Intro to Digital Photography

As an art major, I have a passion for learning as much about each studio art medium as I possibly can. Digital arts and media have always been a source of anxiety for me though. Sure, I'm a 21st century teen, but that doesn't mean that I'm wrapped up in my phone, 'on top' of meme culture, or know how to use technology at all! I have a lot of film photographer friends who talk film banter with one another all the time, I usually just tune out. Secretly I wanted to be a part of the conversation, wanted to learn. And entering the semester, I had a lot of questions.  First about the manual settings of the camera, and secondly about the editing aspect of the course.  I learned a TON about manual settings from our discussions, outdoor adventures, and personal trial and error, but editing was always a struggle for me. First, the hours collided with my prior commitments, which made getting to the studio hard. Second, I was LOST on what each feature on Lightroom...

As I came in utilize the last day of printing, Julee recommended I put 3 pieces into the 3S exhibit; she and I worked together to curate my collection. Although I hadn't intended on submitting, I'm really excited about the prospect of getting into an art show! I chose these 3 images from the semester, all printed on matte 13x19 paper: The first is from the beginning of the semester. I drove my friends and I to Vermont to see a show for my best friend Sophie's birthday. This was from the morning after, in a junk yard outside the back-woods bagel place we found in Burlington.  The second photo is from the still life unit, Julee inspired me to pay a visit to the drawing and painting studios after what felt like a wildly unsuccessful shoot. Safe to say I found my own form of art within the studio.  The last is from my final project, emulating Eggleston. It was a frigid morning in Boston, but the cold extremities during and illness which came thereafter w...

As I'm taking more photos, I've begun to notice that there are a large number of photos I've taken which I am absolutely in love with, but unfortunately don't meet the criteria of our project. This post is dedicated to those photos! These are 500-something images which I'll be curating and possibly posting to my instagram as time goes on, but for now I thought I'd share them here. I took my left over photo paper and printed a few on large matte, and a BUNCH on small glossy paper --- here are some of the large prints:

Here are the contact sheets from my final project: I did, and didn't meet some of my parameters for the project. As you can tell, unlike William (who I set out to emulate), I didn't take 1 photo of each place. I took multiples, to catch decisive moments/change settings. I wish I had been able to catch the decisive moments without multiples, but my inexperience with manual shutter/aperture settings caused me to need many settings for the same subjects. Other than that, I feel as though I went about shooting in the same manner as Eggleston. Here are my final photos: I feel as though I emulated his street photography well, but I lacked on his photos of the 'day to day' mundane; things like forks on a table, ice in a drink, eggs on a plate etc. This project really pushed me to develop my own personal style, and learn how to edit my photos well. Because William has such great ...