Documentary Photography

I'm planning on documenting my birthday, I havent decided if i just want to document my party or the entire day. I chose this because I'm really excited to be turning 18 and i will be around a lot of people who are really important to me all day long. The pictures will either take place at my house or all of the places i go on my actual birthday. I'm going to try and take pictures of all of the people i spend my birthday with and maybe some pictures of myself. I'm going to take these pictures on Friday, October 28th.

American Photography (Part 2)

When the magazine LIFE was created and published many people had no idea what was going on in other parts of the world. Photography was used to show people what was going on either right in their own backyard or some place across the world. All of these pictures helped tell a story, even without reading the article. The images in LIFE changed my mind about certain events because a lot of the terrible things that were happening in other countries were documented and helped inform us so we could be better educated about the world around us. Another major event in history discussed in the video was the explosion of the Hindenburg. This changed history because it documented quick shots and showed people what really happened even if they weren't there to see it. It helped prove how much emotion can be shown through a picture in such a huge tragedy. 




I would love to document every day life in a different country. I don't care what era or anything like that i just think it would be really interesting and a great learning experience to go and live with a family somewhere else for a year or so and document what they do every day. I think it would be great to take pictures here because it would show people what life is really like there, rather than creating a fake image of their "life".


I would be interested in photographing a rally or protest because i think it would be really cool to see all of the emotion showed in a protest and all of the different types of people.

Portraiture!

Stripes

Happy

Flowers

Purple

Fun

Chair

I really enjoyed taking pictures of Brittany because she had a lot of fun taking them and she's also one of my best friends so it was kind of just a fun outing! We also got to spend a lot of time together.

My personal favorite is the first one "Stripes" because it's really casual and she's smiling really big in it. I think this picture really shows a lot about Brittany's personality because she's a really happy go-lucky girl and she enjoys having a good time!