Cherry Blossom Diptych and Haiku

Through the air they fall

Blossoms sitting in the sun

The wind feels restless

What I Think Makes a Good Photograph

I think that this is a good photograph because of how the light changes the case into something that looks completely different. Normally, in plain light, it's just a plastic case, nothing really special about it, but when you turn the lights out and shine a flashlight behind it, it becomes like a lone beacon of light in a place that's otherwise pitch black. Some of the other things I like are the hand holding the flashlight is barely visible, but the actual flashlight is not, the single strip of light down the middle of the picture, cutting through the black, and just how there is one source of bright light and almost everything else around it is completely darkened.

Cat Photos

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Others

This one is a little hard to see, if you look just above the end
of the red blanket in the black, then you can see my cat's eye.

Hands Photos

Look to a Master - Massimo Bettiol (2000s)

FIA World Rally Championship Mexixco - Day Three, 2013

FIA World Rally Championship Mexico - Day Three, 2013

(Sorry about not being able to get the entire clear image) What interests me about the photography of Massimo Bettiol is that I've always loved sports, and I like racing, so combining that with photographs like these makes something really cool to me. I like how you can see all of the dirt and the individual particles fling in there air, and the dirt that is crusted on everything. I also like that you can see the fans watching on as the cars go racing by. 

Look to a Master - Steve McCurry (1991-2000)

Afghan Girl - 1984

Pakistan. Peshawar. 2002.

What interests me about the photography of Steve McCurry is the eyes of the people he is taking pictures of.  In the first, her eyes are just sort of crazy and it gives off this scary, intense, intimidating kind of feeling, and her eyes make the picture very powerful. For the second, her eyes are more calm, and I guess more accepting of the situation she is in. It gives off an interesting, sort of hard to describe feeling when looking at the picture. Overall, I just think that they eyes of the people he's photographing really make his pictures powerful and you can get something out of them, which is what makes them great photos.

Look to a Master - Sam Abell (1951-1990)

No name or year, but I think it was taken more recently
( I mainly just did the year categories by what  year the photographers were born in, \
not when the photographs were taken)

From "The Life of a Photograph" by Sam Abell, the book was published in 2008

What interests me about the work of Sam Abell is how simple a lot of his photographs are. Like the one take n on the Oregon Coast, it's a very simple photograph but has good composition and is just interesting to look at and analyze. For the second one, I really like how the dolphin seems to be looking back at the dog while it's in midair (the fact that the dolphin is midair like that ride next to a boat also makes this photo really cool), and I also like the hand holding that dog back that is popping up at the bottom of the photo, really good composition.

Look to a Master - Werner Bischof (1900-1950)

"SCOTLAND. Town of Edinburgh. Penguins from the zoo taking their weekly walk. The director of the zoo walks them through the city every week in order to attract people to the zoo."

Couldn't find the name of this one or the year it was taken

What interests me about the work of Werner Bischof is some of the quirkiness of his photos, like the penguins walking down the street. I just think that's it's interesting seeing something like that, and that a photographer would take a picture of it. The second one interests me more for the dark tones that it gives off, like the dark sky, the crumbling town, the tank covered in snow, it's like you can almost feel the cold of the place when he took the photo.

Look to a Master Project - Gustave Le Gray (1800s)

Not sure about the name of the work or the year it was taken,
but I believe it was taken around the same time as
The Great Wave and View of the Sea: The Brig

The Great Wave - `1856

View of the Sea: The Brig - 1856

What interests me about the work of Gustave Le Gray: I really like images of nature, so I liked these because they were taken of the ocean, I also really like the fact that he was the first photographer to figure out how to take a picture of the sea and the sky at the same time using the technique of combination printing. As far the the individual pictures go, I like the first one because of the way the sky is coming through the clouds on the individual ship, it's beautiful and has great composition. The second has kind of a more ominous feel to it with the Jetty sticking out, and the light being in the middle, with dark clouds to the sides. I also like the individual wave breaking in the foreground, overall, it's a very interesting picture. For the third, I mainly like the isolation of the tiny ship in the backdrop of a gigantic ocean and wide open, bright sky.