Taylor's Phtoto Blog

Photography Unit: Research on Two Photographers In this photography unit the students set out to research two photographers in order to have a better understanding of the way photographers think.I chose Richard Drew and Robert Capa because I felt that they both expressed their emotions through photography well. Richard Drew (On the List) Richard Drew was an American journalist that shot photos for the Associated Press. Drew was present at both the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the 9/11 attacks. During the 9/11 attacks he photographed one of the most iconic photos of the attacks. This photo was of a man who worked in the building falling out of a window rather than burning to death tragically. This photo encompassed the attacks so well because of the way that it was able to portray the man himself. Drew took many photographs of this specific man falling but the one that stuck with people was the one of the man faced down. This photograph was so powerful because it sh

Photography Unit: Selfie vs Self Portrait In this photography unit the students set out to take one self portrait and eight selfies. We also had to research a style of self portraits in order to find out which we liked the best. I personally liked the style where the sides are cropped heavily and the photo is mostly abstract. I've also found that a lot of these self portraits had heavy shadows, which sadly I could not incorporate due to the iPhone 8 not taking good photos in the dark. I liked the idea of highlighting my self portrait by placing it in the middle and having the selfies on the side. I tried to have the selfies that interacted with other objects on the left while having more "standard" selfies on the right. I feel that my self portrayed conveyed a message of hope. I tried to display this message by looking up and away from the camera. I also tried to make my face very bland showing that it is neither happy or sad. I also chose not to put any of these pho

Photography Unit: Phone Camera Due to coronavirus and the quarantine that has been placed on New Jersey the student have set out this time to take photos of common object found in their homes with t heir phone cameras. I chose to take pictures of an A1 steak sauce bottle on my desk as well as a cheese grater on top of my dresser. I used the focus feature of the new photo editing app, called Snapseed, on the first photo to really make thebottle pop. I also tried to use as many straight lines as possible throughout these photos as I felt that they looked better with them.