Canon EOS REBEL T3
Focal Length	29mm
Exposure	1/25
F Number	f/4.5
ISO	1600

Henri Cartier Bresson

Henri was a french photographer, thought to be the father of modern photojournalism. He was born August 22, 1908, in France. Bresson became inspired by a 1930 photograph by Martin Munkacsi, a photojournalist. He says "The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of the black kids running in a wave I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with a camera. I said damn it, took my camera and went out into the street." He also covered the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as his first photojournalism work to be published in 1937.

photograph of Alberto Giacometti

I like this photograph because it reminds me of a get away scene in an old movie.

Valencia, Spain, 1933

this image just seems strong

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