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The shot

March 29th, 2010 § Leave a Comment

Photography: The art of capturing a fraction of a second of light and compounding it into a two dimensional image that stimulates an audience visually.

On my journey of discovery of self, others, and life through photography I have learned a lot, about pretty much everything. The thing about photography is it is easy, in theory, but I have also discovered that photography is ultimately difficult in application.

Not because of the technical aspects of the camera, which are, at times, difficult in process, but because of implications behind the evisceration of emotion behind an image that a photographer takes. When I take a photograph I can only hope that I convey to another person what I am thinking about and feeling as I capture and process the image. But most times I fall short, or do not even know the audience my image is reaching or impacting.

Another thing about photography is that people are all very different. And something that captures my heart and attention might be starkly contrasting to something that another person finds unique and interesting.

Take this image: (by Jens Kolk)

I find this to be gorgeous, absolutely fabulous. You, however, may not; or you may, depending on your taste.

I can only imagine, though, how the photographer of this was feeling or thinking when he took this. He may have thought it was his greatest work ever done, and I commend him and very much respect him even though I am certain I do not realize to the fullest extent everything that was meant by this image.

As the photographer myself, I cannot let myself dwell on what other people think of my photography for this very reason, and must only try to make what I think to be beautiful and imspiring.

And thus is the life of a photographer.

A Facebook New Year… a bit early

December 26th, 2009 § 1 Comment

So Facebook has this cool new app that pulls from your collection of lovely photos on your profile (I am supposing a certain number from each time of year) and sticks them all in a big rectangle, like so:

What a great representation of my year!

So, for this blog, I have decided to review each picture, and/or tell a story about it.

•The first, being a picture of mine, Amy’s and Emma’s converse in a little café above a Micheals’ of sorts. It was our first time out together after I got to England, and was a blast, especially the spinny reclining chair.

•The second is a cover page from my repetior of children’s stories (okay, the only children’s story I have written and illustrated).

•Thirdly we have my first photoshop painting. I am extremely proud of this one, and am glad that I took that class after all.

•The last on the first line was when I was hanging out at the Jenks’ house after church with Chelsea (although mysteriously absent from the picture, probably in the kitchen stealing a piece of the marvelous dessert that was there). This was at the end of my first summer of my adult life.

•Next we have my first random photo shoot on the campus of CSI. Where I disappointingly ended up this year. Sitting right in front of me (out of frame) are Alix and Andrew, just hanging out under a tree in the waning summer sun.

•After that is a picture Kim Turner took, just days before I left for England, on top of the best hay maze I have ever been in. Thanks for the good time guys.

•Then we have me Sarah and Ethan at the pub, where we proceeded to play billards and battleship and monopoly. It was a good pub.

•Oh and dear Shanica, my first real senior photo shoot. It was so much fun, beautiful sunset, beating the light at the end of the night.

•The first on the third row is a picture taken by Randy Burbank from my place of employment now. I love that photo.

•Hey look, next is Holly! This was definitely the most fun photo shoot ever. It was one week before CIY, and we were housesitting, and we were awesome together. I miss you Holly.

•But then we have the ever famous picture of Nichole. I’m so glad I met you, and I’m so glad we share this love of creativeness together. This picture was one that I just randomly snapped off when she wasn’t expecting it, it wasn’t even supposed to be part of the shoot that day (1940′s).

•Then, I think, is my favorite picture of me that I have done this year. I was really just playing around with the camera outside of TJ Maxx, and somehow managed a shot of my face like that behind some berries. Then one week and five photoshop sessions later, here we have it.

•Now, time for high school graduation. With Holly of course. Yay!

•Next is a picture that Nichole took, while I did my beam routine on a cinderblock building… in my mother’s old wedding dress…

•Haha, this next one is me and Brooke. Nuff said

•Last, but not least is a picture that someone I don’t really know took of me and Chelsea the first day we met f2f. That was a good day, and a good play.

Ahhh… that was a nice review of my year… through photographs…

Picture Time, so say cheese? Please?

October 4th, 2009 § 4 Comments

Okay, let’s talk about something I have found out I am obsessed with(for very good reason) Pictures.

Wind

Oh yes, the 2-D fantasticness.

So yes, I am obsessed, and I figured this out since that is the only thing I pretty much think about 24/7 now. Well except for like sleeping, but that is its own problem in itself.

Faded

I really really love photography, and all that it does for humanity. It records events, shows history, advertises, recounts memories, presents, and communicates emotions, thoughts, feelings, ideas, and can even show a little bit of the human soul. There are things you can do with photography to create and communicate loveliness that you cannot do with words.

Leaves

The only thing is, that most times you can get a better than reality presentation of what you are capturing if you use the right techniques and have an eye for it. But I just wish that you could capture what your eyes really see. There are some amazing things out there that just don’t quite feel or look the same on a digital picture as they do with real life atoms and quarks and cells and stuff.

Longing

Wouldn’t that be neat, shouldn’t we make some sort of instrument that could capture such images? Maybe we can make an instrument that captures photographs for blind people, or in 3-D. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Wow the endless opportunities of the imagination (and photoshop for that matter) and the limited oppertunites of reality.

Grass

Or are there limited opportunities?

Weird

DFTBA

~Miss Myké

(P.S. I know all the pictures are of one person (cough me cough) but I like to ask before I put anyone else on the internet, and really no one is up at this hour…. sigh)