Timeless

For this assignment I was assigned the privilege of taking a picture of something of timeless. I was given one hour to take it in. With a positive attitude, a watch, and my camera I set out to take my picture. My results were as following.

I for one love this photo. The idea came to me when talking to some fellow students of mine during the hour that I was assigned the project. It occurred to me that bamboo, or in this instance cane, is one of the oldest organisms in the world. The shot came out grainy which I was perturbed with at first. However, I was fine with it after second thoughts, after all digital cameras have not always existed. The bamboo represents an ancient thing to me, kind of a reverent respect for the earth. Something that not a lot of people have for the earth these days. The leaves in the light dance and turn. The stalks reach up to the sky. Earth is after all one symphony of beauty. Another reason I love this photo is that not only can one not tell when this picture was taken, but if one knew nothing about the photographer or the assignment one could not tell where it was taken. 

Glimpse

For this assignment my instructions were to take two shots of a glimpse picture. At the beginning of this I had no idea what a glimpse was or how I was to go about taking a shot of it. After reading it I was still perplexed a little. However, with the ideas of what I thought was right in my head I set out with my camera to take my pictures. Here is my first shot.

For this shot I had a certain idea in my head. In this picture you notice that the salt and pepper shaker are the frames. Beyond are the hands of my friend. A lot of people seem not to find beauty in the simple things around them, but I make it a point to find every small detail beautiful in life. My favorite thing about this shot is the reflection of the hands and the hands themselves. Hands are such an essential part of life, they display our intentions in many ways. Here I have captured the idea of the feeling of right after one eats. That point in dinner where one is at rest from full stomach and talking with friends. That to me is true beauty. 

This shot may be the more obscure of the two shots. I can easily see how someone would not think this is a glimpse because the frame may not be a clear as one thinks. However, to me it is obvious what the frame is, the lights. I consider it a glimpse in another reason as well. I know that the rule states that a glimpse can not have a trail going off into the distance, and though this has that very concept it also has a point of focus, the building. This represents to me the two paths that man can take along the lighted path, one can choose to stop and rest, or one could choose to continue on in their journey. This picture is sort of a Robert Frost play off for me. The lights also seem to play a song to me. Something sweet and beautiful. All in all, it just seemed to me like this could under a certain mind be the perfect definition of a glimpse. 

Silhouettes

My assignment for the weekend was to capture two silhouette shots. A silhouette being of course the outline of a person, without the features being noticeable. In a lot of ways like an eclipse. I found this assignment to be a marvelous challenge. Here are my two shots.

I absolutely loved this shot. I thought it represented the assignment perfectly. I think it is very reminiscent of what it is to look out of life's windows. One might notice that it is raining outside. I captured, or for me at least, the very concept of sorrow. Without even seeing his face, one can feel his emotions.

           For this shot I set up my camera in a parking garage. This shot took a little bit longer to get. I wanted this shot because I liked the way that the lines in the garage synchronized together. My idea was to get the motion going towards my camera. Notice that the lights line up with the one way sign behind the man.

Visual Design

For my assignment I had to take pictures based off of two forms of design. This is my first.


This was the first of my two categories. It was centre of interest. I took a this picture of my girlfriend in the grass. It was right in the golden hour. I had no intention of taking a shot like this but then I noticed how beautiful the grass was. All of the focus is on her and specifically her eyes. The grass was a very plain background making all the attention on her.

This is my second shot. This one is based off of the design symbolism. This shot inspired me in several ways. I think what it represents to me most is of the blur of things around us. Even in other people. I think that often we can be unaware of what is around us. Trapped between lights. In the moment people around us seem to be a blur, or even not real. Vagueness can often be the most real expression of all.