Scanned Faces

Panorama

 This is a photo of my mother and my dog. It takes place in my family room in front of the fireplace. My mom is always hugging my dog, she is a big animal person, which is why I took this photo. In fact we just got a new puppy.

This picture is of my mother and my bird. My bird loves to sing and dance, he just bobs his head to a song my mom made up. Once again my mom is a big animal person.

My mom has just about a BILLION candles, which is what inspired me to take this photo. I couldn't decide whether I liked in black and white or with color, so I used both.

 My mom doesn't drink tea very often, actually she never does. But I wanted to give her a elegant, and almost preppy look in this photo.

I love the way you can see the steam coming up from the cup. I didn't actually fill the cup up with a hot beverage like tea or coffie. I used boiling water and had my mom give me an exhausted face. like she's finally getting to relax after a long hard day.

I believe these pictures easily describe my personality. It shows I am a little reserved because I am not smiling in many of them, but i'm not frowning either. The pictures are almost mysterious, and show a lot of emotion.

How would you define beauty in photography?
-Not only captureing something/someones outer beauty, but their inside beauty as well through their emotions and even surroundings. 
What are the characteristics of photographic
beauty?

• Tells it's own story
• Captures emotion
• Is it's own, unique
• Has great detail
• A unique perspective

Can something "ugly" be photographed and be considered beautiful? Why? How? Examples?
-Yes, by photographing something in a unique, interesting way, something that was once found "ugly" now be considered beautiful. For example, a bug is normally viewed as "ugly" but by photographing it in a unique or interesting way it be considered beautiful. Everythings beautiful in it's own way. Only sometimes you have to dig deep to find it's beauty.

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Pumpkin

Alfred Stieglitz

1. Who was Alfred Stieglitz and why is he noteworthy in the history of photography?


Alfred was an American photographer who was influential over his fifty-year career of making photography in accepted art form .  He is noteworthy in the history of photography for running New York art galleries in the early part of the 20th century, where he welcomed many avant-garde European artists to the U.S.
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 2. Choose a photograph he made, upload it to your blog, and explain why you chose it as your favorite by him.

I chose this photo by Alfred Stieglitz because I really admire the was the rain makes the trees in the back look almost unreal. Also the way every person is making their way to their destination regardless of the rain interests me.

3. With what famous painter was he in a relationship? Who was she? Upload a painting by her that you like.



 Alfred Stieglitz married Georgia O'Keefe. Georgia O'Keefe made large-format paintings of blossoms that are enlarged. They are presented as if seen through a magnifying lens, close up.  Also she made paintings of New York buildings.

Tilt Shift

At first when I went to take pictures of this field it was empty and I wasn't sure if I was going to get a good picture. But eventually this car drove by and I snapped a picture. This really worked out for me because I believe the car really puts this picture together.

This picture was taken on my back porch, I decided it would be a good picture because of the different colored trees and the one house on the road that is the center of the picture. I happen to really admire the light post. I feel like the car looks to real though.

 During half time two children went to play on the field. I decided to photograph this because the dark night sky made the lit up field look like as if it was glowing.

This is a photo of my backyard I decided it would be cool if I could make a toy structure look like an actual "toy structure". It was very close up which made the picture a lot harder to blur.

Brownie Camera

1) What is a Brownie Camera?
  The Brownie Camera introduced the concept of the snapshot. The first Brownie Camera was introduced in February, 1900, and it was a card board box camera that was very basic, with a simple meniscus lens which took 2¼-inch square pictures on 117 roll film. It had simple controls and original price of $1 and it was intended to be a camera that any person could afford.

2) Who invented it, when?
George Eastman invented the Brownie Camera, he worked for Kodak Eastman Company.

3) How did it change society, and of course, the photography world?
The Brownie Camera was much more affordable, which allowed many more people to experience photography. 

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Assignment for B day classes

1. What is a daguerrotype? What did the surface of a daguerrotype resemble? When were they prominent? What photographic process did the daguerrotype replace?
A daguerrotype is a photograph taken by a early process using an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and also using a mercury vapor. The resemblance of the surface of a daguerrotype is a silver plate and they came out in the 1839 and became popular in the 1950. the daguerrotype replaced a camera escura.



2. What is an "albumen" print? What was the main "ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out?

A albumen print is the first method of creating a photographic print on a paper based from a negative. The main ingredient is albumen with is found in white eggs. 







3. What is a "stereograph?" When were they popular?
A stereograph is two pictures put next to each other in order to create a 3D image when viewed by a stereoscope. A stereograph was popular in the 19th century.


                                                       


4. What is a "carte de visite?" What were they used for?
A carte de viste is a tiny (4 ¼" x 2 ½) photograph of someone that is placed on a card. Normally the subject is one person either standing or sitting. Often it only shows the head and shoulder. Up until the mid-nineteenth century, it was tradition for people to leave a calling card when visiting friends and family. Andre Adolphe Dideri invented the carte de visite in Paris in 1854 building on the custom of calling cards.



5. Who were Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner? They both are notable for what type of photography? When were they active? Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.

Alexander Gardner documented the Civil War as one of the photographers supplying negatives to Mathew Brady, whose organization was reproducing and selling images of the war. They were active in the 1840s.

Nicephore Niepce

What photo is this person famous for?

-A blurry rooftop photo called, view from the window at Le Gras
What is notable about this photo?
-It is the worlds first photograph
When was this photo made?
-1826