Friday, February 25, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Architecture Assignment

This is my interior picture location 3. It is inside the Ferry Building on the Embaradero in San Francisco.

This is my detail picture of location 3. It is the side building of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero.


This is my big picture of location 3. It is the Clock Tower and front building of the Ferry Building.


This is my detail picture of location 2. It is a small building on the other side of the Embarcadero away from the water.




This is my big picture location 1. This is a picture of the Noe Hill Building also on the other side of the Embarcadero.



This is another detail shot of location 2. It is another small building on the left side of the Embarcadero.




Thursday, January 20, 2011

Carr Clifton

Carr Clifton is a contemporary photographer and also an accomplished wilderness guide and traveler. He is also a large format landscape photographer most famous for his photos of endangered or wild life landscapes. He began shooting in 1977 when he was inspired by his mentor and friend Phillip Hyde. Carr graduated from Colorado Mountain Springs with a degree in commercial photography. And after began free lancing. His pictures are most famous for certain regions like Alaska and Africa. Many of his pictures are showcased in the magazine "Outdoor Photographer". He has won many recent awards, his pictures are showcased in many museums, and even bought all around the world.
-space
-detail
-color
-pattern
-reflection
-variety and unity


Ansel Adams



Ansel Adams was born on February 20th 1902 and he died on April 22nd 1984. He was born in the great city of San Francisco and is a photographer as well as a environmentalist. He had no formal training in the profession of photography because his family was poor and lacked financial needs. His passion for nature and pictures likely came from the Golden Gate Bridge and other Sf surrounding because he lived close by it. He started off when his parents gave him a Kodak n.1 Brownie Box. He explored Yosemite, went on hikes, nature walks and built his profession and self confidence by himself . Soon after he joined the Sierra Club which he took photos for the daily bulletin. His photos became noticed and soon was discovered by Albert Bender, a patron of the art who immediately jump started his whole career. After Bender helped his career projects were endless for him .
He is best known for his black and white landscape shots, especially in Yosemite National Park. To add to his accomplishments he developed the zone system which determines proper contrast and exposure. With such great photos, he primarily used large format cameras because they ensured sharpness . He confounded the group f/64 and worked with many great masters of photography. But till this day his photos and legacy
still remains especially in his black and white photogra
phs of nature.

Here is an example of some of his greatest pieces


-rule of thirds
-pattern
-value
-the great landscape shot (distance)
-space