Week 12 Photos: Macro Shots

I got lens extension tubes recently and decide to play around with them this week...

Being a vegetarian and animal lover, I don't like to kill bugs so I found this guy on my window sill it made me a bit sad but like a car crash, it can be hard to look away. Because I don't have the opportunity to get close to many animals in photography I wanted to take this opportunity to. RIP little guy.

I brought these back from my sister's wedding in Alaska a couple years ago. The pinecone is the size of my finger tip. I loved how close I was able to get the them so you can actually see the tiny sea shell.

Puzzles can be pretty fun. I do them a lot with my dad. With extension tubes there is less focal length that really shows here. I am not sure how I feel about it being so shallow but it adds a kind of cool mystery to it.

Reflection and light are so cool! I can never tell how they will look on camera until I try. When I got up close to my bathroom light I loved all the detail you can see but it also made me want to clean it really bad.

On the right is a ring I got from my parents on my 18th birthday. On the left if a ring my mom got from her parents when she turned 8 and my mom gave me recently. Even though I never wear them together I wanted to take a picture of them together to show how different they are with the colors and design and how that represent my mom and I.

Scripted One Take: Garden State

This was a really interesting project to do. It was hard for me to find a scene that I thought would work in a one take but was really happy with the one I chose. It was great to work with people who actually do sound and cinematography and to have extra help for the first time.

I was reminded that no matter how much planning you do things won’t go how you plan so you have to go with the flow. Also I need to remember that everyone has their own unique style and they won’t and shouldn’t do it always how I imagined. I spent a while finding a good location. I wish we could have seen the cemetery more but the cemetery didn’t look as cool as I hoped anyway. Watching it there are a few camera possessions I would have changed like focusing on Sam when she starts to cry. 

My biggest regret was not know what exactly I wanted. It’s hard because I don’t like directing and I don’t want to do it so it’s hard for me to direct the actors because I don’t feel I know what I am doing. I started to plan what I wanted the shots to look like and what I wanted the characters to feel but didn’t take as much time as I should and didn’t get my intent paper back to get feedback.

Week 11 Photos: Circles

I liked the colors and texture on this salt and pepper shaker. I decided to take the picture from the top to make everything circular and uniform. I wish I would have have the same distance from the top and the bottom of the frame. 

It's finally time to take winter decorations down. This snowman always makes me so happy! Until next year buddy.

I love glass. It is my favorite medium (if you don't count film). I have collected a lot of it over the years. I was looking through my beads and thought it looked interesting.

My film reels are some of my favorite things I own. I like muted colors and shapes created by the reels and floor/wall.

I noticed some water spots on my mirror and wanted to try and capture it. I put my lense right against the mirror. It's interesting how you can see the outline of the lens.

Week 10 Photos: People

Taking pictures of pictures can seem kinda weird but I decided to do it this week. The original picture sits on my desk and was taken on the day I went through the temple so it is really important to me.

It's interesting how family not only looks alike but often acts alike. I liked how there body and face were kind of similar here. It's fun to look at them and see what

I love seeing younger siblings copy their older ones. It always happens without fail, I have photos of myself doing it to my sisters.

This is my cousin and she always looks so sad but she is so cute! I liked the framing here but not the legs on the right side.

I am not used to seeing kids with earings and make-up so this girl what really interesting to me especially because the woman holding her doesn't seem to have any make-up or jewelry herself.

Shot For Shot: Mr. Robot

I was really excited to try this project. I really love this show and how they chose to shoot it. I wanted to do my best at recreating the scene. I was a lot less stressed on set this time and enjoyed myself more and hopefully everyone else did too. Even though it didn’t turn out very well I learned a lot.

I tried really hard to have it planned out and organized before I got there which help with making sure we finished on time, I got everything I needed and for things run efficiently. On the other hand, this also made it hard for the actors and to have their performances flow physically and emotionally. All the actors were wonderful to work with but I don’t feel like I was the best director for them. I struggled with finding a balance between being the director and all the other roles I had to be. I kept wanting to micromanage but I tried my best to let Brett DP. I would have rather been the DP on this instead of the director (which is true for any project) because I was already focusing more on the technical and how shots looked then the actors performances which is not the job as the director. 

Sound wasn’t very good but the soundtrack worked well at covering it up. If I did it again I would want to have someone there to do sound. I also wish I would have used the tripod for some shots instead of the shoulder rig the whole time.

Week 9 Photos: Rhythm

This is a pretty lame picture but it's what I see everyday. I tried to match the lines of the shades with the lines of the cars and building but it doesn't work with the building.

When walking up the stairs in the HFAC I saw this and liked the lines and tonal contrast. There is something a little eerie about it.

I spent a lot of time at the cemetery the past few weeks. One of the times I saw this tombstone and liked the weathering on it. I wanted to line it up perfectly in the frame. I really liked how it turned out but I think it's a bit overexposed.

I don't know what I would do without medication and I don't know how I would remember to take it without my pill box. I liked the lines and colors of the box and pills.

The temple is so beautiful and has so much detail. I wanted to show the symmetry and detail. I am not happy with the framing. I wish I would have gone up and to the right a little.