Research Journal for ARS 281 - Introduction to Photography

Category Tasks

Task 6: Final Project Proposal

Final Project Proposal 1. PROJECT TITLE​: ​It’s All in the Details  2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION How often do you observe the community that you live in? Do you ever stop to look at the small things that really embody the essence… Continue Reading →

Task 5: Edited/Constructed Image

For this task, I am including the image that I worked on during our “double exposure class.” I played around a little more afterwards, and this was the result!   Before:   After: I got the music sheet background from… Continue Reading →

Task 4: Processing

Let’s get to processing!   Before:     After:

Task 3: The Camera

Before taking this class, I didn’t know that there were so many aspects to taking photographs that could be tweaked and adjusted to produce different kinds of images. I really enjoyed playing with the camera settings and seeing how the… Continue Reading →

Task 1 – Presentation Notes

After sifting through numerous photos taken by Scott Smorra and Hans Gunnar Aslaksen, I decided that the work of the former appealed more to my personal preferences. Namely, the vibrancy of the colors and the crisp clarity in each image…. Continue Reading →

Research for Task 1 Presentation

At the moment, I am doing more in-depth research on these two artists to try to narrow down my presentation topic: Scott Smorra – https://www.scottsmorraphotography.com Hans Gunnar Aslaksen – https://www.hansgunnaraslaksen.com As a viewer, I’ve always had an affinity for landscape… Continue Reading →

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