Photographs from my class

[BlueSwanFire]

Here are the photographs from my class I was able to scan before I started having major electronic issues... No, electronics and I don't really mix very well. Comments and critiques are quite welcome!

This is a photograph I took at the local park. It was also from my first roll of film.
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/Sharl001/Photos%20From%20Class/n44807530_31798549_2142.jpg

Another photograph from the same roll as the first one. This was also taken at the same park.
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/Sharl001/Photos%20From%20Class/CreepyTree.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[eyevah]

Is this a black and white I class?

These are lovely.  I'd crop the bottom fifth of the second one, and it'd look like a photograph around the period of Alfred Stieglitz.  (He turned the medium of photography into an art.  It was once simply a documentary tool)

and I really like the silvery quality of the willow leaves in the top left corner of the first photo.  did you use a flash?

[BlueSwanFire]

Hi! Thank you for the compliments! Yes, this is for a black and white entry level photography class. I should probably mention the black and white bit next time in the title...

Thank you. I can see what you mean by cropping the second one, I'll give it a shot next time I'm in the dark room. I really like the photography from that time period so that was a tremendous compliment! I actually recently did a paper on Stieglitz's work. He sounds like he must have been an interesting sort of person and I loved his style.

No, I did not use flash. I took these at around 7 to 7:30 AM so maybe that's why it has the silver-like quality? The morning really has some of the best and most interesting light of the day.

[eyevah]

I'm doing photojournalism at school, so it's always really neat to see the first black and white photos of students in our program.

Shameless prop:  www.flickr.com/photos/ivalive

[caitlinerd]

these are really stunning! you should look into group f/64--your pictures remind me of that style.

[goldfishies]

I like your photographs, very tranquil ... the scene looks very familiar too.  Does this happen to be in Ithaca NY?

[BlueSwanFire]

I checked your site out Eyevah, really nice work. I think the "Red" photograph of the leaves was my favorite.

Thank you Caitlinerd! I've heard a bit about f/64 from another one of my classes. Their work is very inspiring.

Thank you Goldfishes! Yes, this is Ithaca. Stewart Park to be exact. I was very surprised that you guessed.