Our first portfolio assignment had to do with the different elements of photography. These are texture, color, form, shape, line, and pattern. We had to take three pictures, and each one had to show a different element. I really enjoyed this assignment. It was challenging and fun! Enjoy!

This first picture was taken when NRA visited Ottawa and went to some nature museum. It was cloudy, but I am inside here anyways. It is in a stairwell going up between exhibits. It was dim inside the stairwell, only natural lighting. This picture displays, for me, color. Lots of people think color has to be bright and vibrant. Well, I portrayed blue here. Blue can signify so much. I think just showing one color really brings out its meaning. To me, this picture shows lonelyness, calm, solitude. These are all charactoristics of blue. It is kind of a sad picture, although just looking at it, one would not be able to put their finger on why. Answer? I swear it is the color.

The second picture was taken outside "yakistan" (the girl's cabin) in Canada. It was early morning during photo class, and we were outside taking picture. At first, I was just looking for cool shots with dew, but I saw this plant and really wanted to try and capture its essense. Fuzzy! this picture makes me want to reach out and touch it. The plant actually really is soft and pleasing to touch. This picture is showing texture. Texture is super important because it is was makes the picture relatable to the viewer. Instead of just a picture of a cool plant, it really makes you interested in feeling the plant, it makes you feel like you are there, like you really can reach out and touch the leaves.

This last picture was taken ouside, yakistan as well. It was early morning, as you can tell by the dew. the sunlight had not yet overcome the treeline, so it was shady and cool. This picture represents line. What I really like about this picture is that it really contrasts between the thick black rope and the thin and delicate spiderweb. What is even cooler is the dew droplets on the spider silk. To me it looks like tiny strings of beads strewn across the thick rope. I love the contrasts between the two lines. In my mind, I was thinking that it showed the contrast between man's awkward creations verses nature's beautiful and delicate masterpeices.