Homeland

My brother and i on top of angels landing. in Zion Utah

Outdoors in Sundance 

Zion

photoshop project

the whole project on photoshopping pictures in order to show something in the past and something in the future is going to take quite some time to finish. i have most of the basic ideas down for it and it should all come together fine. i have yet to start taking all the pictures for it but in due time. until then i am not certain about anything but i do know that i may need to incorporate a few online images in order to make it work. but dont know for sure quite yet

class with tisha

we started to get into the idea of silhouette photography and had a thorough discussion/explanation on how it all works. it was actually a fairly interesting idea. im excited to start working with it. i can tell that there is going to be a lot of trial and error with this next project but thats how it allways starts off.

20 things

 nature art
photography
hiking
camping
kayaking
music
i hate cars
i dislike technology
original
fusion academy
from utah
desert is my favorite spot
love black and white

brandenberg

the jim brandenberg projest was both interesting and annoying. i can see why it was really hard for him to only take one picture every day. it allways felt like right after you took a picture you would find something better right after. also it was really hard to not go on more photo shoots that day and in most cases i didnt follow up. it was really annoying.

reflection

re:ethics of photography

the ethic of photography got into a wide range of techiques and manipulations within the photo. there was one in particular that i liked a lot. the one with the photo of the beam on the bridge. they manipulated it and put someone walking around with a shoelace untied. is this ethical or not? it is suggested that it isnt but is it really or not? the idea is to make everyone freak out and think oh my gosh he is going to fall. but in reality that person is not there. it is un necessary to even try and portray what is not there. the problem with the ethics of photography is that no one ever really sees the whole picture. in the case with the kid and the enforcement officer everyone thinks that he is beeing innapropriate and mistreating the child. but is he? is he not just doing his job and preparing for the allways possible conflict that could occur at any moment? for all he knowsn the boy or guardian could be armed? pictures are so manipulated and misunderstood so you never really can tell any more what the real meaning or manipulation is. that is unless you yourself have a back ground in photography or are one.