This picture is my self portrait.  Originally, I planned on taking a picture of myself in the mirror, just because I wanted to be able to take the picture myself rather than have someone else take it for me.  But then I got the idea of using more than one mirror, and the idea eventually evolved into several mirrors.  I think this picture captures so many different sides of me because the expression on my face looks so different from every angle, even though it is the same reflection.  I tried to add more of myself by keeping the pictures of me with my friends around the outside edges of a couple of the mirrors.  I am really happy with the way that it turned out and its really different than the approach my classmates took to the assignment.  

My Photographs: The Swing

I took this Photograph on the swing set at Lake Johanna.  The first time I took it, I took the photograph at the same angle on a different swing.  But i realized I needed something to fill in the negative space, so I later chose to photograph this swing with the trees above it.  It adds a completely different feeling to the Photograph.  I really enjoy the angle that it was taken at and the way the chain stays in focus nearly all the way to the top.  This photograph was taken for an assignment where we were told to photograph our first memory.  I thought this photograph captured how looking up on a swing might appear to a child.  It seems so much taller than it actually is at this angle.  

This photograph was for my portraits assignment.  This picture is of my parents, Skip and Joan, walking our dogs, Banjo (the beagle) and Jasmine (the doberman).  I really like this portrait because there is a humorous quality to it in the different sizes of the dogs.  And I think there is also an also a creepy or mysterious quality in the tree in the background and the run-down barn in the background.  It looks like they are in an abandoned place, but they are actually in a residential neighborhood.  

My Photographs: The Wedding

I took this photograph before my brother's wedding.  It was taken at Woodale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.  I really like this photograph because it really gets the big picture of a wedding.  The contrast in this photo is great because there are so many different shades.  And although it appears to be very symetrical, the photographer's umbrella  offsets this perfect balance.  This photograph really captures the beautiful space that my brother and his wife got married at, and commemorates this special day.

Ansel Adams

The title of this photograph is Evening, Mcdonald Lake and it was taken in Glacier National Park in 1942.  What I really like about this photograph is the way the water looks so fluid and transparent.  The water accurately reflects the sky perfectly.  The contrast in the mountains in the background is also really beautiful.   My favorite part of the picture is the clouds because the texture is just so great.

Ansel Adams

The Tetons and the Snake River (1942)

Ansel Adams

A very famous photographer whom I admire is Ansel Adams.  His photographs are just so beautiful and memorable.  Adams is an American photographer, born in 1902.  His work is very influential in the photography world.  He wrote many books about photography and his work.  Adams is known primarily for his landscape photographs.  Each photograph has such a captivating quality about it.  In the next few posts I will share some of my favorites of his photographs.

What I really like about Ansel Adams photographs is his ability to find such beautiful spaces to photograph.  I really admire his eye to seek out and find such interesting scenes.  It is obvious that he knew where to take photographs and how to make the space look even more beautiful.  I also usually prefer black and white photographs, although I like color as well.  I really enjoy his work and hope you enjoy these photographs as well.

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