Assignment 5 

                                                  

Assignment 5 Landscapes

Assignment 5 Landscapes

Landscape photography for me is about photographing the beauty of nature no matter how big or small it appears. I believe that human interference doesn't ruin a photograph but can very easily improve a landscape. Its about capturing something beautiful that you want to share with everyone else. The only real important thing is that what you do photograph is pleasing to both you and the viewers eyes and how it makes them feel when you gaze upon it.  

After going on several photography outings in the many forested areas around state college, I began to notice a repetition in each of my images, the strong presences of a strong and striking light source. Not only is light necessary to create any photography, but for me it is the most interesting part of an image. For instance, you could take two images of the same subject, one with a strong and striking presence of light, the other will a dull and flat presence of light, and although the images have the same subject, they images become completely different. So, I plan to use my infatuation with the presences of light in photographs to experiment with the endless possibilities of light. To do this, I will obviously use the “magic hours” of the day to enhance the power of light in my images, but also plan to experiment with all times of day and all of the possibilities imaginable in order to challenge my self and create a diverse group of work. My hope for these images is for not only myself to enjoy them, but to be able to infatuate my viewer by the power of light.

Celia Parkin Landscape

I have loved water since before I can remember. I love being in it almost as much as I like looking at it. I love the way that the ripples glide across the surface when something falls through. Or the way that water slips in between the rocks headed downstream. The sound of rushing water is ever so calming, however the peacefulness of still water is more so. I am taking these pictures for me. Mostly because I want an excuse to hang out by the water, but also so I have to adventure out into PA to find what I need. We don’t have very much water in State College, so I have to go find it myself.

Week 5 --- Chun Zhang