Alphabet Project

"I've stopped fighting my inner demons, we're on the same side now."

-This quote is one of my favorites, just because there are so many ways to interpret it. And it's kind of funny. A friend of mine told it to me about a year ago, and I haven't found one that makes me smile quite as much as this one does. I like the interpretation of this quote that there are 'demons' inside of you who always seem to mess things up for you. But you have to learn to work with these 'demons' in order to get things done, and get them done right.

The project we were assigned to do, was to go around and find things in our environment and around us, that looked like letters of the alphabet. This, I found fun, because it really helps to stretch your mind a little bit and see things differently than you normally would. This project also was a bit hard, since some letters were easier to find than others.

My favorite letter that I found was the A. I found it on the side of a desk, and I thought it was really cool looking.

My least favorite would have to be the 'E'. Out of all the letters I used, I had to use the 'E' the most, and I got kind of sick of seeing the same image over and over again. I might have chosen different 'E's to use in the project, but with how long my quote is, I think it would be too difficult for people to read if they had to take in the same letter looking different each time.

Pinhole positives and negatives!!

This picture is the positive image that we took with a pinhole camera (to be explained under next picture). I took the negative (below) and scanned it onto my camera. Taking the negative into photoshop, I then adjusted the colors before turning it into the positive. I don't really like the positive as much as the negative, just because the only interesting thing in it is the tree, and even then, it's not as cool as it is in the negative.

This picture was taken with a pinhole camera. We used a can with a hole in it, and allowed a 2-4 second exposure time outside. I aimed it, and opened the hole, allowing light into the 'canera' for a few seconds. Then, I covered the hole with tape and went into the darkroom to develop it. Developing takes awhile, but it's always a good feeling to see how well your picture turned out.
I really like this negative just because of how eerie it looks. The tree stands out against the sky and makes it look almost ghost-like. What I might try is getting a couple more trees in the picture, and not having as much building in the image.

This is the positive of a picture I took of a straw wrapper. I thought it would be an interesting picture, even though it didn't turn out quite as well as I would have liked. But I think that I can accept this picture because even if it doesn't look like what I wanted it to, it clearly shows some contrasts and I dunno, it just looks cool.

I don't like this negative of the positive above. It was of a straw wrapper. I'm not quite sure what the larger shape in the right is, but I think people can use their imagination and make it be anything they want it to be.