Nora Drew - Week 11

This photo is by Lauren Withrow and called "Watercolor Dreams V." I have always admired fashion photography because of the extravagant set ups and acute sense of color that is consistent throughout type of photography. I like this print especially mostly because of the use of warm allied colors with a cool gradient filling the negative space on the right. I like how the red band and well as the tree trunk lead you into the frame, directly into the model's eyes. The green compliment of the trees behind the red band is a subtle but great component to the color pallet of this photo. The model's pale skin tone echos the chipped bark on the tree trunk as well as the tan gradient added to the right side of the photo.

Samantha Tadelman - Week 11

I know that we often say, "Oh, I could see something like that on flickr." But, I found this photographer and almost all of his photographs make me say, "Wow!" The photographer is Skarpi(Skarphéðinn Þráinsson) and the name of this photograph is Moonlight Sonata. He took this photo during sunset in West Iceland. Not many are lucky enough to be able to travel to such places, and he happens to be a mechanical engineer there, he isn't even a photographer! The reason why this photograph is so breath-taking is because of the sky, in my opinion. The gradient of the sky and the smoothness of the water must come from him using a long exposure. It would have been a beautiful photograph without the mountain in it, but that shape makes it even more complex. The bottom of the mountain draws your eye up to the top of the frame. The lines of snow on the mountain just emphasize that and create great form. I hope to one day be able to travel to places like this and take such vast photographs.