Dirck Halstead

Dirck Halstead is the master photographer I have chosen to post on my blog and do my powerpoint on. He was taking famed photos at the early age of 17, and holds the record for most front-cover photos for TIME magazine. He is especially noted for his amazing pictures of the presidents, all pictured here.

Name Assignment

Assignment Three Altered

Here is the same photo, but I slightly changed the contrast and tint. The focus is the smaller blossom on the right, but the light coming in through the window had blurred it more than I wanted (or was actually seeing). I am using the GIMP program to change my photos and it's FUN!

Assignment Three Original

This photo I took of a plant I have on my windowsill in my apartment. I've had it for almost two and a half years and quite proud I haven't killed it yet. It blossoms all the time, even in the winter!

Second Assignment

Here's the same photo, but cropped. I wanted the fill the entire frame with Wicket's face.

Second Assignment

This is my beautiful cat, Wicket. He is a domestic longhaired kitty and loves to pose for the camera! This picture I used for the Rule of Thirds as well. The eye is drawn to Wicket's two wide open green ones, which are at the top third of the photo.

First Assignment

This is the same photo as above. The difference is that I edited the contrast and darkened the trees a bit to help them "pop" out again the white snow.

First Assignment

This picture is one of my favorite ones I have taken for this class, Visual Communication. I think the empty, forlorn picnic table indicates the long winter months. It creates a sense of that terrible longing for spring and summer. This photo was originally taken for displaying the Rule of Thirds. As you can see, I placed the picnic table in the bottom left-handed corner and the tree is off-center, harkening back to the Rule again. The camera settings were set at a slow shutter speed to allow as much natural light in as possible.