Sunday, November 27, 2016

5 Websites

Christian Richter is a fine art architecture and a photographer who grew up in East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, there were multiple abandoned houses. Since then, he enjoys taking pictures of staircases from abandoned houses. I really like the different angles he took the photographs and the old looking color really adds value to these abandoned houses. Even though abandoned houses may seem scary or ugly, Richter's photographs really showed me how magnificent it really is and the history behind them all.

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a. I really like the color of the staircase and the angle Richter took the photo. I like how Richter left the staircase in his original state such as the dirt on the staircase, the chipped walls, the cob webs because it adds value to the photograph and tells a story of the abandoned house itself. 
b. The composition rule I see in this photograph is Framing because the spiral of the staircase causes the viewer to focus at the end of the staircase. 
c. Once again, Christian Richter takes photographs of staircases in multiple abandoned homes. 
d. I think it would be cool to travel to different places to see unique abandoned houses. His photographs really inspired me to take pictures that are my own and that people might not see on a daily basis, just like staircases. 


Rachel Susan is a contemporary artist who was born in Brooklyn. She works with biologists and travels all over the world to capture pictures of mostly of nature. However, the main focus of her photography career is taking pictures of the oldest living things in the world. It was interesting to me how old the living things were on her blog. Her pictures include a variety of color and subjects (plants). The dedication she put in to travel to different places in search of old things really inspired me. 

a. I thought it was really neat to see a path in the middle of dead white bark from trees. The grasses and bushes growing around the dead bark adds color to the photograph. I also really like perspective in which she took the picture. 
b. The composition rule I see in this photo is Rule of Thirds. If we were to divide the photograph in nine squares, the path would be perfectly aligned with its intersecting points. The horizon is mainly found in the top horizontal third while the left vertical third is the boundary for the starting point of the pathway. 
c.  Rachel's photographs really encouraged me to take pictures of my own. She taught me that photography does not have to be complicated and have the perfect prompts and subjects in them. Photography can just be as simple as taking pictures of old things like what she enjoys doing.


Nasim Mansurov enjoys visiting her home in Colorado. She enjoys taking photographs of the Rocky Mountains, canyons, plains, and deserts. After photographing in Colorado for 10 years, he decided to show his work and the places he has visited. He recommends places to go by displaying his photographs from Colorado. I personally think it is a great idea to show your work to benefit those around you.

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a. I love the reflection of the sunset as well as the colors that are displayed. The ducks swimming in the corner also add some value to the photograph.
b. This photograph of the ducks on the lake shows Rule of Thirds best because the ducks are aligned with the guide lines and their intersecting points.
c. Nasim's work was very appealing. All his photographs were in focus and had very good use of color. Also, all of his pictures are different and are taken in different positions which in my opinion is very neat and doesn't keep the viewer bored.
d. I learned that photography can actually inspire people to visit places and can be a good source to inform the public about information or places to visit.
e. Nasim's work relates to photography because all his photographs represent different composition rules.


Tarek Mawad is a visual artist who was born in Germany. He works in an artist collective called 3hund. Throughout his career his knowledge has expanded and has specialized in 3D animation, projection mapping, and photography. His work as well as his coworkers spent six weeks illuminating different objects in a forest with a powerful projector and then photographing the results. They work with a computer, projector, and a DSLR on a slider.

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a. I chose this photo because I liked how the photo was in focus and the illumination of the mushrooms. This photo would probably follow Framing because the dark background makes the mushrooms stand out with their glow.
b. Tarek and his coworkers made a video displaying their work in the forest of the illuminating objects. There were glowing mushrooms as you see above, glowing frogs, leaves, beetles, tree bark, and cobwebs.
c. I am completely astonished of Tarek's and his coworkers' work and the effort they put in. It's inspiring to me because I know projecting different objects and projecting the perfect amount of light is not an easy job. You have to have a lot of patience which is something I personally have to work on.


Nasim Mansurov is the author and founder of Photography Life. However, there are many others who is a part of the team. Nasim spent most of his time dealing with technology instruments, however soon realized that his true passion was photography. At first, he took pictures of his first born and family members "to preserve memories," but now takes pictures of anything.

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a. In this photograph, you see the rarest pine trees in the world. Therefore, what was inspiring to me, was that Nasim, took this photo with vibrant colors in the background to "invite the viewer" and show a new perspective of the trees.
b. After mentioning what his goal for the picture above, I would say he accomplished it. As the viewer, I chose this photo because the vibrant colors made the subject(s) stand out more. Also, the picture is in focus and it's easy for the viewer to see and understand the main subject of the photograph.
c. On the website, there were a variety of topics and tips. Of course I cannot look at all their posts, but from what I saw, I think it was very well thought out and the pictures were beautiful and creative, taken in different perspectives and angles.
d. From the photographs on the website I learned that a photographer can change the rarest and most unpopular objects into the most beautiful piece of art. They can actually make the objects worth while and valuable which is very inspiring to me.
e. The website relates to photography because they all apply to the different composition rules I learned in the beginning of the school year. 

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