The goal for this collection was to play around with the exposure and the sensitivity to light. When we adjust the shutter we can control the speed and light of each photograph in order to move a little further away from reality. The coolest part of this photography tool is if you follow a moving object, the background will be a blur but the object will remain mostly defined and clear. My last photograph is a good example of this.

Depth 2

In this collection I attempted once again to capture depth in my photographs around my community, but this time through repetition, patterns, as well as near and far objects. In each photograph I also tried to tell a small story, or show some sort or mood that reflected on how I was feeling at the time. Although I added some effects to these photos to add to that mood, I also really wanted to catch a glimpse of reality, and show a contrast of beautiful and loathsome aspects of our community.

In this collection we focussed on leading lines and showing depth in each photograph. I did my best to find different types of lines to follow such as poles, streets, telephone wires, but mostly streets. It is much more difficult than expected to show depth in a picture using leading lines, because it is important to still have some content in the picture besides simply an ongoing line. I had a great deal of fun with this project and have already started adding leading lines into my other photographs because of the intrigue that depth adds to any photograph.

Black and White Rule of Thirds

 This is a hole in the boy's bathroom ceiling on the top floor. I tried to capture it in a way that would almost make it unrecognizable, while using two thirds of my frame to capture the panel that is missing, and the bottom third to show the final and intended bathroom ceiling panel.

 For this photograph I shared a very similar goal to the bathroom ceiling, in which I would use two thirds of my frame to capture the typical San Francisco tagger's flow, and the top third to give the context of a mailbox that looks as if it is fading away.

 Two thirds newspaper, one third sidewalk and onto the first step of a house, just a block away from Drew. Something about this headline tickled me.

 A beautiful American Hippy van with bumper stickers everywhere except for the bumper. I wanted to capture the back of the van with two thirds of the frame and use the side of the van and the sidewalk to fill the final third.

 I tried to line up the fire escape ladder with the exact third mark on the left side and as I snapped the photo a bird flew across the top third.

 I tried to capture the reflection of the trees off of the college counselor window, while placing the coexist sticker and a couple of pez containers in the bottom third of the frame.

The Rule of thirds has truly made me think about photography differently, and I have started to notice it amongst almost all professional photographs.