Proposal

I am going to photograph and document a time with my aunt this coming Halloween weekend because I have been up to her house ever since I was a young for stuff to do with Halloween and I have never took pictures to share with anyone. My aunt takes the pictures and has them but not me and I would like to have some, so I thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to do so.  Where I will be taking these photos will be anywhere my aunt take my brother and I for Halloween stuff.  A hunted house, pumpkin patch, apple orchard, I'm not sure. I'm sure it will be in those places some time this weekend.  I'm going  to try and take picture mostly of my family and I having fun doing what we do every year.  That will be lying on the couch watching scary movies and eating yummy pie, even having fun carving our pumpkins.  Hopefully my photos will turn out and look good for when I turn them in!  Around the time of Halloween is my favorite time of year lets make this year one we will never forget!

American Photography (part 2)

The two events that stuck out to me were the Holocaust and the fifties.  I like how they showed pictures from the Holocaust because it showed you how cruel they were to these poor people and how they made them work with out any food or anything and it showed how skinny they were.  Pictures of hundreds of dead bodies fill the camara and show the sadness in their faces.  They used photography to document what is was like being in a concentration camp and to prove that yes this all did really happen and it wasn't something people just made up.  The reason I liked the fifties is because I have always loved the way it was back then and how everything was looked. this is when women started to be more independent but still look after their families.  Women started being more risque in how they dressed.  They way people just took the pictures and how they looked made you feel like you were in that era of time. I think that someone who would be interested in documenting these kinds of things would be people that are really interested in this time or like I said before, is to prove it really happened. Something even as easy as you were just a person at that place, in that time and decided to start taking photos.  Just letting your camara take a photo of anything it wants to it what I think the best photography is.

Portraits

I decided to do this project on my dad because I knew that I would get some pretty good shots of him and where he works.  He is an  electrician of the city of minneapolis.  Hes been doing this job for as long as i have been alive, almost 16 year. I would have to say that my favorite photo I took of my dad would have to be either the one where he is holding the sign or where he is getting out of his truck.  I like the way I edited the photos and how the turned out.

My dad in his locker room at work.

My dad in his work truck, took the picture through the mirror

My dad moving a sign.

Dad getting out of his work tuck.

My dad lifting up one of the old stop lights

My "beauty" shot of my dad.