DeAngelis-Free+Choice



~Ansel Adams -- “Aspin Grove” [|__http://www.ansel-adams.org/aspin-grove.jsp__] Ansel Adams was an American photographer and specialized in the picture taking of nature. In his images he would edit them so they were in black and white and he made sure that the resolution of the photo was to its highest standard. He make sure that the exposure and contrast was edited just right. His nature landscapes were mostly of the American West like the Yosemite National Park. After looking through some of Ansel Adams photo I felt inspired to take nature shots. I started thinking that since it is winter, everything just looks sort of dead so if I were to also make my photos in black and white it would work well with the image.

~Andre Kertesz -- [|__http://archives.law.virginia.edu/kertesz/__][|__http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2013/09/16/10-lessons-andre-kertesz-has-taught-me-about-street-photography/__] Andre Kertesz is a Hungarian-born photographer that made great impacts on photography compositions and the photo essay. At the start of his career he would take photos from unusual angles that others photographers have not yet done, this later became a very influential aspect in photography later on. Now also to this day he is a very influential figure in photojournalism. His work has also inspired me in this upcoming project because I want to take pictures from different angles to get a different perspective. Also when I saw the photo that I chose for my banner I was enamored by it because it was a nature photo but also because of how the tree was reflecting into the water puddle, it was a great angled shot, it really caught my eye.

~Robert Doisneau -- [|__http://biographycolllection.blogspot.com/2012/04/robert-doisneauthe-most-famous-french.html__] Robert Doisneau is a French photographer and he would take photos of the French’s lives in the streets. He was very popular for taking photos of couples kissing in the streets like no one else was around. He was also a very influential person in photojournalism. The picture that I placed in my banner is very calming to me and if brought me a happy feeling inside so I might want to portray that in my final images for this project.


 * Explain how you will develop a complex composition. What Photoshop or other techniques will you use? ** In Photoshop I would like to use a black and white filter for one or more of my images because the artists that I was influenced by have black and white images. I will also make my images have correct exposure and contrast to them, that way the image can all come together.

**Choose at least one principle of design that you will focus on and try to use with this project. Explain what it is and why you're using it.** Some design principles that I would like to focus on is texture and shape. I would like to use texture in my images because in nature there are all different kinds of texture and I want to be able to show that in my images. Also shape is a very important part in my images because again nature has things of all different shapes and sizes and I want to be able to get that view across.