A Day as A Photographer

One of the assignments in our project is to take 4 of our own images. When Professor Murray told me this, I was very hesitant because I am by no means a photographer. Also, it was challenging for me to think of images I could take that would correlate with the over arching theme of my poster, donations for african famine, without actually getting on a plane and flying to Africa camera in hand.

First, I took money from my wallet it and I tried to spread it on the hard surface of my floor in some "artsy" way to photograph what exactly it is that these people should be donating. 

 

Then I took a picture of my roomates hands in a gesture that says "giving" and shows the giving action being done.

Then I went out front and took a picture of the dirt and rocks that my landowner calls "quality landscaping" and figured I could use it as some background for a title or for a collage layering effect.

This picture has to be my favorite of them all. I have this app called "Instagram" where I was able to add this effect to what would normally be a pretty bland picture of food I took from my pantry. I really love how it turned out and how it has kind of a rustic feel to it. 

I am excited to see how my poster comes together. My only challenge left now is getting everything together and think of a few more raw materials to use.