This is one of the final four landscape photographs I chose. I took the photograph at Michigan State University Hidden Lake Gardens in Tipton, Michigan. It was a nice day and I wanted to capture the colorful trees and the reflection in the water. I had this idea when I first went, but wanted to find the right spot/area, so I walked all over trying to find an area that would not be blocked or have people in the image. I wanted to capture just the beauty of nature. I liked this area, not only because of the water/tree combination, but also because of the path going through it. During class critique, someone said it looked like an Ansel Adams picture. Another student thought I should try to bring out the white rocks more.
This is one of the final four landscape photographs I chose. I took the picture in the upper peninsula. I was hand-holding the camera, which normally does not end very well for me because I have a hard time steadying myself and usually the image isn't straight. I like that I was able to get a straight horizon line and that the clouds matched. I took several images that were similar, but liked this one the best. I took the image in portrait orientation to mimic the reflection in the water. I liked the foreground in the image because I felt it gave the image more of a place and you could tell where the image was taken from. Some of the images I captured were just the water, but I felt if the image showed just the water, someone could have taken it from inside of a boat or something. The class thought I captured the clouds/sky well, but they were split on whether they liked the foreground or not. Some felt it gave the image an "uncomfortable feel" and I should crop it out. Others felt the foreground worked and that the diagonal matched the clouds, so I should keep it.
This is one of the final four landscape photographs I chose. I took this photograph of a woman photographing a man. I was observing my surroundings and liked this image. I took the picture from above and I liked the fact that you couldn't tell who the people were because they could represent anyone. I thought it was a good example of a social document. I think this photograph is a representation of the changes and differences between when the camera was first invented and the uses today. People takes pictures every day for various reasons, some for profit and some just for personal reasons. Whereas, when the camera was first invented very few people had access to cameras and they were too big/heavy to carry around and take pictures such as this. During class critique, someone said that they liked the way I cropped the image and they liked the texture in the image.
This is one of the final four landscape photographs I chose. This photograph was taken in the upper peninsula in an area I had never been in. I would consider it a psychological image because it is a relaxing picture. I enjoy nature, so I was walking and came across this image. I liked the view and you can even tell in the black and white image that the trees were all different colors. I took the picture in landscape orientation and I framed the picture, so that you could see the sky above the trees and the water below the trees. My idea, when taking the photograph, was to be able to show others how beautiful nature is. During class critique, someone thought this image looked like an Ansel Adams picture also.
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