Portrait

Even though my designated spot is Chestnut, I decided to take portraits of my friend Brian while we were filming for our documentary. On our drive home, we found this really amazing house, featured in the last photograph.

5 Photos Different Days

 I took these photographs over break, on different days. I just forgot to upload them back when they were due.

Favorite Photographs of 60 People

1. It was very difficult to get close to a subject without him noticing. The subjects that I got the closest to were the ones that I asked permission. The man in the car wash gave me his permission to take his photograph and I immediately felt more comfortable not having to "sneak" a photo.

2. The man who was washing his car was completely fine with me taking his picture. I told him to just continue with what he was doing and he acted very natural. I found that once I assured people that their photograph wasn't being used for anything bad, the tension eased. I particularly liked these photographs because of the lighting. I really enjoy silhouette photography.

3. The girl flipping her hair is my friend, Tricia. I brought her with me to Chestnut Street while i photographed people. While I was taking pictures of a man vacuuming out his car, I turned around to see her flipping her hair. Even though I didn't instruct her to do that, the photograph came out pretty interesting. I like that her entire face is covered by her hair.

4. The woman at the top of the post was taking a break from walking her dog to get a treat at Dairy Queen. Even though I wish that the framing of the dog was slightly more to the right, I think that this photograph came out pretty successful. The three subjects who are looking at the camera (including the dog), form a nice triangular shape around the woman.

5. When a subject is staring directly into the camera, it connects the photographer with the picture. When a subject isn't staring into the lens, it's easy to forget that there's a photographer behind the camera snapping pictures. For me, photographs with the subject staring into the camera gives off a stronger feeling.

6. I still am uncomfortable photographing strangers, especially on a random street. If I was at an event such as OH-Fest of a sporting game, I don't think that I would feel as uncomfortable because people would actually understand why I was taking photographs. When I was photographing people on Chestnut Street, I could tell that they were wondering, "Why is this random girl taking pictures of me. That's just weird."

Dance Class

These are photographs from the dance class last week. I'm not sure why, but they look a little grainy. My favorite one is the last one that I posted because I really like the composition.

West End Chestnut St. Commercial Strip

It had just rained and there weren't a lot of people out... so I played with the reflections in the puddles quite a bit. I put a few on here but I have tons more on my camera.

5 Photographs in the Quad

Writing Assignment Week 5

My photographs were taken in the Quad during the early afternoon.

1. The quad was interesting to me because there are a lot of different subjects in it that can be photographed. I like the variety and color of everything in the quad.
2. In the quad, I used the sky to help me with my composition. The neutral blue sky color really helped to emphasize the important aspects of my photograph. Having the subject off-center really helps the composition. Sometimes things that are in the center don't always feel balanced. By moving a subject to the side of a picture plain, the viewer is forced to look at the subject in a different way.