I thought that Shots of the sun were a good place to start, but I eventually made each picture related to the light of the sun (directly or indirectly).
So I started with the sun.
Keeping it simple, I started with Pics that capture the sun in all its glory, well except for the objects that obscured it. I wasn't going to stare directly into the sun to get a pic least I damage my eyes or the camera (Is that possible? I didn't want to find out).
I took a LOT of these kinds of pictures over the weekend, some were meh, but these are my personal favorites.
I then tried sun reflections...
Didn't work out as well. This is pretty much the only decent one.
And I also got this shot with the water. no reflection (as i thought there would be) but I like how the water blends with the light.
Inside the house I tried to get angles that let in natural light:
Again, I was unhappy with the quality of these (for the most part) except for the shots where I used my window to add reflections:
The little glare that always gets in the way when you try to take photos of displayed stuff in glass is finally working in my favor! I like how the sun becomes a sort of tear or light in the last pic.
Bonus!
I took this shot during the Abstraction assignment, but thought it fit in well here, so here it is. The light just bleeds through the image blurring the plant. I could have fixed the focus but I liked it this way.
I appreciate the thought you brought to this assignment and your sense of experimentation and play. These attributes will serve you well as a photographer and artist. For me, the most successful image is the bottom one. There is a delicacy of form and interplay between light and movement. I also appreciate the photo of the sun through the trees. Here, we start to see how light effects focus, technology, and image quality. The other pictures feel more like experiments than complete works. Try to edit your blog to showcase the most successful or risky images. Think of your Blog as an editing platform, one that displays your best work or the most interesting attempts, rather than describing your complete process. As you continue to make images, consider how the background compliments your subject. Choose subjects that interest you, and frame your composition to emphasize shape, pattern, and design. Even if what you are primarily interested in is the light and flare, you have to capture that quality in an image that compliments or enhances the light. Try to make the background as dynamic and interesting as your primary subject. Remember that your viewer will always see the whole picture and that background should enhance the subject, not distract from it. More carful consideration of interplay between background and foreground would have strengthened the images of the cars and the houses. Keep experimenting; Its a great strength.
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