Journal 3

Over the weekend I was in my backyard playing in the snow with my little brother. He was just sitting in the snow and he kept picking up the snow and throwing it up in the air. This would have been a really good picture if I was able to capture the moment when the snow was in the air, and he had a huge smile on his face. It was starting to get dark, but the sun had a really nice effect on the snow and the sky. I could probably recreate this picture if my brother was up to it. The different times of day would have effected the picture, because the light would reflect off of the snow differently. Black and white would look cool for this picture, because you would be able to see the white snow and all the different shadows, but then you would miss the colors of the sky and my brothers rosy red cheeks. I would need to use a fast shutter speed in order to capture the snow in the air.

Journal 2

The other day, after I got out of practice at 9:30 at night and walked out of the gym I looked up at the sky and noticed that it was a really cool looking scene. It was kind of foggy and the sky was sort of blueish, and not totally dark. The moon was just barely there, but you could still see it. The lights in the parking lot also gave a cool effect to the sky. I don't know if I would be able to take this photo again, but there might be a time when there are similar weather and lighting conditions. Under different conditions it wouldn't be the same picture, because if it was in the afternoon the moon probably wouldn't be out, and the sky wouldn't have the same color to it. Shooting in color would make this photo stronger than black and white, so you could see all of the different shades in the sky.

Journal 1

                           The scene I would have liked to photograph was my cat continuously jumping up and trying to attack a bug on the outside of the window in my house. My cat was stretching out, and was creating a cool shape with his body as he was in the air.  I wasn't able to take the photo, because at the time I didn't have a camera. This scene could possibly be revisited, because I could probably make my cat jump again by attracting his attention with something. It was in the morning, and the light seemed soft but bright. It would probably look the same even if it wasn't as bright or really dark. The different weather conditions could affect the mood of the photo, I think. Shooting it in color would have made it a stronger photograph, because my cat has a lot of different colors, and you would also have been able to see the colors of my backyard in the background.