Mad Photography

  I chose to base this assignment off of my favorite portrait of the dog, but I wanted the background to be different so I went through my other folders and found a background that wouldn't be too distracting but still add to the photo. At that point I thought it would look really cool if there was a picture of a tree/sunset within the window so I used one of the photos that I had taken earlier that week before I realized that I'd never submitted that photo as an assignment so I still needed another photo. I figured that including one of my self portrait photos standing behind the dog could look cool so I edited in one of the pictures with my silhouette before editing them all better so that they fit well together. 

I started out by taking a picture of my cat stretching in the window and wanted to really draw attention to him so I figured a black and white photo would be the best way to edit it. However, I didn't love the fact that it turned out to be like a silhouette because he's an all black cat. So I wanted to see what would happen if I switched subjects and did a black and white photo of my dog Freyja in front of a different window. This still ended with my subject being too dark compared to the light outside so I tried bringing her into the sunroom so that I could get more light in front of her too. This worked but I still found the background to be too distracting. The issue that I had was that I was working with an animal so by this point she was bored and wanted to do something else so I let her. I switched subjects and brought my other dog into the sunroom to see if I could get a couple good pictures of her. I messed around with editing these, using tools like heal, clone, and cr...

5/20 Photo Assignment The Thing Itself:  The Detail:  The Frame:  Time:  Vantage Point: 

 10 Photographers:  1) Amanda Plucker Photography - Professional Photographer from Minneapolis Minnesota. Piece: Encore in the rain July 24, 2020 2) Giana Terranova Photography - Professional Traveling Photographer (currently in Gettysburg Pa, next trip New Jersey) Piece: Arielle & Voici photographed in Delray Beach FL, May 11, 2022 3) Katarzyna Okrzesik-Mikolajek - Professional Photographer. Piece: Impacto PRE Stallion May 15, 2022 4) Ella Chedester Photography - Professional Photographer from Salem Oregon. Piece: Untitled - Posted December 31, 2021 5) Earth_planet_shots - Instagram photographer Piece: Untitled - Posted April 29, 2022 6) Karel Ton Photography - Professional Photographer - Piece: Highland Cow in Almere, Holland. January 6, 2022 7) Daniel Reed - Photography Videography - Piece: Untitled - January 29, 2022 8) Scottredmerle - Instagram Photographer - Piece: Untitled - May 9, 2022 9) Christophe Taniere - Profesional Photographer - Piece: Kiss me - May 15, 2022...

       Hello. My name is Madilynn Whitmore. I go by Mad . I'm 18, will be a Junior next year, and am excited to see what this class is about :)