Cumberland Fair- 2013

Portrait Mode- I took this to focus mostly on the little girl. I asked her if I could take her photo, she instantly turned and smiled at me through the smell of manure. The air was a little cold but the warmth of the sun made the afternoon at the fair absolutely perfect. The mother said this little girl has been with this cow since the first got it a week old.

Landscape Mode

Macro Mode

Macro Mode 

Top 5 Ways to take stunning photos

1. Alter your perspective: Change the way that you look at the subject, not just from eye level, change it up and move around. Go above the object. Below the object. At an angle. Anything really to add perspective. 

2. Break the Rules of Composition: You don't always have to have the subject dead center. If you put them off balance inside the photo it makes it interesting, but then again it could be just as interesting in the center for some photos. 

3. Obscure Part of your subject: Focus on what you want the viewer to be focused on, with a little imagination. This being, add something to accentuate the subject of the image but make the viewer almost come up with their own ideas. 

4. Take a Series of Shots: Take images in a row, Series of Images. With people/children that tend to move fast you can take images "faster" sometimes to capture the better pictures. 

5. Introduce a prop: Pretty self explanatory, Bring in a prop that would make your photograph more interesting to the viewer. This could be any object that would make the viewer see what was going on. 

Famous Portraits

(Eugene Smith, New York, NY, 1977)

I believe that this portrait from Arnold Newman is a great, interesting, creative way to view this elderly men. The way that he looks through the lens at what he's trying to capture is a different way than most people. I am definitely will try to capture at least one of my pictures in a similar way as Mr. Newman.

truman capote (1974)

In this photo by Richard Avedon he captures the man's facial and emotions more than anything. I feel like this man is depressed, The way that Mr. Avedon captures most of his pictures doesn't have a lot of variety, but it's how he takes his photos. 

"Alice In Wonderland"

Annie Leibovitz's photo of Alice in Wonderland is a lot different from her others. She has a very large variety on different photos that aren't like any other photographer's I've ever seen. She's very Unique with her photos. 

Signs of Fall

I chose this image as my Signs of Fall because of the rain storm that we had took down one of my trees, This tree was very important to my mother so I took this picture for her. If you can see how the truck of the tree is focused on the moss of the tree with the blurred background. 

Compositional Strategies

I chose this photo to show my Compositional Strategy of Diagonal Lines because I thought most people wouldn't use rope and turn it into a very interesting photo. The way that they all intertwine makes the eye want to follow the rope and find the ends. The way that the grass goes around and through the rope makes it even more interesting.