Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Light photograph

In my photo, I utilized the Szarkowski element of Frame. It was a cloudy day, and I chose to photograph the "slanted" exterior windows on the second floor of the Union. While, to us, the windows appear to be perfectly straight, the angle of the natural light and slight bends and tilts of the windows reveals a "bendy" reflection of the roof above.

These "bendy" lines greatly contrast with the very straight lines of the rest of the photo. The windows and building itself lead off of the picture. That, combined with the use of nearby buildings, help define the frame. To me, it helped construct the feeling of very square, straight architecture around the viewer, yet the light from the sun (what little there was that day), found the details in each bend of the window.

When dealing with the framing, I was careful to ensure that the lines of the building were leading in the directions I intended. Though the building was leading off the picture, a series of vertical lines were sort of "intertwining" the rest of the picture. I felt that the use of these lines would help lead a viewer's eyes around the photo.

This photo didn't take too much editing at all. There were a few touch-ups to ensure the levels and contrast settings were correctly showing the scene as I saw it when I took the photo to begin with. Aside from that, little cropping or editing was needed.

Monday, February 9, 2009

New Place = Same Place?

Because I know, and have personally talked to, other Mike Suszeks in the world, I took the time to register www.mikesuszek.com.  And guess what?  That's where you are now!  At least, where you WILL be after all the transitioning happens.

That also means, I have at least four emails I can be contacted at (spoiler alert, they all forward to my Gmail).  So if you want to gripe about the things I write here, or want to tell me you loved the most recent podcast, shoot an email to mikesuszek@mikesuszek.com, which will wind up going to mikesuszek@gmail.com.

I know, I want you to type my name as many times as possible.  It's an ego thing.

So bookmark this place if you're interested in my life.  If you're TOO interested in my life, follow my Twitter.  If that's not enough... well a man can only do so much.

Peace!

-Mike

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Flickr photos!


I'll be posting my Flickr updates here, primarily for my Photo Journalism class.

To start, my Flickr address is here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesuszek/

My first (really bad) uploaded photo can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesuszek/3251551884/


And if you want to check out more of what I do (obviously better than taking photos), go to The Wiire, and check out my first product video review, and feel free to listen to the newest Wiire Podcast this week, Episode 123!

-Mike
 

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