Tell a Lie
The prompt this week was to have the camera lie. This photo looks like the button of a pillow or something else, but it is actually the front of an old fashioned cabinet piano. I decided to do this by zooming close to the covering so the viewer couldn’t see the tells of rest of the object and would come to the wrong conclusion about what it actually was. I really liked the image because of the navy fabric in contrast with the gold and the radial pattern of the lines coming out from the center.
Leading Lines
For this weeks photo challenges, we were asked to create leading lines through food photography. I decided to photograph my mom’s homemade bread in the oven. Her whole wheat bread is one of my personal favorite things and she always made it a priority to make it for us throughout the week. Our family would make sandwiches with it almost everyday for lunch and take a few loaves with us on car trips. In fact, this is kind of bad, but it almost ruined all other bread for me. It took me an embarrassingly long time to get used to the idea of eating store bought whole wheat bread. I really like how the vibrancy of the warm tones in this photo. The oven, sides of the bread pans, and the heaters in the back all kind of draw your eye forward, but personally, I think my favorite part of…
Stranger
The prompt for this week was to tell the story of a stranger. As mentioned previously on the photo blog, I visited several historical sites recently. If you really pause to think about it, historical sites are one of the weirdest things conceptually. You go to a place that is probably over a hundred years old, have someone walk you around a random dead person’s house, and take pictures of the random stuff they collected while they were alive. It seems a little strange, especially considering you don’t know any of the people whose house you are touring, but I think that is sometimes a little bit of the fun. Seeing the area they inhabited and the style of their kitchen and what knick knacks they had all tell a story of the person who used to live there. The pineapple wall paper and clock tell of the tastes of…
Serenity
The inspiration for this week was serenity. I really like fire and warmth. If there is a heater or fire place going, chances are you will find me curled up by it, especially if it is cold outside. My younger brother often complains that I keep the living room too warm because I will plant myself right in front of the fire place and not move for extended periods of time as I work on my laptop. There is something just so calming about the warmth. When you sit in front of something like a heater or fire place, it is like your worries melt away. I really, really love how this photo turned out. I am in love with the colors and how vibrant they are. They translated really well over camera, which doesn’t always happen, so I am really happy to see that.
Rule of Odds
For this photo challenge, we were tasked with using the rule of odds, which was using the numbers 3 and 5 in our photography. If I am being completely honest, this one stumped me for a while. I didn’t really have a great idea of what to do, but then I stumbled upon this rack of barrels that utilized both three and five groups. I really enjoyed the more rustic vibe of this photo, though I do wish that when I had taken it, I had added a little bit more drama and flare to the photography by changing the angle I was taking photos at. I still think that it turned out pretty well and I am happy with the final product.
Aging
The topic we had to explore in our photography this week was aging. In this photograph, there are several elements that I think indicate age. The burnt candles, old-fashioned glasses, worn case, and yellowing paper all seem to be telling the story of someone who was living there and spent time in that desk. The glasses case is especially telling as the seams are slowly starting to come apart. The glasses themselves are also extremely old fashioned. Aging can sometimes be told by prized possessions gaining wear and tear or holding onto the the relics of a bygone era.
#NoFilter
For the no filter challenge, we were told to post a photo without any editing to it. This was the picture I chose. Our family visited an old fashioned printing press recreation and I absolutely loved learning about all the different phrases that we use that have their origins in the printing press (things like “cutting to the chase”, “Stereotyping”, and upper case and lower case letters). I really liked the way this photo turned out and I loved the color pallet too. It wasn’t a very vibrant or exciting one, but the clean colors were extremely pleasant to look at.
Negative Space
The prompt this week was about using negative space in order to create a landscape using negative space. I decided to choose this photo that I took of a sunset over the hills in my area. On some sunset days, the clouds turn pink and orange, and, personally, I love it when that happens. I also enjoyed the contrast with the silhouetted hills. The hills are practically omnipresent in my area. More often than not, you can see them rising above the tree line. This makes it a little startling when I visit the midwest and there aren’t any hills, or even mountains.
Shadow
The prompt for the week was telling a story with shadows. My family and I visited a historic jail, and the only light inside the criminal’s prison was a single candle (electronic, of course) in order to try and simulate what it would be like inside. I decided to photograph the tiny sliver window, with the shadows of the jail cell bars and other people against the wall, to try and capture the exhibit the hopelessness and trapped feeling.
Anonymous
The focus this week was anonymous. I regularly go walking with my dad and my dog, and one of the things that my dad and I like to do is guess whether someone is actually living in a house. The housing market in our neighborhood can be a little crazy and occasionally leaves homes unoccupied for months. To deter break-ins, they will put lights on a timer to turn on at night and make it appear like someone is inside. I think this photo fulfills the anonymous prompt because the only reason we figured out that someone was living in the house was because the lights changed over the weeks we would walk past it. We never saw a person moving around inside or saw someone walk in, but because there would be different lights on and off that wouldn’t be able to follow the pattern of a preprogrammed timer,…