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1. a. The first picture is a landscape, taken by Christopher Burkett and is called "Glowing Autumn Forest, Virginia. This is considered a landscape, because it is a picture of a piece of land, and is something that is found outside versus inside. Based on what I observed, the photographer takes a lot of landscape photos. This particular picture demonstrates leading lines, because the trees create a lot of lines that lead your eye up and through the picture. It also has a small space that seems to go back in space, and attracts your eyes, acting like the focal point of the picture. I really like this picture because of the mood it gives off, I feel very calm and mesmerized by all the colors and feel peaceful when looking at the stillness of everything. Additionally, the colors are so bright, that it makes you feel happy and cheery.

http://www.photographywest.com/pages/ChristopherBurkett_Autumn.html

b. The next photograph is an interior-scape called, "Apparition," by Roman Loranc. It is considered an interior-scape, because it is a photograph of the inside of a building. This piece has a strong focal point, this is due to the path of stairs leading you up to the top and center of the room. These stairs act as leading lines as well as a path, the leading lines are created through the lines going up the sides of the stairs, and the lines going across the stairs. The mood depicted through this piece is all due to the lighting, the lighting is very dramatic, and was probably created through a spotlight. This dramatic lighting creates an eerie feel, the oldness of everything combined with the lighting gives off the spooky sensation that someone's watching or is near. It also makes me feel like there's something really important at the top of the stairs, because of the framing used around the window. This photographer takes a lot of pictures using dramatic lighting and some kind of antiquing editing. Whether it be landscape or interior-scape, he created an eerie feel for almost all of his photographs that I saw.

http://www.photographywest.com/pages/loranc_churchstudies.htm

c. The last piece is a cityscape taken by Paul Raphaelson, and is a part of his "Chicago" portfolio. Paul Raphaelson seemed to focus on big city photographs, he has some of plain cityscapes, and some of people in the city, but no matter what the subject is it always seemed to be in a city of some kind. This piece gives off a feeling of contrasting places, the foreground is made up of a run down area with buildings that are falling apart, while the background shows the newer part of the city. This part is made up of tall office buildings, and portrays the idea of a city growing and transforming from old to new. The natural lighting mixed with a black and white filter, creates the idea of oldness and really highlights the structural aspects of the city. It is so much darker and dirtier looking at the bottom of the picture, and the top is lighter, thus creating a clean new feeling. In addition to the mood created through this piece, the photographer used a level horizon to show the parallel worlds. Additionally, a path is created using the older city, and it leads you to the newer part of the city. I really like the message and feelings that this piece gives me.

http://www.paulraphaelson.com/portfolios/chicago/#3

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media type="youtube" key="OOlJuLxKWYs" width="560" height="315" This first video was specifically for transferring a photograph onto wood, but it also works with transferring onto other products as well. Meanwhile the other video is primarily for metal, but again it works for all kinds of products. I am interested in the idea of transferring my photograph onto metal, wood or glass.

I would like to use one of my photographs of ponds and weeping willow trees by my house. This scene is a landscape because it's outside and of the land verses a man made building. I would transfer this image onto wood, because it has a very strong nature feel, so I think it would go good with wood. As for size, I will make my picture 9x11 so that it is not too big nor too small. There aren't too many details, so this size should be a good fit. The image would portray a sense of serenity for me, and the ponds also symbolize home. Whenever I'm gone from home for a while, I pass those lagoons on my way home so they have always been this trigger in my mind that says, "home." They also are very calm, especially when I took the picture in the winter, so they give me a sense of peace as well as serenity. The lighting for this image is natural because it's outside, so there really is no better way than to portray this image as natural.