B&W Reflections

For this B&W Reflection project, we were to take 8-10 photos in color with a theme.  My theme for these photos was a small plastic tub toy thats in a shape of a ducky. The point of this project  was to realize the blackest black or the whitest white spots without losing grey.  Please enjoy my photos of my Ducky.

Ducky getting all ready for summer

The blackest black would be the computer in the reflection of the glasses and the whitest white part would be the light on the roof.

Ducky checking himself out in the mirror

The blackest black point would be past the table which is the wall and the whitest white point would be the duck.

Ducky sitting in the rain looking at his shadow in the puddle

The blackest would be the reflection of the ducky in the puddle and the whitest would be the duck or the little pieces of grass.

Ducky trying to look in the library but with no luck

The blackest black would be the wall and the whitest white would be the blinds inside the library. 

Ducky looking at his shadow in the puddle on the road

The blackest black would be the shadow and the whitest white would be the ducky.

Ducky seeing all the nice cars parked behind him

The blackest black point would be the outside of the car where the whitest white part would be my hand and the ducky.

Where is Ducky?

The blackest black would be inside the rims and the actual tire where the whitest white is the rims.

Mazda logo, Ducky's favorite brand of car

The blackest black would be inside the Mazda logo and the whitest white would be the actual logo.

Ducky trying to find a soul mate on the Iphone screen 

The blackest would be the back on the Iphone screen where you can see Ducky's face and the whitest part would be the Iphone itself. 

Bike Month

Purple BMX Bike

Pedal To The Metal

Sad Red 

The month of May is known as the Bike Month.  For many people, its a great time to bring out the bikes and ride them to school, work or even just around to pick up groceries to save gas, get healthy and fit, even make it environmentally safe for others.  These photos above were taken at my school and they are the most noticeable ones that caught my eye.  I enjoyed taking these photos because of the colors of the bikes and how I touched them up.  

Depth of Field

Close-Ups

Close-Ups are photos that are taken up close of a person or an object with sometimes a blurred background.  For these photos I stayed a distance back, and focused enough so one part of the photo pops out for example, the water drops on the photo below.

This photo is showing the water drops on the pieces of grass.  I liked this photo because when you look at the bigger picture your eye automatically goes right to the rain drops and it just looks very unique. 

For my other example of close-ups, I took a shot of Brianna's eye.  I love the look of her eyelashes and especially the shadow of her eyelashes looks very cool.  This photo could also be used for an example for "Bokeh" with having a blurred background.

Bokeh
Bokeh is a aesthetic quality of the blur in the foreground.  In these photos, the main image looks very clear and close up, whereas, the background looks farther away and is blurred. I found taking these photos very cool because I was able to try different things with focusing.

This photo, I took at the back of the school by the graffiti wall because the wall can have many different views.  In this photo, the wall is the main part of the image where the pond is blurred in the background.

For this photo, I chose a picture I took awhile ago of my puppy Bentley taking his first bath.  I love this photo because his face looks so adorable and he just makes the photo so much better. 

Out Of Focus Foreground

Out of Focus Foreground is when an object is in the way, sometimes hiding the main image your taking a photo of, like in this case is the fence in the way.  You are able to focus it enough where you are able to take away the look of the fence in the way and make it blurry.  I thought taking these photos were very cool because you cannot tell there was a fence in the way. 

This photo is of Brianna posing like a model, standing behind the fence behind the school.  I thought this photo looked very cool because you are looking beyond the fence and seeing Brianna. 

For this one, I like this one a bit better because you cannot see the fence at all unless you take a really hard look. The trees take away from the fence which is very cool.

High Dynamic Range

High Dynamic Range Imaging also know as HDRI or HDR creates an image that looks more brighter, clearer, and more creative.  The correct definition for HDR is a "set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques".  It starts with taking three of the same photo, the first one is dark, second one is normal and the third one is light and all merge in together with using photoshop.   With taking one of these photos, with photoshop you can either make them look darker or more brighter.  

Taxi, New York by Tonist L
This example of HRD of a Taxi in New York caught my eye when  I was looking up HDR because it was very bright and very appealing.  I love the look of the buildboards, how they are extremely bright in the front and dark and gloomy in the back as well as the sky looks amazing.  

Lamborghini Gallardo by Robert Himler 

I love the look of this photo because it shows the unique qualities of the sky and how bright it is.  When I look at this photo it just looks so magical more than the original would look like.  It was taken with 5 exposures(-2,-1, 0, +1, +2).  Also the Gallardo just makes the photo complete.   

Ciryscape of Girona Spain by Unknown

This photo of the lake shows the brightness of the sky, also expanding more of the lake with a brighter reflection.  I love the look of the branches that hover over the photo and just overall its a very bright photo where as there isn't much darkness in the photo where there is in a HDR photo.   

David Walking by Katie Brown

For my HDR, I took a photo of David walking towards the field.  When I edited this photo, it became more brighter and made it stand out more.  Doing this made the photo look 100 times better than the normal photo looked like. It also looks like he is walking into the light.  All together, I think this HDR turned out great. 

Justin Quinnell

Justin Quinnell is a talented photographer and is well known of taking smily cam images, slow light images, black & white, and different types of color images through Pinhole photography.  My three favorites on his site he has posted are "Bert", "Dentist" and "Clifton Suspension Bridge".

The content being used in "Bert" is by using a Sesame Street Character to capture a image in Justin's mouth.  The process is when the shutter takes place when he opens his mouth, exposes the photo paper, takes a quick snap than closes his mouth and the image is not exposed anymore.  I have chosen this image because when I was growing up, I used to love watching Sesame Street, and Bert was one of my favorites, as well as Ernie.

The content being used in "Dentist" is by having a visit at the dentist and surprising the dentist with taking a picture of him without knowing.  The process is the same as the one above, Bert, when the shutter takes place when he opens his mouth, exposes the photo paper, takes a quick snap than closes his mouth so the image is not exposed.  I have chosen this image because I enjoy the fact that his dentist didn't know that he was going to take an image of him while being there.  Also, I like that his teeth have a very rotten look to them.

The content used in this photo "Clifton Suspension Bridge" is having the photo paper being exposed, so that you can see the path of the sun which is called Solargraphy.  The process that he had used was by using a film canister or a pop can and had exposed the photo paper for about six months.  I have chosen this image because I like the modern look of the bridge in the photo and that the path of the sun is perfectly angled.


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