Rough Draft Rules Fools

1. When finding something I want to photograph, I must take 3 steps backwards and 6 to the left. If this endangers me in any way I must do the same amount of steps in any direction that will not kill/harm me.
2. Must use natural light.
3. Must hold breath for at least 5-10 seconds before taking shot.
4. Must shoot below and above eye level.
5. When getting ready to shoot, must map out start, middle and end of the path taken in the space.

M. C. Escher "Are you really sure a floor can't be a ceiling?"

Maurits Cornelis Escher 
Escher uses math in his art, especially with his tessellations that are shown here. Tessellations specifically consist of closed shapes that cover the plane that do no overlap and usually don't have any gaps. The use of math was what helped Escher be able to obtain the amazing work that he is so famous for. 

Trying to get some practice in with the dslr

The paradoxes of digital photography

After reading through Manovich's work it made me really wonder about how the future of imagery and photography might be. I was thinking of things like instagram that let you add a vintage or grainy look to your photos. While at the same time being able to let you view it with the new extremely crisp and clear retina display mac. I am curious if there is going to be a regression back to a desire for a way to apply a look to our photos that are more nostalgic or sentimental? or will it go into a direction of being able to recreate super high defintion images that allow the viewer to pick of the smallest details. My guess is that the majority will continue on the current path of high detail imagery. But there will most likely still always be a desire for a more classic look of images.

Project 2 Part 2

Project 2 Part 1

Summer is coming!

Lightspeed

Mixing some b&w and color

The light and the dark of photography

I thoroughly enjoyed Sontag's piece about photography. She really looked at aspects of photography that I sometimes think about and she doesn't seem to be vilifying or praising the act in any on way, but she definitely brings to attention the social, mental and psychological aspects of it. It seems to begin with her bringing attention to the timeless and objective aspects of taking photos but also the aggressive, voyeuristic, violating and insecurity that is inherent in the action. What I found personally intersting was that before I met my girlfriend I was disinterested in taking photos of events, groups and experiences I had. But my girlfriend cherishes her photos and has much more attention to recording and preserving the things that she has done and is planning to do. This influence on me has definitely effected me to also have some of the same sentimentality when it comes to plans and events. So reading this article has reinforced some previously held beliefs while at the same time causing doubt in the reasoning behind my original indifference toward taking photos as well as the new found appreciation I have for them. I really enjoyed how Sontag wanted the reader to question the normally straightforward act of taking a picture while at the same time bringing insight into the psychological reasoning behind it.

Lips. That is all.

Combining some illustrator and photoshop

Went up to hoodoo today, great conditions

Messin around with Photoshop

Pattern in mah beer

Bridge vs. Lightroom

After reading those articles and watching the video I feel like I have a much better understanding of the differences and similarities between Lightroom and Bridge.
First off, Bridge does not support the database that Lightroom does, so I would imagine Bridge would be more effective if I was working on my main desktop computer at home that housed the majority of the data that I would use. Bridge is a file browser and does not keep the information "internally" through databases like Lightroom does. So it would make sense to me that Bridge would work better when you have your work centralized on a main computer.
Lightroom, however, does allow me to use external hard drives and supports the ability to transport and contain the information of my data in a way that would allow me to be able to work on it more flexibly.I would be able to plug in my external onto, say, my laptop and be able to import those images to then be later used, independently from the hard drive, later on. This is an advantage for when I am at school or using lab computers and do not have access to all of my data in one central location.

Messin' around in illustrator

Messin around with my scanner

Went and touched up a pic of my host family from Mexico

Some unintentional exquisite corpse

During this drawing my buddy said this dude looked like a sea monkey

Amazing new camera tech

I'm seeing things

Nature, you so crazy!