Flowers/Plants

Random Objects

This is a photo of a shoe I noticed in the street. I didn't Photoshop at all because I liked the coloring and brightness; I think it's cool how everything in the picture is gray except for the bright green leaf, the colors really contrast/

This is one of my favorite pictures; to me, it has an "old" feeling to it. I found the flower in this position on a porch, and it's similar to the photo from my last series of a flower on the sidewalk.

Like the photo of the flower, this also has an older feeling to it because of the rust and the simple coloring. The battery was sitting in the street, and I think the pavement really brings out the rust on it.

I found this empty tic-tac box in the courtyard, and I used Photoshop to change the colors on the box from orange to blue. It makes it interesting because the box still says the flavor "orange". The blue is the only color in the photo aside from the whitish colors.

I took a lot of photos of rubber bands in the streets like the last series, because they are everywhere and I think they make really interesting because of their positioning. I like the shadow in this one, and the position is really cool (this is how it was when I found it).

On this rubber band, I used Photoshop to turn the rubber band, as well as the background, blue. I decided that by adding color, I would be adding a little more "life" to the photo as well.

This is a crushed marker I found on California St; broken or shattered objects are seen all over the city. Like some of my other pictures from this series, their is often a negative space that is of simple coloring, like gray or white, that contains a brightly colored object.

I Photoshopped the pencil to make it green. This was on the ground, someone had obviously dropped it while they rushed off somewhere.

This photo uses negative space; it's a matchbox in the street. I used Photoshop to darken the ground but brighten the matchbox so they contrast each other. This picture is really simple but it represents the variety of objects found in the street.

This picture is a little different than the rest because it's a little more complex and doesn't contain other tools such as negative space. This really reminds me of objects you find in a city because people are always leaving this kind of trash around.

Next Series

In my next series, I'm going to take photos of random objects I find in the city and try to incorporate negative space. This is the same style as the photos of the rubber bands and flower I took on the pavement. I want to also have the subjects of my photos on pavement because I thought it looked cool to have something colorful on a plain white background. I plan to use Photoshop on most of them to enhance/change colors and brighten or darken them.

Urban Style

A rubber band I saw on the street; it represents how people constantly litter in cities.

The American flag is often seen in urban-related areas, so I decided to use this one when I noticed it.

Like the other photo of the rubber band, this represents the city. I also see rubber bands on the ground almost everywhere I go.

I took this picture through a glass door with the hall lights reflection on it; it looks like the hall lights are outside in the actual photo.

Pigeon's are always in cities--I think cities wouldn't be the same without them. They are a common nuisance and are everywhere.

Like the other pigeon pictures, pigeon footprints are commonly scene in cement, along with hand prints or names or words. This fits into the urban style because they are commonly seen in a city.

This is a common city scene: crowded and cluttered.

This is obviously an urban portrait because you can see San Francisco in the background. My favorite part of this picture is the dark cloud over a smaller white cloud hovering in a space of really blue sky.

A man who probably has a destination in mind, such as going to his work. This is what cities are like; people hustling to work, but usually in more busy scenarios.

I think this crushed flower represents a city because people are always in rush and don't notice where they are walking, and usually step on things. People are always in too big of a rush to be able to observe their surroundings.

Series Plan

1) Negative Space
2) Urban style
3) Leading Lines

I will do an Urban Style

Negative Space

The wood is the negative space around the origami. I like the colors in the photo

The sky is the negative space, but I really like the angle the photo is taken from.

This is a portrait that uses the wall as negative space.

I like how the clock looks like it's floating because of how white the wall is, which is the negative space.

Like the other photo of Oscar, the wall is the negative space in this portrait.

This uses negative space, which is the sky, as well as the rule of thirds.

In this photo, I use Photoshop to brighten the asphalt and the plants to make it brighter, and I think that contrast the two things.

This is a lonely picture that's empty, bt the first thing I notice is the leaf.

Experimental Style

In this photo, Kyle has both a unique and amusing expression. He was posing for me, and was messing around a little, but the picture still came out good.

Like the photo with Oscar next to a caption that reads "bite me", he again has an stubborn and almost irritated expression that's somehow serious and not serious at the same time. 

I think that Sadie is one of my best models for this assignment because she makes very unique and  expressions, which was what I was trying to capture in my assignment.

In this photo, Sami has a very thoughtful look on her face.

Once again, Sadie is attempting to make another weird face for me, and it turns out really amusing.

This picture is what I considered my most unique expression; it's almost dramatic.