Edited

I edited the last assignment a little bit. Here is the finished product.

Latest Project

I just completed our latest Digital Media project and wanted to see what people think. So here it is. My inspiration came from a number of quotes that I stumbled upon. These excerpts spoke to a lot of my beliefs, so I wanted to incorporate them into the composition somehow. I ended up painting them onto paper with gray ink, staining the paper with coffee, and burning the crumpled result with a lighter. I then scanned the four sheets of writing into the computer and layered them on top of my self portrait. I played with opacity to give my body a ghostly sort of appearance. 

Sunrise, Sunset

I went abroad last January to the island of Martinique in the Caribbean. Whenever I travel it seems that I look for sunsets, and if the chance arises, sunrises. When I was there I saw some spectacular skies. This has something to do with the unusual weather that the island boasts. There are always  a tremendous amount of clouds, and consequently a ton of rain showers. The above pictures are a couple of my favorite skies that I witnessed.

Maine

Almost every summer I go to a place called Five Islands in Georgetown, Maine.  It's a unique location that I can say without a doubt is one of my favorite places on earth. I grew up spending time there with my dad's side of the family and have always loved it. One of the cool things about the houses we stay in, is that they are literally on a tiny island. You have to take a boat back and forth across the harbor to get on and off of it. There are only seven or so houses actually on the island, and a cook house where we get our meals each day. The landscapes are absolutely breath taking and almost every day you run into some form of unusual wildlife, whether it is a seal in the harbor, or a loon sitting on the docks. A little path loops around the island where you can walk from the forested part of it, to the cliffs that have tons of tide pools filled with shells. One of my favorite qualities that Five Islands offers is its calming atmosphere. I find a sense of amazing serenity there that I haven't found anywhere else. It could be the soft sound of the crashing waves that lull you to sleep, or the quiet hums of birds and lobster boats that wake you up in the morning, I'm really nor sure, but if you are ever in Maine, take a trip down to Five Islands. It's a hidden gem that is worth the trip. I included some pictures of the island, and some from a day trip we took to another island about fifteen minutes away by boat. I can't recall the name of the island now, but I thought the reflections of the buildings and the water looked so serene. I hope you like them.

LETTERS

For our current design project, we are trying to capture all 26 letters of the alphabet by finding their naturally occurring forms outside. It's interesting to walk around and not only look for sticks or bricks that might form these shapes, but negative spaces, and different perspectives that allow the letters to become distinguishable. I uploaded a few that might not work yet, but I think the ideas are getting there.

Shutter Speed

I decided to get back to the basics and play with shutter speed and aperture. I put my camera on the ledge of this fountain and just made the shutter speed higher as I went to get more definition of the water.