For this week, my series will be in black and white. I was inspired by my shoe series to work with the shades of grey that are such a huge part of taking good black and white pictures. I also wanted to try and work on combing pictures like I did before, as I really enjoyed finding ways to edit them together.

Series

In all of the pictures, I made everything except for the shoes black and white. I thought that this made the shoes stand out more than they usually would. 

My favorite part of this picture is the shoe laces, as they show how the picture was taken while in the middle of a jump. I also like the shadow in the back, because it makes it seem like she's being suspended in the air rather than jumping. 

I chose this picture because it actually looks like she's about to step down. Also, it's just such an ordinary picture, and usually nobody would notice their shoes. 

I like how the bricks on the steps show repetition. This makes my eye automatically go straight to the shoe, as it's the break in the pattern. 

I like how the feet are uneven, and one is raised higher than the other. This contrasts the similarities between all of the other bricks. 

I like this because at first, your eyes are drawn to Drew. Then, out of the corner of your eye, you notice that there's something in the upper right corner that sticks out; the shoes. 

I chose this because the stones show all the shades of grey that make black and white so interesting. The picture is very uneven, as the square with the stones is not in the middle, but the shoes make up for it. It's like the stones are weighing one side of the picture, and the feet are holding down the other side, making them equal. 

I chose this because I really liked how the first foot is blurry, yet the second one is focused. This too is a  very simple, ordinary picture, which is why I think it's interesting. 

My favorite part of this picture is the shadow. In the bottom right corner, there is another shadow that draws your eye in. It's almost like the shadows are in their own world. 

I took this picture right as Frankie was jumping onto the tree. I like it because the picture is all grey, and very similar shades. Therefore, the shoes subtly jump out. 

Ideas for Assignment

1. A series of black and white pictures that would focus on showing the different shades that make black and white pictures different. Also, the contrast between the white and black.
2. A series of combination pictures, where either the pictures are combined into one picture, or are cloned to make a sequence. It would show relation and similarities between objects, or the process of an event such as somebody jumping.
3. A series of objects that are very simple with basic color backgrounds. It would be one object in the picture, or two objects that went together in some sense.

I darkened this picture so that the sky was completely black, however in the process, the buildings became dark as well. This makes it look very shadowed and dark, even though in reality it was taken on a very bright and sunny day. 

I chose this because in a way, the tree is more the negative space, but at the same time, the sky could be. When I first look at the picture, my eye automatically focuses on the background, and gradually moves to looking at the branches. 

I took this picture while looking through the eye of a mask in the student lounge. I like it because it's different from the usual round cut out, and it's like you're looking at the building through a telescope. 

I took this picture while looking into the camera so that the buildings were dark. How it is right now, the buildings look like more of a silhouette and the sky pops out. This makes the buildings the negative space, although usually they would be the subject. It's the opposite of my other picture of buildings. 

This picture was taken through a circle I made with my hands. I chose to make it black and white because the tree matched he color of my hands around the side, and made the grey pop. I like the hands in the picture because they're not a perfect circle which I think almost gives it texture. 

I chose to edit this picture of Frankie differently than the way I usually would approach it. It's colorful and unrealistic, which is not usually my style, however I like how the color pops out from the white space. Also, how the black hair and the white background give the picture simplicity, allowing the patches of color to look even brighter. 

For this assignment, I was focusing on combining two pictures into one. The two flowers in this picture are taken of the same picture, from two different angles. I think this shows how any object is so different depending on what angle you observe it from. I like it because at first, i t seems like they're one picture, because the backgrounds are so similar. 

This was at first meant to show a journey of the life of a tree. In every picture, there are leaves, which though aren't the focus, have a strong relation to trees. 

I chose this picture because I thought they went together in the way that the sky was a similar color, and the tree branches in the pictures looked almost identical. Also, the top is focused on the same tree, just in more detail and focused on one leaf rather than on the entire tree. 

I chose this picture because I don't usually leave pictures with their original coloring, I usually put a filter of either sepia or black and white on. I chose to put them together, because the top picture was zoomed in on a specific object, and the bottom was of the same flower in its natural habitat. 

  

I chose to clone this picture, so that it would show the stages of Frankie's jumping. They are faded in order to show their impermanence, and how they're all just phases in the jump itself. 

I combined two portraits, one of Benji and one of Seb. When I first put the pictures on top of each other, I didn't like it, because the faces didn't exactly go together. However, I decided to fade Benji's face to show. It could be symbolic in the way that somebody can have a mask that is obscuring half of themselves. The confusion of which face belongs could symbolize a real confusion about who they are.