This is a photo assignment on shadows. The first picture is of some roses that my daddy got for my mom on Valentines Day. I like the color of the roses and how it fades to black and white. I also like the different shapes of the shadow because of the multiple lights above it.

 

This picture was taken as I was snowboarding down my favorite run, Death Valley, at my favorite ski hill, Bruce Mound, after snowboard instructing.  I like the motion that the blur gives to the photo.

This is my friend Mary trying to snowplow down the hill so i could get a picture! after a lot of trial and error (and a LOT of blurry pictures) i got this one. I like how because of the slow shudder speed, everything looks like it's doubled.

Different Light

For this assignment, we had to take pictures of the same subjects in different types of light at different times of day.  Here are my two favorite sets of photos: a wind chime and a street lamp.

Morning

Afternoon: I like how blue the sky is in this picture, and the texture of the clouds. 

Evening: similar to morning, but there's more of a shine on the right side of the chimes, where the soon setting sun is hitting them.

Street lamp in my back yard, in the morning

Afternoon: Again, I liked the blue sky and thin clouds in the background. 

Evening: In this photo, the light is very very blue just after the sun set, but unlike the last photo, where the background, the sky, is blue, the whole photo has a blue tint.

I really liked this assignment because it made me focus on the best time to make a picture, but it was also very difficult to get the angles right, and to watch the same subject until the light is perfect. I think for the most part they turned out well (certainly better than my last assignment!) :)

Composition photos

These photos were made to represent different rules of composition: diagonal lines, rule of thirds, curved lines, and leading lines. They were all taken at night time with my camera set on night landscape, but most are very grainy, I'm working on trying to boost the quality of my camera. A big part of my focus for this assignment was on light; whether candles, light posts, or anything else, light plays a huge role in photography...especially at nighttime!

Winter Nature

Here are some pictures that I took last weekend of the winter nature around my house. I tried to focus on contrast of colors and shades.  It's my first photo assignment; I hope you enjoy it!

Red berries with a pine tree background

One red berry

Dead, snow-covered flowers

Dark, dead flowers contrasting white snow

Tree from underneath...kind of upside down