Artist Statement:
This week in photography I created my second draft for this project. I studied and learned about Joel Tjintjelaar who is famous for his work in building photography and using the "leading line" technique. The leading line technique is where the audience is drawn to the lines of the building and is led to the main subject, and in this case, the main subject is the sky. Our goal was to replicate the authors work by using our own environment. There were a variety of necessities that needed to be included in this project to create his recipe. First, I needed to take pictures of a variety of buildings and use the "leading line" technique. Second, I took those raw images and edited them. I applied a black and white filter and increased/decreased the exposure settings on each photo. Third, I added a black border to all of my photographs to contain everything that is inside the picture. As well, I cropped the unnecessary parts of the image. For my next draft I would like to get better lighting, crisper images, and unique skylines.

Artist Statement: 

This week in photography each of us individually studied a photographer. I specifically learned about Joel Tjintjelaar who is famous for his work in building photography and using the "leading line" technique. The leading line technique is where the audience is drawn to the lines of the building and is led to the main subject, and in this case, the main subject is the sky. Our goal was to replicate the authors work by using our environment. There were a variety of necessities that needed to be included in this project to create his recipe. First, I needed to take pictures of a variety of buildings and use the "leading line" technique. Second, I took those raw images and edited them. I applied a black and white filter and increased/decreased the exposure settings on each photo. Third, I added a black border to all of my photographs to contain everything that is inside the picture. As well, I cropped the unnecessary parts of the image. My goal was to create a dark and mysterious vibe to my photos. In my next draft for this project, I would like to get crisper photos of buildings and find more exciting skylines.   

Artist Statement:

This week in photography we continued exploring several new techniques light painting, motion abstract/blur, and panning. Light painting is where you decrease the shutter speed of the camera and use a handheld light in a dark room. Panning is where you reduce the shutter speed and follow a moving object. Motion abstract/blur is where you decrease the shutter speed and increase the movements of the camera. This week I only had the chance to experiment with only motion abstract/blur. When editing the images, I changed the exposure and color settings. I increased/decreased the highlights, contrast, shadows, brightness,  temperature, tint, saturation, vibrancy, and fade of the picture. At the end of the week, I developed four of my best photos that revolved around the motion abstract/blur category. The results turned to be very exciting and interesting. I believe that I have gotten better at this new technique and hoped to keep improving throughout the semester.