PhotoJ

As the Spring "09 semester wraps up, I have taken a bit of time to reflect on what I have learned in these few past months. This class has enriched my knowledge about famous photographers of the past and gave a bit of insight on what the future of photography may hold. I will continue to practice the techniques that I learned as well as express my love of the subject by uploading pictures from time to time and hope to see others from the class do the same. Make sure to check out my Flickr account for more photo goodness!
Good luck to all who encounter a camera. It can become addicting.

PR Press

For my PR project, I chose to take pictures of a group in French 145 cooking an authentic four course meal for their final exam. The photos were then used in the final Power Point presentation.


Jerica is about to flip a piece of turkey bacon that will be used in their main dish, while Brittany finishes up slicing up the yellow squash.






Want to see more amazing food preparation photographs?

Photo Essay: Forgotten Treasures

My first attempt at choosing a proper subject for my photo essay was to photograph people in different types of relationships through interactions between family members, co-workers or friends. I thought that it would be interesting to capture the body language and facial expressions humans use when they communicate with people of these sorts because it is necessary to act a certain way on separate occasions. After thinking about this for a while, I decided that it would be very difficult to capture the true way that these people would be interacting because they would definitely see the camera, and once that happens, people tend to act in an unnatural manner in order to set a pose.

Then, I came upon the topic of optical lenses. After taking the pictures and uploading them, this topic seemed a bit boring because the pictures that turned out best only showed people that were wearing normal glasses. I had wanted a variety of glasses types such as those useless glasses with the slits, 3D glasses and such.

Finally, on my third try, I found something that would be extremely fascinating to me. I always notice objects (that not necessarily garbage) lying around my yard but never take time to investigate exactly what they are. Early one morning, I climbed down the stairs of my patio and set out on an adventure to my backyard. Things that sometimes end up in backyards also end up in my garage because the automatic door has been broken since before I moved into my house. What I found were many lost “treasures” of yesterday.

Two mismatched sandals lie unwanted upon the cold cement floor of my filthy garage. I often wonder who the owners were. Did a man wear these together, or do they each belong to a different person? It must have been one rough night!

Check out the rest of the neat objects I was able to salvage photos of!