The Project

Alright well the time has come to bring some traffic to my Flickr account. I have decided to start a photo compilation that will initially be populated over the next 9 weeks during my Winter Work Term. The idea here is to track the progress over a given amount of time to see improvements and to have fun! I will be shooting at least once a week over the next 9 weeks. I may continue this on further but I do not know what my commitment level will be like once I am back at school with other things to prioritize.

I would like to get some feedback from whomever views the set, please do so on Flickr. I do not want to just read things like "they look awesome!!!!!!!:)" or "you are the bestest photog ever" because the idea is to improve, be ruthless, well maybe not ruthless, but give some constructive criticism I am looking for it. I wouldn't share these with anyone, if I didn't want to know what you thought. Tell me what you like, what you don't like, what you think would make it better, ideas on things to shoot etc.

I am doing this to occupy my time as well as to improve my skills and make myself more rounded since it seems like everything I am doing these days involves numbers and science, it will be fun to get to use the more abstract creative side of my brain.

So stay tuned the first set is up that I shot last night in Downtown Buffalo right on the water. I will link the set here every time there is an upload and I would appreciate if you would look and maybe even offer up some opinions. The set is called Winter Work Term Photo Project '10.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Week 9

Well I made it. Week 9 marks the official end of this experiment, I will be doing my best to keep up with shooting, I hope, at least twice a month during school. More on this after this pics!

This weekend was another beautiful, albeit not as warm as I could have enjoyed. Being able to run outside without 15 layers on screaming about not being able to put my arms down is awesome. Especially since it is warm enough for the aforementioned but not too hot to be uncomfortable. In tribute of this wonderful weather I partook in one of my favorite past times, that is going for a drive with a goal of getting lost and/or finding something cool. Well I was successful on both fronts and I have a pretty cool panorama to show for it.

Hilltop Farm

My second picture was driven by the fact I still had a Doppelganger picture on Facebook and wanted to change it. I decided to shoot a clone photo. This is the first time I have done one of these, and I wanted to try it close to the computer so I could trouble shoot it if need be. Because of this I shot it in my room and was limited on my frame and activities, but I am excited to try this in the future.

double trouble

Well I guess this is the time where I go back and review my progress. I am not sure looking at the photos there is much to see in face value. That said I have become much more competent on site with the operations of my camera. I still want to improve my composition and layout and just having the eye for things worth shooting.

I am happy with this project and I hope to do this again over my summer work term when I have the time again. Thank you to all those who have viewed, I hope I keep this up and continue to improve.

Enjoy!
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  1. EmilyMarch 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    Hey there. I really like the panorama. You could probably do some neat color adjustments with Photoshop to make it trippy. If you so desire, that is.

    The clone photo is really neat - albeit a little frightening. :)

    I really enjoyed viewing your photos and am impressed with your knowledge. It kind of popped up out of no where like, oh, fixing cars?

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