Aaliyah Miranda-Lara

Ralph Gibson is a great inspiration for funky and surreal looking photographs, his photos have mysterious undertones that in my opinion give a horror movie vibe to them. The photograph below is my favorite, I think I have a solid idea of what exactly is photographed, but is that hand giving me the finger or no? There seems to be a ball in a boat and someone has there hands hanging on the front of the boat, looks like they're pointing at the ball or giving someone the finger. Also the leaves and murkiness of the water adds an eerie feel to the photo. This next one is interesting as well, especially the way the area around the hand appears to be glowing but it's actually just the sun behind it. You can also see such a small amount of the room, like seriously the tiniest bit of space. But that creates a feeling of mystery and curiosity for some and for others a feeling of getting the hell out of there. The shadow of the hand on the is pretty cool, the fingers look an aliens. Other...

 Michael Kenna is known for his black and white landscape photography, he made his unusual though compared to other photographers. He photographed early in the morning and at night with long exposures, usually up to ten hours. I think he is a great inspiration for some fundamental photographing techniques to help someone learn how to take amazing pictures. The picture to the left makes me think of a maze with the repeating rows of trees. Here Kenna shows patterns and repetition but also symmetry. We could even say that he is also showing lines in this photograph. If you cut the picture in half they would be a mirror image of each other. A good or even creative photographer knows how to capture multiple techniques in one photograph, without this the picture would mostly likely be seen as boring unless there's a known statement being made. In the image below Kenna demonstrates just that. I believe he is incorporating centering, framing, and perhaps silhouetting. The sun is behind the...