Stop Motion Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUxDypGeiyc&feature=youtube_gdata

So here we have the stop motion video. The group consisted of Braeden and I, and I feel we did strongly on it.

 These were my original ideas. If you see in the video, it shifted slightly.

And here we have the story board. Because of the lack of time, we couldn't do the actual fruit salad part. But Braeden and I feel that it turned out quite well.

I really liked the simplicity of our video. If I could do another video, I would continue with my original idea of fruit salad. I didn't like that it wouldn't upload the first time.

Photography: Element of Line

I chose the piano keys because they do show the element of line, as well as some contrast.

Then we have a deck scene, some fencing and a fence. My deck has quite alot of spaced out pieces, so it seemed to work out quite well.

Spokes of the bike. Fantastic!

We have a pitchfork amongst some cinder blocks. Quite eery, but not at the same time.

This was my favourite one to take because it was unexpected. I had to act fast if I wanted to take this picture without getting splashed.

And then we have some playground scenes.

I enjoyed this assignment, even though I didn't really have too much time to do it because I was absent for a camping trip. Next time, I would take more pictures of scenery and try to think bigger. I didn't really like the limited amount of time I had for this project.

Photography: Texture

   Here we have the bark of a tree. How marvelous!

These were both taken at Riverside park. I really enjoyed the leaf texture and the texture of the fence post.

Here we have the texture of a stone pot and the walk at the museum.

Ah, the beauty of shingles. Here they are found on the side of a building at the museum, and on the roof of one of the log cabins.

Here we have my skateboard griptape and the sole of my shoe. Alas, it was quite muddy when I took the shot of my shoe, but you can still see the texture beneath the dirt.

Then we have another tree branch and a bench. Nothing super special.

As with many of the other projects, I like being outside when the weather is nice. I wish I could have gotten more texture with the little things, but at times it's hard to think outside the box. That's what I would do next time I did this project. I didn't really enjoy trying to find texture which wasn't plainly obvious, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. It was still a fun project.

Photography: Contrast

Alright, so here we have Cody modeling. His hair and shirt are black, which makes for quite a good contrast.

Chris here is looking quite spiffy, depicting a mob boss and an old man.

Then here we have some leaves in the trails by my house. This was the day after the huge hailstorm happened. Some of the leaves were blown off the trees and onto the hail!

Cody and Braeden didn't want this picture on... But I think it works good for contrast.

Rawr. The bear on the side of the old Shopper's building. Cody's shadow does draw attention to it.

There was a hole in the wall probably for a pipe located near the picture of the bear. It stood out to me!

Then there's the typical flower in the grass. Nothing too fancy.

And then there's my board. My orange wheels contrast quite nicely with my purple board and trucks.

As with the previous projects, this was enjoyable because I got to be outside. The contrast was a bit difficult to manage because I wanted to get a bit of variety other than just black and white. I tried to use the colour wheel technique in some shots, but I'm not sure how well that turned out. If I could do this again, I would definitely try to use more black and white photos. They seem to have more class.

Photography: Leading Line

Here we have Braeden standing on a fence. I took this when we were out taking the perspective pictures and I noticed how it worked good for a leading line shot.

Here we have some of my musical instruments found in my home. I took this shot up the neck of the guitar and across the keys of a piano.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, for the win.

Here's the current book I'm reading. No big deal or anything, but it's similar to the game located above.

Leading line featuring my eye!

And here we have a Humanoid reference. I wanted a side angle for a CD, so I chose this one because of my huge amount of love and adoration for the group.

Follow the trucks and what do you see?

Cody seems to be looking for a pass. But alas, there's nobody there!

Yeah, he's pointing. Get over it.

As stated before, I liked doing this project because of the open concept and the flowing creativity. I would have enjoyed to have more time for this project because I ended up with a bunch of not-so-hot pictures. These were the only ones I found suitable for the project.

For the next project, I would like to take more pictures of instruments. I feel that they can be used for more than just the leading line and could help me with my other projects.

Photography: Rule of Thirds

These are some rule of thirds shots involving my cat. Since he's a photogenic animal, I figured I can grab a bunch of shots off of him.

I made this pirate for a friend's stop motion. He's pretty awesome. With the correct angle, I figured it would be a good angle for a rule of thirds.

And these are a bunch of shots from the other day, featuring Michael, Cody and Braeden.

Alright, I enjoyed this project because I could take pictures of my cat. Next time I do rule of thirds, I would be doing more shots of people or scenery. I didn't really like that the weather was unpermitting on some days to take pictures, hence why I got pictures of my cat.