The way EYE See It...

wow

2009-10-09T05:52:00.000-07:00

My last post was a looooong time ago. Stay tuned. It will be at least 2 more weeks. Then I'll bore/intrigue you with my travel photos!

I'm leavin on a jet plane....

Chicago -- Matching perspectives

2009-04-28T06:40:00.000-07:00

I've decided to post a response to SB's Chicago pictures. You can see what I saw while she was seeing what she saw. Some of these are similar to the ones I've already posted. I know what makes her photos even better are the stories that she tells to put them in context. I'll maybe get back to doing that sometime later. For now, here are the "response" pics.

Chicago Adventure

2009-04-27T10:31:00.001-07:00

I toke ye olde Megabus to Chicago on Saturday to catch up with my friend SB. We had lunch, took lots of pictures, walked a bit, spent time in a tunnel waiting for the rain to pass by, got soaked while looking for a cab, and all around had a good time. She is so very encouraging of me and my art.

Do you see the "eye"?

The city is full of patterns:

For SB:

People + final show

2009-04-23T05:25:00.000-07:00

The six week class is over already. If you're in town, stop by Cornerstone on Sunday from 2-5 p.m. and see my work. It's a busy day so I plan on being there for only part of the time. I won't show you all of what will be there from my work, but some you may have seen before (and others will be a surprise).

That being said, I took some photos of people for my last assignment. It is not natural for me to take pictures of people. Here's my best effort.

This is my friend. She is starting a series of treatments for breast cancer. She's got a great outlook on this disease and I am praying for her full recovery.

Fun with a mask!

Color

2009-04-16T13:55:00.000-07:00

Turns out that I was not very motivated to do this week's activity. Maybe it's because I don't like color that much. Or maybe I just needed to rest and refocus.

We were supposed to find bright color, muted color, spot color, shades/tones, and something we could turn black and white.

Good positioning. Wrong thing focus on.

The focus is a bit off on this one.

Pattern and Texture 2

2009-04-07T05:22:00.000-07:00

What would have made this picture better?

I think they need to be wider views so the pattern is established...and then broken (by the flowers). Thoughts?

At an exhibit at Minnetrista.

Ball Jar kaleidoscope

Pattern and Texture

2009-04-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

I took 75 pictures this week so there are more to look at. Part 2 comes after Saturday when it is supposed to be nice(er) / sunny? outside.

I love the colors in this. It was actually for my "Shape" assignment but the last one I took didn't turn out correctly.

In honor of SB!

Break the pattern.

Revision on perspective

2009-03-26T07:29:00.000-07:00

As Jason requested, I reshot my train track perspective photo. What do you think of these?

Shape and framing

2009-03-24T11:49:00.000-07:00

This week's blog will be about the concepts of shape and framing. Everything has shape...but how do we communicate it in an interesting way?

one way is in how we frame the shot. Making something bleed out of the image causes our brains to try and fill in the gaps.

Here are a few photos...let me know what you think. I've not been able to retake the photo of the train tracks yet...but I plan to. I tried this weekend in Chicago at the train station but I wasn't getting good light or the right feel to it.

Thanks for teaching me about embedding Jayne!

Happy commenting!

Perspective (2) + critique

2009-03-17T05:24:00.001-07:00

I wish I was a little taller or had a crane to lift me for different perspectives.

I like this one...do you?

I think this one might have been better with the focus on the rail and not the ties.

Perspective

2009-03-13T14:32:00.001-07:00

That, friends, is one of my favorites from my class this week. I started a class at Cornerstone on Wednesday. This time we discussed perspective, both the art concept and the interpersonal one:
a visible scene, esp. one extending to a distance; vista: a perspective on the main axis of an estate.

the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship: You have to live here a few years to see local conditions in perspective.

One thing I really like about the class is that we had a lot of the time to just go and take pictures. It was nice to become a little more acquainted with my camera.

Check out the results from the in-class work here.

I'll post my work from the weekend on here before Wednesday. I get to choose one photo to take in to class for critique and (possible) inclusion in the Cornerstone Art Show at the end of the term.

I leave you with another of my favorites from Wednesday night. It was nice to try and see things in a new way again.

Costume

2009-02-11T07:58:00.001-08:00

Iconic

2009-02-11T07:33:00.000-08:00

White

2009-01-12T14:32:00.001-08:00

White