Final Project: Old 'n Rusty

Here it is, the final product of my final project:old 'n rusty. I really enjoyed this final project. I actually figured out my project idea a long time before I shot it. Often when I go to spend a weekend in Midway (near Heber) when I drive around I always saw old and rusty things such as farm equipment, cars, houses, fences, and so forth. I then immediately knew what I was going to be shooting for my final project, yes, old 'n rusty. I really enjoyed shooting this project. I had not shot pictures of old and rusty stuff before this project. I now believe that old and rusty stuff looks cooler than anything else in black and white. For this project, I went up to Heber and took pictures of multiple different old and rusty subjects. I especially focused on some old beat up cars. I ended up using a few pictures of these cars in my project. But, these pictures of cars are all very different, they are all taken from EXTREMELY different perspectives. Yet, they are all united by the fact that they are old and rusty, along with all of the other pictures in my final project.

The one thing that has really driven my work this term is sweet light. Again I put enormous focus upon finding sweet light for my pictures of this project. So, I took pictures of these subjects from different vantage points and at different times of the day so I could achieve that desired sweet, awesome light. I was pleased with my accomplishment of that in this project. Two pictures which really portray this sweet light is my picture of the broken window on the train car, and the "Chevrolet 6400". The light in these two pictures is really quite gorgeous. The light helped create some nice but not too extreme contrast. Also the light really created some cool shadows. I like light, were would be without light? (everyone would fail photo)... and not be living. Perhaps my favorite photo, is my shot of the window and the wheel. I think it is really cool. First of all, the lighting is gorgeous and the framing is great. There is not too much seen, but we see all that we need to see. The old rusted wheel leaning up against an old house with that sweet window with the lace curtain. Classic old 'n rusty. The sweet light again was able to create some really nice contrast. I learned during this project how important it is to be observant. Cool subjects are everywhere, you just have to get out and look for them. All of my pictures I had to search for, and that certainly did pay off. For example my picture of the cracked mirror on the tractor. You do not see that type of a mirror every day. You have to go out and find it. My effort to go out and find stuff really paid off for me in this project. I also realized how important the background of a picture is. In my picture of the barbed wire fence, I have my favorite background. I love the out of focus mt. timpanogos in the background. It combines a nice old 'n rusty shot with a scenery shot all into one shot of greatness. I loved this final project. I am really excited for photo next year and my search to find even more, new sweet light.











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Assignment#9-FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL!

It is official. For my final project, my topic will be Old n Rusty. What could be better? Old worn down stuff!!! But, I did not just come up with this idea off the top of my head. I have a condo in Midway, when I drive around there I see old abandoned farm equipment and rusty objects galore. When most people have something that is "getting old" or rusty, what do they do? Throw it away. I want to show that this old, rusty stuff can be cool, because it is. Especially when it is photographed in black and white. I know that sweet light is the EXTREMELY important key to having nice pictures. I will take these old n rusty pictures at different times of the day so I can get a picture that has the sweet light. From anything to an old n rusty lawn mower to a old gutter and all the way back to a deformed nail pinned to a wall in an abandoned barn. Old n rusty is the new thing. Honestly, the new and shiny stuff?? That is so lame.

Thinking of Final Project Ideas

I have definitely been thinking about the Final Project, here are some ideas I have so

Old n Rusty
The traveling life of a tennis ball
Humor in dark places
Mountains
Juxtaposition: Beauty amid horror
Garbage
Corners
Pictures of Pictures
Streets
Dirt
Rusty n Old

Assingment#8- Redo-Get on Your Belly

I improved much on this assignment from my previous attempt. The first time that I did this assignment, for some of my pictures it was not obvious that they were taken on my belly. In my pictures in this assignment the only way you can even come close to getting this view is on your belly. Especially after the redo, I really like the assignment. It has helped me expand my ideas of perspective for taken photos. There is also one HUGE thing that I learned about this assignment, composition. Composition is key.


I personally really like this picture. This pic was inspired my last get on your belly assignment. The other picture had the same type of perspective, but the picture was of a golf flag. I REALLY thought that picture was cool. So, I wanted to use the same perspective with different ideas. I succeeded portraying that perspective again with this picture of the end of a tennis net. I also really like the contrast of the black pole to the bright sky.


I doubt that this is a commonly taken picture, that is exactly why I took it! This must be the perspective of a young child, toddler, or baby. The kid is crawling around and they come upon this new majestic thing that is sticking out of the wall. They don't care what its use is, they only know that is has great contrast and beautiful lighting when it is taken in black and white.


For this, I have a story. Imagine a bug, lets say a box elder bug. It has been trapped in this horrifying house and it is trying to get out. On the left it sees darkness, that is what it will be led to if it does not get out. The sole of a pair of Nike's. But, on the right is the bright heavenly bug paradise which is the outdoors. How shall it get out, will the poor defenseless bug survive the bug project of Jay T Anderson?... Probably not.


I think this picture is just sweet. Some kid laying on his back, enjoying the STUNNING reflections of the Great Salt Lake. I like how my legs are seen in the foreground. It gives it the "on your back" or "lounging" fill. What makes this picture work is the cool reflection and the delicious light. I try to find great light for your photographs. I believe that if a photo does not have sweet light....... IT STINKS, most of the time.


Many people may have taken pictures of trains. But here is the real question. How many people have taken pictures of a train that was taken on their belly AND has sweet light. Hmm... I heard no responses. This picture is awesome. The sweet light lets you see many different shades of black for black black, to nearing on gray. It is amazing what sweet light can do.


The boulevard of broken dreams. Not exactly but, look! This is really cool. The lines on the road leading out into never land where the contrast creating snow capped mountains reside! There also is no car insight, no car insight on the causeway. I am alone. Or not, what is that creepy shadow behind me. Is someone creeping up on me AHHHHH! Well, that sums up how much I enjoy this picture. It is a simple idea with a greater meaning.


This picture is really cool. I like this one because I have not seen this picture before. It it not very often that a person looks at a tennis net from this angle. The coolest part of this picture is how in the foreground, you can distinctly see then "squares" in the net. But as you look into the background of the the net starts to become solid black. I like this perspective of the net... a lot.


I really do like this picture. Instead of focusing on the putter and ball, I decided to focus on the shoe. The best part is the I was able to get the shoe into perfect focus. I was also able to get most of the shoe in focus. I really like this picture for it is different. Most people would not even consider focusing on the shoe and focus on the ball.(Same thing happened to me until I had a revelation to focus on the shoe. The black shoe just looks so cool. It is easy the see all of the different shades of black on the shoe


Shiny new driver. Love it. What is much better then a shiny new driver being hit for the first time? I was able to include much more in this photo than the driver and ball. Check out the background. Notice the golf clubs in the distance. This is all the I would like to accomplish on a ant's eye view golf picture.


This picture is my favorite of the assignment. Number one reason, check out all of the detail. Much of the foreground of the picture is in focus, so their is no guessing what this picture is of. Secondly, I like the light that reflects off of the bike. None of it is completely blown out so their is detail still seen. Next, the shoe. Isn't that biking shoe just completely utterly awesome!

Some More Sweet Pictures

swainson's hawk flying.... cool

the marina at Antelope Island

another swainson's

WOOD DUCK!!!

Fox. Notice the two rats.

Antelope Island

Antelope


Western Meadowlark


Rock Wren


Bison



Loggerhead Shrike


Chukar

Assingment #7-Numbers

21

Blackjack! Number 21. I like the simplicity of this picture. I also like the creativity. In a couple of my pictures I didn't just automatically give the number. You have to think to figure out what the number is. I also like the composition of this picture. You see just enough of the hand to understand the person is holding a blackjack. That is all you need to see. I also like the focus in this picture. The cards are in near perfect focus. I really like the contrast on the jack. I like this picture. It is simple but cool.

91

Simply 91. A few bananas, simple, yet neat. I really like the shadows in this picture. They help create some nice contrast contrasting with the tile. Myself, I really like shadows. Shadows really add a lot to pictures, especially contrast. I aslo really like the creative aspect of this picture. I mean honestly. Who else would use bananas to make the number 91?

8

D-Will, 8. Its Deron Williams baby. I was suprised that not many other people took pictures of jerseys, I guess I just think diferently than others. I really like the light in this picture. I creates some nice contrast and shadows. This is part of my life, the Utah Jazz. This helps portray that with my Deron Williams Jersey. Without this jersey, I would not be able to live.

1

Numba one. OH yeah. There are two differnt ways you could see a one in this picture. There is a one on the golf ball, and the golf ball and box put togehter make a one. However you want it, it is a one. I really like the black background in this picture and the crisp focus. The black background contrasts nicely with the white ball. Overall, I really like this picture. It looks like it could be an advertisement for Callaway golf balls.

36

Yum. Whipped cream, gotta love it. When I was beginning to run out of ideas during this asssingment, magic happened. I started to think of ideas that I never would have thought of, such as this one. My personal taste sometimes involves a lot of contrast. Contrast makes the picture look lucious. In this case, the picture literally is lucious because it tastes good too. Yes! I successfully made two pictures with one print!

42

This is my favorite picture from this assingmnet. Starting off, I really like the background. It does not distract from the picture yet it is really "calming". It makes you want to fly away to scrabble island. Hurray! It is in perfect focus! This picture also has a cool shadow, hurray for shadows. The refection of the scrabble pices in the glass is sweetly awesome. The scrabble pieces almost lool like they are floating! THIS IS AWESOME!

16

16 pieces of candy, sweet, literally. The light is this picture is gorgeous. Without the lighting this pic would not be as cool as it is, and this is quite a cool picture. The lighting creates some nice whties and some blacks, sweet. I really like this pciture. The colors in it just look gorgeous. I will come back to this secret location many times to find this sweet light.


81

I like this picture because it is different. Some other people took pictures of locks, but not in the way I did. The arrows on the locks are pointing to the 8 and 1 one respectively. The reflections on the door handle are very cool. I always like som nice reflections. The white background also is very simple and does not take away from the picture at all.


49

After spending too much time on the first several numbers of this assingment, I had a revelation, I am taking this assingment too seriously. So then i grew some brains and became practical. I thought up the idea to take pictures of golf clubs. Even though this picture appears as a little bit dark, I still like it. The reflections on the golf club really make up for the darkness. It helps create some nice contrast. The pciture also tells a story of the golf clubs, the old trusty one(4) and the new shiny one(9). Which one do I like more, the new one! Who doesn't love shiny golf clubs.

56

I like this new perspective of the golf clubs. They are leaning up against the bag, I am trying to decide which one to use for my next shot. Ill use the 5 iron, not the 6, nevermind, actually, I AM using the six iron. That is the story of golf. I also really like the texture of the golf bag. It helps add a really nice and simple background to the shiny golf clubs.