Monday, February 28, 2011

Around the Block pt. 6

Philippians 4:13
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my eyes are blind, all i can see
is your love in me.
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Friday, February 18, 2011

liquid courage!

For Today
By: Jessica Lea Mayfield
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Depth of Field is where there is one focal point of a photograph, but there is something that is going on in the background that captures the eye of the viewer and makes them curious. This is my spin on this project! I took bottle caps from "Jones Soda". All the messages on the inside of the bottle caps are encouraging and meaningful. That is the reason I titled my blog "liquid courage" because the messages provide the person consuming the Jones soda with some courage! I chose to use Jones Soda because it is a product that my family and I have been purchasing for years and the messages on the inside of the caps have always interested me. Most of these photographs were captured in Bath or the surrounding area. I chose Bath because it has beautiful backgrounds for the beautiful messages on the caps! I chose this song because it's about living "for today" and I think a lot of these bottle caps provide messages on living for the day, and for the moment. Enjoy!

green apple soda
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berry lemonade
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fufu berry
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strawberry manilow
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your momegranate
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limes with orange
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bohemian raspberry
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lemon drop
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blue bubblegum
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orange & cream
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strawberry lime
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bananaberry
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Around the block pt. 5

the hardest thing in life is knowing which bridge to cross
and which bridge to burn.
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Friday, February 11, 2011

dorothea lange!

1. Dorothea Lange
2. 1895 - 1965
3. Dorothea was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. However, she began her career in the great city of New York. Later in her life, she packed up and moved to San Francisco, California where she opened a studio in 1918. During the great depression, she went from photographing in the studio, to photographing the streets. Documenting some of the most terrible times for all of America. Her interest in photographing the homeless was noticed quickly by the government and she was hired a part of the Resettlement Administration, which was later renamed the FSA.
4. The importance of the work of Dorothea was that she brought the poor and forgotten to public attention. She gave her images, free of charge to the newspapers and her shocking images quickly became icons of that era. Her contribution to photography was that she was photographing events for  more than just taking pictures, she was trying to get a point across. She was trying to make people in the cities realize what some people were going through. The problems that some people were experiences while others were sitting in the comfort of their own homes.
5. I think that Ms. Lange's pictures are very noble. I think she was photographing for a noble cause which makes me appreciate her photos so much more. Her photos have a lot of emotions behind them and it is evident by the subject's faces. In the photo "Migrant Mother" you can see the struggles and pains of this women's life by the ways her eyes are. I also like the fact that all her pictures are in black and white. It adds dramatic effect to all of the pictures. I think when pictures are photographed in black and white, they show soul. These pictures are really really interesting to me because I am an active participant on Project HOPE, I have had many interactions with homeless people and for some reason these pictures really hit home with me.
6.
Migrant Mother;
Nipomo, California
1936
Hoe Culture,
near Anniston, Alabama
1936

Ditched, Stalled, and Stranded
San Joaquin Valley, California
1935

Dorothea Lange
White Angel Bread Line
1932



  1. http://masters-of-photography.com/L/lange/lange.html
  2. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/index.html
  3. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/index.html

Around the block pt. 4

my arms get cold, in february air
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

I'm gonna give all my secrets away!


Shh by Donora
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This is my spin on the portrait project . In the description of this project on the website it says that the photographer should work to capture the subject's identity. I believe that a secret shows the identity of a person by revealing one of the most personal things about them. I asked some friends and some strangers to share some of their most personal feelings with me, and everyone else viewing these photographs. I think a secret says something more than the naked eye can see. It most definitely captures the subject's identity by showing the viewer what is going on internally. This collection of pictures is a reminder to me that everyone has a story, and everyone has gone through something that has changed them. It is also a reminder that you shouldn't judge people if you don't know them. We all are going through the same things and we all experience the same pains. I really got a lot out of this project. More than just mastering the skills on how to take the perfect portrait photograph. I was able to relate with some people I knew well and some people I knew hardly at all. This was a very humbling experience for me.

Everyone has a burden,
what counts is how you carry it.
-- Merle Miller

It'll go on, like clockwork
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The limitations in photography,
are in yourself.
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Laugh, so you don't cry.
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 It's rather magical how imperfect human beings are
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Leave your fears behind.
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Never apologize for showing feeling.
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Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
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Happiness can be found,
even in the darkest of times.
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I see forgivness in the sunshine,
I see hope in the moonlight.
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You were born because you are going
to be important to someone.
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Live for you.
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Around the Block pt. 3

it's not the years in the life you count, it's the life in your years
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