Photo Posts: Week 13

 This bright red pot caught my eye, and I took a picture to cotrast its red, rounded shape with the cool grays and harder edged shapes around it. 

I liked the lines and blocks of blue in the windows, nd the lines on the ceiling contrasted with the curved lines in the light fixture, and the white light of the bulbs.

A nice sunset, I tried to get some cool rooflines and the weathervane to stand out against the sky

Same sunset here, this time trying to fous more on the sky.

I liked the color and shape contrast between the food and the overn. 

Photo Posts: Week 12

Aother mornng with cool ice crytals on my car. This time I backed up to capture the larger pattern of the crystals. I liked the subtle color variation. 

I wanted to capture this beam of light falling on my baby nephew's face.

This kind of happened by accident. There was a tree covered with white frost, and when I went to take a high-contrast black and white photo the sky beame totally black and I loved it. 

My niece is just cute. Not much else to say about this photo.

I took this one morning because I wanted to capture the simple beauty of the dark mountains against the early morning sky. 

Photo Posts: Week 11

I liked these strong ines and rectangles and the textures and tonal variation so I took a simple, straight on photo. 

There were some ice crystals on my car in the morning, and I thught that the color and the shape, along with the color of the glass and the orange lines that cross it, created a striking image. I got nice and close to capture as much texue and detail as I could.

I liked the different sizes, colors, and hapes of these bottles on the whte tablecloth, with the blocks of light on the table. 

There are line created by the banister, and the stripes on my baby nephew's outfit. I also liked the bright blue blanket on my sister-in-law's shoulder, and the stripes of light.

Lots of cool lines and planes and subtle color variations going on here. 

Photo Posts: Sense Of Movement

I thought maybe I could create implied movement by opening the doors in such a way that, if you scan the image from left-to right, you might feel like there is just one door opening.

I was at the dump in Payson and there was so much going on that I thought for sure a photo would capture some sort of movement, I think the seagulls give the illusion of movement to this photo.

The strong converging lines create a sort of sense of movement, like you are moving towards the point of convergence.

Photo Posts: Week 10

I saw this very interesting cloud shape, and I decided to take a black and white photo to capture the interesting tonal variations. I composed the photo so that there would be a darker segement at the bottom, a bright strip thrugh the center, and a mor middle gray in the top third. 

I found this pretzel in my car, and set it on this blue background to create a comedic compostition. 

Some textbook depth cues going on here.  I like the blue and the green with the chunk of gray jutting in from the side. Besides that, this isnt a very exciting photo.

I was at an ice cream parlor with my niece,  and I liked the way the light was spilling in through the window behind her so I thought I would take a black and white photo to make the light the principal focus of the composition. 

I decided to mess around with the table and chairs in my apartment again. This time I upped the contrast and placed a glass vase on the table to create an accent and make the composition  more interesting. 

Photo Posts: Rhythm

This stairwell has a very chaotic rhythm The frame is divided into angular, oblique sections by the light, the contrasting tones, and the sharp lines and planes.

I took this picture in the Tanner Building. Isn't it fitting? I wanted to create a harsh, simplistic, utilitarian rhythm.

I noticed that these two crossing jet streams divided the sky into four unequal quadrants. 

3 pillars framed so that they recede into the distance.

3 dryers with circular doors. I like boring rhythms sometimes.

Photo Posts: Line and Shape

I tried to eliminate all but a very few horizontal lines in this composition. I like the way it flattens and constricts the space.

Some minimalism of line here. A few vertical, a few horizontal, and a few diagonal.

I liked the way the power lines criss-crossed the image, with the stark antennae jutting skyward.

Some chaotic natural lines, anchored by the strong vertical thrust of the trunk.

I liked the hard lines of the building and the sweeping lines of the street lights.