Last weekend, I took my friend on the Dog Mountain Hike. Dog Mountain is a beautiful, steep 6 mile hike on Washington Side. At the summit of the hike, you are rewarded with beautiful views of the Gorge on both Washington and Oregon sides. I strived to capture the beauty and simple elegance of the views and nature. I would like to use one of my landscape pictures, as part of a photo story. My fellow bloggers: which picture(s) do you enjoy?
What a beautiful location! Your photos make me want to go there! There was beautiful light the day you went. A couple of things to work on: when you are switching back and forth between landscapes and close ups, don't forget to change your settings from landscape to macro. Your close ups are a little blurry. I would love to see highly detailed close ups of objects paired with expansive landscape shots into diptychs and/or photo stories. Pairing the closeups with landscapes could add more of a storytelling element to your imagery. The closeups could add that element of meditation/calm that can come from noticing the intricate details in nature. One thing I would avoid in your future landscape shots is tilting the camera. The harsh diagonals created confuse the viewer rather than creating that sense of calm you talk about in your concentration statement. Looking forward to your next group of pictures!
ReplyDeleteAlso, on a technical note, please add the students links, the link back to the class blog, and your artist links to your blog.You also have an unnecessary comma in your concentration statement.
ReplyDeleteI love how your pictures of your hike capture the expansive scenery of Dog Mountain. The pictures look wild and beautiful. Also, good use of lighting in the self potraits. It creates good contrast that adds interest.
ReplyDeleteI love the sky pictures. The lightings great and so is the composition. A little quirk that I like in your lanscape/scenery shots is that they seem to be tilted and at really interesting eye-levels. It stretches the scene even more and makes it more interesting.
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