The 3rd of August

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Wes

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These are some pics that I took on the 3rd of August. Enjoyz.

The Beach III

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I went to the beach last week and took a walk with my camera, these are a few of the 300+ shots I took. Those small crabs are hard as shit to get a good picture of, they never stop moving. Enjoyz.

The Morning

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So...I got up early and took some shots of dew on a spider's web. I was kinda shivering so these were the only ones that were remotely in focus. Enjoy.

The Emotions

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Here's 3 shots from my "emotion" assignment. The directions were pretty vague, so I took pictures of facial expressions that hopefully make you feel some sort of emotion. Enjoy.

The Interior HDR's

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Here's a few images from my latest assignment. I'm gonna be honest, they suck.

The Emulation

Soooo....Myers is making me waste a blog post by posting this...yea...

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Bryan Johnson
13 March 2009
Ansel Adams



Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902. He is an American photographer that is best known for his black-and-white photos of the American west. Adams used large format cameras to get high resolution in his photos. Although those cameras are heavy, large, take a long time to set up, and their film costs a lot, Adams used them because of the large amount of clarity they produced. He is responsible for helping found the Museum of Modern Art's department of photography. As a child, Adams was raised to live a modest and moral life with a responsibility to man and nature, following the ideals of transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Adams took an immediate liking to nature and spent much of his time walking on the beach and collecting bugs. Although he was obsessed with music (he had a photographic memory so he quickly learned to read music and play the piano) and applied himself to becoming a concert pianist, Adams gained a passion for photography when his family took a trip to Yosemite National Park in 1916. From then on, he began to get interested in photography and learned basic darkroom developing techniques. At 17, Adams joined the Sierra Club, a group that is dedicated to preserving the world's natural resources. In 1921, Adams' first photographs were published and his Yosemite prints began selling the following year. Adams was greatly influenced by Edward Carpenter's Toward Democracy, and he took it upon himself to photograph to portray the beauty of nature to others. Adams helped pioneer the zone system, a technique for translating perceived light into specific densities on negatives and paper, giving photographers better control over finished photographs (Wikipedia.org). He also promoted visualization, where the artist sees the photograph they want to get in their mind's eye. Ansel Adams died on April 22, 1984 at the age of 82 from heart failure.

My Shots:

Um, so let's see here. My intention was to take some emulation shots for an assignment and I did it. I think the panorama of the Coors mountains is ok ('cept for the vertical lines because of the stupid stitcher), but I'm not really crazy about them. I think, overall, I did a pretty good job emulating Adams. He is mostly known for taking shots that show the true spirit of the west, so I decided to show that through the rockies.

The Spring!

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These are three of my shots from my second outside assignment (spring). Like all the other shots I have to take for Myers' assignments, these pretty much suck.

The Telluride

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Here's a few shots I took over spring break while I was in Telluride...that's about it...

The Emulation

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So, for a photo assignment we had to emulate a famous photographer. I chose Ansel Adams because I was gonna be in Colorado for spring break. Hope you recognize the top mountain. Enjoyz.

The Dead Assignment

Golden Years

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These are 3 shots from the Dead, Dying, and Dormant assignment. They're not too good, but I do really like the top shot. I like the colourize I put on it and the crop I chose. Enjoyz.

The Homage

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This isn't really a full-out Rauschenberg, but in a way it kinda is. If you get it, then good :). Enjoyz.

The Shoes 2

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Here's a shot of Amy's lovely shoes. The focus on her shoes kinda sucks because I was losing lighting, but smart sharpen helped fix it a bit. Enjoyz.

The Urban Assignment

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Here are my three 5x7's for my urban assignment. Enjoyz.

The Candid Shot

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I took this shot of my friend when we went on the photo-excursion of the century on Saturday. I ended up taking around 450+ pictures in a few hours. Anyways, I turned around and snapped this as we were just walkin' around. The lighting wasn't too good, so we were experimenting with a new setting on a new setting on our cameras (P, if anyone is wondering), which made the lighting sketchy. I think the shot looks a ton better in black and white, and it also makes the hotspots not stand out so much. Enjoyz.

The Peeps

What It's Like

Yea, I know the title is stolen from an Everlast song (which is an awesome song by the way), but for some reason it seemed fitting. For some reason, this is one of my favourite shots that I've ever taken. They totally don't know that I took the shot of them, but it was just a casual snapshot as I was walking away from taking some pictures of gooses. I cropped it, did a levels and curves adjustment, and played with it in black and white to get the end result. Enjoy it, I sure do.

The Birdez 1

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This (and the two picture below this) are from my wild animal assignment. I pulled the images from a few months ago when I was at the beach. I played with the images when I first took them, but I never really got them to look too good. I decided to experiment with a vintage look and I think it worked. I added noise to the pictures and made them look "vintagey" with a variety of methods. Overall, I'm pleased with them, but I definately like the top picture the best. Enjoyz.

The Birdez 2

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Enjoyz.

The Birdez 3

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Enjoyz.

The Plane

Old School

I remade this picture (the one on the bottom) to make it look even more old/destroyed. I used selections of coffee stains, a dirty scanner, and some other stuff to really make it look beat up. I really like how it came out. Enjoyz.

The Face

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I made this in class today because I was bored. Enjoyz.

The Legs

Them Shoes

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Here's a few shots from my latest required assignment "feet no heads." I didn't really like any of the shots to begin with, but after I played with them in PS, I they started to grow on me. I've been going through a "harsh light" phase lately where I put it on a ton of my shots, and I've grown quite fond of it. I really think it worked well for the shots I used it on. I did a variety of different things to all the shots, all of them different. The only thing I pretty much kept consistent was a levels adjustment. Enjoyz.

The Shoes

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I was bored last night, so I took these. Enjoy.