HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (I Suck At Photoshop)

Had some fun with photoshop making a jack-o-lantern. Happy Halloween!

Alfred Stieglitz

1. Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and art promoter who worked to make photography an accepted art form. He also ran art galleries in New York in the early 1900s.

2. This photo (shown left), "Old and New New York," was taken by Alfred Stieglitz and is my personal favorite of his. The composition is interesting and eye-catching - with dark, old buildings in the foreground and a larger, new building being constructed in the background, highlighted by the bright sky. The difference between light and dark, old and new demonstrates how the city was constantly changing and being refined.
3. Stieglitz was in a relationship with famous painter Georgia O'Keeffe. One of her paintings, "Blue and Green Music," can be seen below-right. 

Film Images

These  images were taken with my 35mm film camera in my backyard. They didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped but I had a lot of fun trying to get my cat before she moved. ;P

Photogram

This was my first photogram for the semester. I used my earrings, which have silver crosses on the end. I'm not quite happy with how blurry it turned out, but I suppose it was worth the effort. :)

Pinhole Image

This photo, of high school hallway, was taken with a pinhole camera made from a paint can. Light was exposed through the hole for 5 minutes onto photo paper.

Macro Photography

Tilt Shift

Brownie Cameras

Brownie cameras were a popular series of simple, inexpensive cameras. Invented by Eastman Kodak in 1900, these $1 cameras were intended to be easy to use for anyone; hence the slogan, "You push the button, we do the rest." Because of their simplicity and reasonable price, people anywhere could take pictures - recording memories and documenting the world around them. The popularity of Brownie cameras affected the photography world positively; more and more people became interested in photography.