This is the best picture I shot today in class, I love the composition and the background of the leaves it reminds me of something that should be in a magazine, I edited this image in lightroom by cropping the image and fixing the lights and darks to focus more on the woman and her dog.

Originally the lighting in this photo was really dark, I edited it in lightroom to set a specific tone. Out of all I like this photo because I had trouble with lighting and focus so all of my pictures came out super dark or blurry. This picture was taken in our classroom by the windows I tried to do the do’s and do not’s while taking her portraits.

My experience at Photoville was very exciting but before I start here is a little background story about Photoville it is an outdoor exhibit that shows different photographers and their photography and also different photography movements and what each photo represents. Photoville made me look at photography differently normally I will take a photo and sometimes have no purpose, but going to Photoville it inspired me to take pictures that have more meaning or can tell a story for the audience to see. I have some examples of what I mean and will explain what each picture means from the ones that I did love the best.

The first image below is called, “Crying Girl on A Border” in McCallen, Texas, from the movement called, “Undocumented” by John Moore. Out of all photos, this one captured my eye the most because it is basically what happens currently with this Mexican border being up, the composition in the picture was perfect because you’re looking at the main object which is the child and then you only see the bottom half of the police officer and the mom; I felt like I was there just by looking at the photo because it shows so much emotion and it shows impact on how much a mothers love is cherished.

This is my second favorite image and this is in the movement called “The Evolution of Visual Culture”, this captured my eye because I love images with color. In this image it is straight to the point because it has a plain background to focus on the person and the fruitful colors in the picture the colors are so vivid and even the expression on the models face shows culture based on what he is wearing.The way this photo was edited you will almost think that it was a painting which is also amazing because of how vivid the picture is.

This is just a few of many that I loved, I loved the glasshouse, there was also a interactive part where you can pick up a handful of photos and take pictures with them and a whole bunch of photos will print as well, I had so much fun that I wish I took more pictures of everything, I definitely will be coming back next year and recommend everyone to see these amazing photographs. Photoville definitely inspired me to take more photos with great detail and meaning.

I chose this picture as my best picture because I loved the shadows here, I did do some slight editing on light room to get the shadows to pop more, I also liked the fact that I got the person riding a bike by hisself. I also was trying to accomplish the leading lines within my photo because of the bridge going out towards the camera, I also tried to accomplish symmetry since both sides of the bridge is kind of similar and I like how it lines up with the lighting.

The photographer that I chose is Adam Pretty who is a news photographer. What really made me interested in his work was his mini bio, seeing how he works with advertisement and photography with huge brands like Nike and Adidas was super cool. When I went into his portfolio I looked into sports action reason being is because I love movement photography. His photography amazes me because he captures beautiful shots while in motion which is really hard to do in some cases but he makes it work. I love the picture below because it looks very peaceful and is showing a message which reads to me love and peace. They are both joined together and the birds flying in motion with the humans is what makes this piece so strong. The editing with the black and white makes this stronger and the contrast and negative space makes this picture simple but very strong. Even with the city in the background the main focus is the people and birds while the background being blurry helps the symbolism in the photo.