This picture is a depiction of me as my favorite music producer: Metro Boomin. In the photo Metro Boomin is in the process of making the beat for a song for one of his many clients. This has been a dream job of mine for about a year and a half. I chose this picture because Mrs. Moncure didn't think that I would be able to do it. So I did it. This picture is a depiction of me as one of my favorite rappers: Logic. In the photo Logic is on stage performing in Atlanta for his Incredible True Story World Tour. I chose to use this picture because if becoming the next Metro Boomin doesn't work out, rapping is my backup plan. But I mean let's be real, I'm gonna be the next Metro Boomin. Step by Step Procedure
Colora) This photo is of a purple vase of yellow flowers in the 700s wing. b) The color is shown in the vase and flowers. c) This photograph is successful because the color of the vase and flowers contrast with the dull gray color of the ground. Shapea) This photo is a worm's eye view of a basketball hoop on our campus. b) The shape is shown in the roundness of the hoop. c) This photograph is successful because it shows an angle of the hoop that you don't see it from. The angle shows the hoop's circular shape in a very interesting way. Texturea) This photo is of the turf on our school's football field.
b) The texture is shown in the turf itself. c) This photograph is successful because when you look at the turf you can feel the prickly yet soft texture of it. Elements of Photography -The “building block” of design -All good design will have one or more of these elements; line, color, shape, form, texture, space, and value -Line
This Photo is an example of the element line because it leads your eyes around the buildings. It makes the buildings very urbanesque. -Color
This photograph represents a very warm color scheme. Skoglund is known for her very colorful photographs and interesting setups. -Shape Organic Shape: a shape made by nature. Not completely defined Inorganic Shape: manmade- such as triangles and rectangle 1) In order to take the photos, I set the camera to shutter priority and set the shutter speed to 1/1,000th of a second. This makes any moving object appear completely frozen.
2) Some struggles that I faced were taking some of the pictures at just barely the wrong time. For example, when taking pictures of the cards, I would sometimes take the picture barely too early and the cards would still be stuck together and not be strewn about. 3) What I learned: a) Even the water that was moving at pretty significant speeds was able to be frozen with a fast shutter speed. b) The faster the shutter speed, the more the object appears to be frozen. c) When taking pictures of popping water balloons, if taken at the right moment can appear to be just water floating in mid air in the perfect formation of the water balloon. My photo is of a couple of classmates holding a piece of paper at about knee-level that says “ALL LIVES MATTER”. The photo is relatively self explanatory, I truly believe that all lives do matter. I don’t care what religion, race, gender, or sexuality you are. The world needs to take a step back and look at the damages that have come due to discrimination, specifically racism. I know it is a repeated topic, but the recent riots and cases of police brutality and even instances where a civilian deliberately injured or killed an officer of the law have been largely omitted because of recent discrimination between American citizens. I understand where people are coming from when they say that it is an issue that needs to be mitigated, but the fact of the matter is that you can’t get rid of racism. Racism always has been, and always will be around, no matter what we do to attempt to stop it. There is a saying that I have come to love and have based not only my athletic life, but my personal life as well. The saying goes “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach there ever was, but there will always be someone who hates peaches.” Racism is a very huge topic in America, but unfortunately it will never be resolved. I couldn’t tell you how to help it at all because every solution has a counter that is just as powerful and effective. All I know is it’s a tough world we live in, and despite what other people say or think, I’m going to be the most delicious damn peach I can be.
It all started with an elephant. Not a magical elephant like the ones in your typical fairytale, just an elephant. An ordinary elephant on a journey to find water. The year is 2010. The place is Togo, Africa. There has been a severe drought, causing all of the elephants in Africa to die off, except for one. And that elephant, was Tnahpele. Tnahpele eventually found a small pond to drink from and was greatly satisfied. In another story, a few village men were wandering around the deserts of Togo, starving and desperate. To their surprise, they found an elephant, and that elephant just happened to be Tnahpele. They knew that Tnahpele was the last elephant in all of Africa, but they were desperate. Desperate times called for desperate measures. As they moved in, closing in on their prey, the man with the spear, Soardzmin III began to question their morality. Should they kill the last elephant in all of Africa just to stay alive for a few more days? After all, it is inevitable that they will die in the desert unless they find civilization. Soardzmin decided to just continue on, as he thought about his family that he has at home, his wife, his 4 daughters, and his 3 sons. He knew he needed to press on if he ever wanted to see his family again. The three village men moved in for the kill and executed Tnahpele. They used what little energy they had to attack Tnahpele. They were all satisfied with the killing of Tnahpele, all but Soardzmin III. Soardzmin III was very uncomfortable with the process of killing Tnahpele so he pretended to take part in such barbaric acts, but in reality he stood by and watched as the last remaining elephant in all of Africa was slaughtered. Although Soardzmin III's morals prohibited him from taking part in the hideous killing, his fate could not be overcome. Soardzmin III died, crushed by Tnahpele, causing his fellow village men to freeze in horror. Hush fell over the Togolese desert as Soardzmin III died a painful and unexpected death. Back in the village, Soardzmin III's family grew silent, for what reason they did not know, but they all felt the same uneasy feeling in the same instant. Despair fell over the home and it did not lift for years following. Soardzmin III's fellow villagers eventually found their way back home and informed the village of the horrid events that had taken place. Archer (the man with the spear and sword) was the leader of the village and of the three friends. Archer made the decision that no one other than him and the last friend, Speerzmin IV were to attend Soardzmin III's funeral. The funeral was held in front of the new project in the village that was to be attributed to Soardzmin III and his family. The project was to be built into a shrine, honoring Tnahpele as the last elephant who died and took some company with him.
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AuthorMy name is Jared Dowdy, I am relatively new to photography and am eager to share my experiences with the world. Archives
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