Hybrid Project #7: Documentation

From Past the Present

The Start of it all!

 The road I started my journey on was a gift. Literally. My very first digital camera was given to me on the Christmas of 2007. I only had experience using a disposable camera, so this was very new to me!
But I loved it. Every second of it. I was constantly taking pictures of  absolutely everything.

Two of my main focuses of my experimentation while I had this camera was my friends, family, and our house.

These photos are nothing special, but they were really the start of it all.

Beginners Stage!

 Due to an unfortunate, or rather, fortunate event, my previous camera broke in . My lovely uncle bought me a new one very similar to the old one. After a few years of experimenting with taking photos of anything I could get my hands on, 2009 is where I started to fall in love with photography. This is the year it became my passion. The downfall to this newly found passion was shitty camera quality.



My main focus while I had this camera was nature. I was self conscious about taking photos of objects and people around other people so I took pictures of nature. This is when I truly discovered how beautiful the world was.

New Nikon!

2010 brought new and exciting changes. I was gifted a Nikon D3000. 

All of my creativity started to flow. Nature was still one of my main models but I stepped out of my box and started experimenting with objects. I knew nothing about editing and I had no editing software, this was a good thing. I got to experiment and see things raw. 

 

 I learned more about angles and composition. I started to become more comfortable with taking photos around and of people.

 

Into the Green

 A new camera and a new year (2011)led to new discoveries. This new discovery was changing the color balance. For some odd reason I was very attracted to the green color balance. I believed that it gave it a more darker/edgier/creepy look to it, and I loved that. This method was performed on every single photo that I took.

 

Black and White

After messing with colors I veered towards black and white.  The absence of color other then black and white gives photos more of an emotional, darker and mysterious feel. As I fell more into black and white photography I opened my horizons. I began using people and started paying more attention to objects.

Over Edits

                                     

                          

Learning how to edit photos was one of the best things to happen to me. I discovered so many different things you can do to a photo to change the mood, etc. But it is also one of the most embarrassing stages I've gone through, Once I started I couldn't stop! I learned so much from this stage. I learned what works and what does not work, it was a very educating experience.

Recent Years

  

                   

                        

In recent years I've learned how to not over edit so the photo does not look bad. I've also discovered new things I can do to a photo, like how to do double exposures. I swear, these things will be the death of me(not literally). I've gotten a better handle on the whole editing thing, thank goodness!

 One of the biggest improvements that I have made over the years besides learning how to edit, is taking chances. I've learned to be more comfortable with taking pictures of people and things. I don't care who's looking, I don't care where I am; I will do whatever it takes to get the photo I want. Photography taught me to see the world in a beautiful way, and it also taught me to be brave, that is why it's my biggest passion.