Finished project

Final Works From Boston

I finished up all my photoshopping of my big project photos from Boston, here's what I got:

After the Trip

Trip Into Boston

I came back from Boston with about seventy photos of the cityscape and buildings. Things that I kept an eye out for while walking through the city was, unique architecture, big sky scrapers, and buildings that together would make a good city scape. Here's a glimpse of some of the photographs I was able to get in Boston:

 

Trip to Boston

Big Project 

John litch

For my Big project in photography, I took the train into Boston to take pictures of the city. I did this one saturday a couple of weekends ago and took about 50 pictures.  Currently I am deciding which pictures to use in my final, as well as photoshopping. So far my big project is going very well 

NATURAL LIGHT PORTRAIT 

For this project we learned how to take high quality portraits with natural lighting. My class and I used big poster boards to direct the light the way we wanted to get to manipulate the natural light for the best results. Learning to take natural light portraits is useful because through doing this my class and I learned how to balance light better.

Big Project pre post

For the fourth quarter our big project is going to be very time consuming but rewarding. Our class has to pick a photographer and emulate their style as well research the photographer. In the end we will have 10 final works. The artist I chose is Andrew Prokos. He's famous for his photos of architecture, buildings, and entire cityscapes. I plan on emulating Prokos style by photographing the architecture in Boston.

Urban photography

Urban Photography 

For this project we had to take pictures of buildings, but also incorporate interesting shadows. Out of the two I took I like the second one better because of the shadows. The building goes from darker to lighter from left to right and it blends very well. While I was taking these photos I was thinking about the rule of thirds and filling the frame. If I were to change anything in this project I would want to take photos of a building with more interesting architecture.   

Rural Photos

Rural Photography

For this project we had to take photos of rural areas. I chose to do both of my photos of decayed, run down shacks because when I think of rural I think of an area that was once prosperous, but has since become desolate. In this project I learned how to take good photos outside, and how to look for good shadows.

Bad Photos

Bad Photography

John Litch

In this project we had to look at the different examples of bad photos and then try them ourselves. wrong white balance, camera shake, too dark, blur, and obstructed view were all the photos we had to take.

Blur 

Wrong white balance 

 Camera shake

Too bright 

Obstructed View

After this doing this project I learned what a bad photo essentially is. This will help me in the rest of my photography career because now i'll know what to look for and avoid doing while taking pictures. This project wasn't very creative, but I benefited greatly from doing it.

Straight Photography 
by: John Litch
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3/31/14

The idea of this project was to make the picture look like it's straight from the camera. Hence the name "Straight photography".  I went down to the Machine Shop and took close up pictures of the machinery. While  doing this project I learned to use the rule of thirds, and filling the frame.

Biography of Paul Strand.

Paul Strand was born October 16, 1890 and died March 31, 1976. He was a famous american photographer whose work helped photography become an established art form in the 20th century. Strand was known as being a modernist and did a lot of straight photography. This meant Strand made it so his work looked like it came straight from the camera, rather than looking like a portrait. Strand had a very successful career, working for over sixty years, all over the world, working with many different genres. 

Tell a Story project

Tell a Story

John Litch

A block.

When children get older they play with their toys less and less.

They get put away into closets or up on shelves.

The toys try to keep busy, but it's no use.

Eventually everyone throws their toys away.

For this project my class had to take 3 or 4 pictures of an object, the pictures were supposed to tell a story. My project was about a toy that gets played with less and less until it gets thrown away. In this project I learned the basics of how to use my camera, and how to photoshop my work.

20 artists

1. Wolfgang Sievers
Born September 18th 1913, died August 7th 2007.
Known mostly for architectural and Industrial photography.

2.)  Edward Curtis 

1868-1952

Famous for photos of the American West.

3.) Jay Maisel

Born January 18th, 1931.

Best known for capturing the light, color, and gesture found in everyday life.

4.) Paul Strand 

Born October 16th, 1890 Died March 31st, 1976

Most known for helping establish photography as an art form in the 20th Century. Worked a lot with shadows.

5.) Lewis Hine.

Born September 26th, 1874 Died November 3rd, 1940.

American sociologist and Photographer. Known for using his camera as a tool of social reform. 

6.) Alex Prager

Born 1979.

Prager is well known for using staged models to create film like photos. He has also worked on a number of movies.

7.) Larry Burrows

Born May 29th 1929 Died February 10th 1971

Burrows is most known for his photos of the Vietnam War.

8.) Edward Weston

Born March 24th 1886 Died January 1st 1958

Weston was a master photographer in the 20th century, often called "one of  the most innovative and Influential photographers", of his time.

9.) Bon Duke

Born 1989.

10.) Andrew Prokos
Prokos is a New York based photographer. Takes a lot of architecture and landmark photos.

11.) Vincent Laforet

Born 1975, in Switzerland.

Laforet is famous for his sky view fish eye lens photos. 

 

12.) Paolo Roversi

Born 1947 Ravenna Italy.

Master of low light and soft focused photos. Roversi is often imitated, but never bettered.

13.) Nan Goldin

Born September 12th 1953

Goldin took many photos of her friends, who did a lot of drugs, drinking, and other "hood rat" activities teens and young adults do today.

 

14.) Weegee 

Born June 12th 1899, Died December 26th 1968.

Weegee was famous for taking photos of crime scenes, often before police arrived.

15.) Slim Aarons

Born October 29th 1916, Died May 29th 2006. 

Aarons took photos of the rich and famous during the fifties and sixties.

16.) Dorothea Lange 

Born may 26th 1895, died October 11th 1965 (wikipedia)

Famous for her photographs of the Great Depression. Her photo, The Migrant Mother, is said to be one of the most famous photographs of all time. (Picturecorrect.com)

17.) Brian Duffy

Born June 15th 1933, died May 31st 2010

Duffy was known for his fashion and portrait photography in the 60's and 70's.

18. Edward Weston

Born March 24th 1886, died January 1st 1958 (wikipedia)

Weston was famous for being a progressive and innovative photographer in the 20th century. HIs subjects of interest varied from still life, to landscapes, to nudes and more. (Famous-photographers.com)

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