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I came across Isac Goulart when looking for some inspiration. I love the strong colors present in his work and the compositions are fantastic too!
“Isac is a photographer by vocation, but photography is just a hobby. He works as an English teacher for university age students. He thinks that the biggest difficulty in photography is the pursuit of inspiration and the process of catching the perfect moment. The implementation, or execution, in photography is a skill that can be acquired only with time, but without creativity or precise timing, it is usually weak and ineffective.”
Go check out his beautiful photography on his website: http://isac.goulart.net/

While I was on behance, I came across a photographer named Tim Tadder who has very unique work. Most of his photos are very dramatic, intense, and some of them very humorous. One of my favorite photography projects of his was called “Water Wigs”. You should take a look at it! (You’ll like it, I promise.)

–>Water Wigs

Here’s the link to his behance:

https://www.behance.net/timtadder

Here is my VSCO Grid. I love this app, and am so excited now that I know about the Grid! It is super easy, and as we were shown in class, it is a great way to present your iPhone photography.

http://carolinealane.vsco.co/grid/1

I did some research and found a few amazing iPhone photographers. I placed their websites below-check them out! Follow them on Instagram to continue to keep up with their work :)

http://byjansen.com/albums/iphone/

http://www.justwhatisee.com

http://www.dankhole.com

Elena Kalis is an underwater portrait photographer. I was able to find her work through Pinterest! Check out her website-she is INCREDIBLE. I am so inspired by her portraits because of the vibrant, incredible colors. Her underwater pictures are unique and create images that look as if they were painted. Elena Kalis

Since we have done some outdoor photography, I figured this article might be useful for anyone looking to continue photography outdoors. The article makes some great suggestions on how to protect your camera in every kind of element, including rain, snow, or in extreme temperatures. One thing I didn’t know about was protecting your batteries in cold weather, because the cold will drain them of their energy. Good to know you can warm them back up and squeeze some more life out of them!

http://petapixel.com/2014/09/28/extreme-weather-camera-get-shot-protect-gear/#more-146616

Even though we have talked about Edward Muybridge  in class before, I stumbled across his work again and was reminded how interesting and groundbreaking his work is. He is most widely known for his stop-motion photography, especially of the running horse or the flying bird. He also photographed humans in motion. What I did not realize was that he was also the artist that photographed Yosemite Valley in black and white. Here are some examples of his work:

Fun fact about Edward Muybridge: According to Wikipedia, he shot and killed his wife’s lover but was acquitted on “justifiable homicide.” Who knew?

I know that we have since moved on from Photograms, but as I was traversing the internet, I found some interesting photograms on Abelardo Morell’s website. In some of his photograms, he uses water and liquids like ink to create very interesting compositions. I for one had never thought of putting droplets of liquid directly onto the surface of the photographic paper, which has proven to create  a very appealing image. Looking at Morell’s photograms makes me want to experiment more with composing interesting photograms using different objects and angles of light.

The discussion we had in class today about the camera controls was very beneficial to me. Although I took a photography class in high school, I was never taught the science behind the camera, or even exactly what the aperture and shutter speed did or how they work together, until now. Learning the science behind the camera has really fascinated me and has helped build my understanding. For example, in class today when we were discussing how the aperture controls the depth of field, it actually really clicked with me when Nil was explaining the physics concept of “unorganized” light. This really gave me an understanding of how the aperture works to create a shallow depth of field with a blurry background and/or foreground (using f/1.8 for example), or an image that is sharp all over (using f/22 for example).

However, it’s a little tricky for me to remember the f-stops and that the smallest opening has the biggest number (f/22), and the biggest opening has the smallest number (f/1.8), but this is when I am glad to know the physics behind it, instead of just trying to memorize which is which.

It’s so interesting how much science plays into all of the art disciplines, especially photography. I think knowing the science behind how the camera works is essential for capturing great images. Now that I have a basic understanding of the camera controls, I am so excited to put my knowledge into practice for our first project!

While doing a bit of research on photograms, I stumbled across some of Man Ray’s work, a 20th century artist. Man Ray’s involvement with photograms, which he later called “rayographs,” was apparently the result of a mistake Man Ray made while developing some photo paper. Although Man Ray did not create the concept of the photogram, it seems that he did bring them more popularity.

These two photograms (“rayographs”) are some of Man Ray’s work. I love the contrast of light and dark and the mysterious, beautiful quality these images have.

Image from http://theliteratelens.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/manray_two1.jpg