Taryn Simon

She interests me. She is a photographer that proved that photographs can lie. Most photographs tell a story. But are the stories true? Must they be? In issues of crime, accusation and trial, yes they must be true. When identifying a criminal, it is not okay to get a picture of a certain person at an earlier point in history, long before the crime was commited, and use that picture to prove the accused is a rapist and kidnapper. It is not okay to use look-alikes of people, to ensure that the public is safe and the rapist has been caught, when you're lying. And even further it is not okay to sentence these innocent 'criminals' to a death sentence over 3,000 years. Taryn Simon photographed these innocent false convicts at the scene of the crime, to carry a point across. She's promoting fairness through her talents, but this doesn't mean the prosecuters will change anything no matter how wrong it is. And they can convince the jury and judge of just about anything. Still--kudos to Taryn Simon.

Numbers

0-I love this. I love hands. This shot looks like she should be presenting something, but there's nothing there. Therefore, ZERO.


2-This is probably my favorite. I love shadows, this was the best light everrrrrrrr and I think it's clever/kinda funny. That's my camera strap, and you can barely see my iPod headphones, my curly hair(i wish was natural) and personally I think this tells alot about me if you break it down.


6-I love this. I love Ikea. I love the light that produces those shadows. I love the focus. I love the number of plates. I love the shadows. I wish it was a little bit more contrasty, but editing isn't allowed so this is pretty great I guess.


9-I like this shot. I like shoes. I like how I didn't tell anybody I was photographing. It's like a candid of feet. And I like it. They're all relaxed just standing in a hall. Awesome.



2- two swings. I admit, this wasn't meant to be part of this assignment. I just liked the shot, but then I realized it could resemble the number two. I like the lighting. It feels so good knowing that this is the shot right out of the camera! and no fake editing was added. :)


84-This is fine, exactly what Slade wanted, but I don't think it's very great. I like other people's numbers much better.


70-This is the same as above. Cool shot yeah, but typical. And not WAY fun to look at. doesn't really capture my attention though It might catch someone elses.



8-I love this shot. It was on a mailbox! Cute huh. I stumbled upon it while looking for numbers on my street. At first I just shot it cause it was interesting and I thought I'd use it eventually, until I realized it was an eight! WOW. I like the focus, contrasted color, I just wish I didn't cut off the top. Oh well.


52-I'm so clever. I love cards. I love this focus. Not very original though. But it's 52 cards. I altso like Jacks.


17-I like this as a photo, but it almost doesn't pertain to the assignment. I did shoot it after counting how many there were, but it wouldn't be your first thought. Maybe sixth or seventh after you counted. I like the colors--bright even though I did zero editing!!


3-I like this shot, because it's colorful and happy. Puts a smile on your face and makes your mouth water just a little. It doesn't show three right away, but after a few guesses I think you'd catch on. I think it's fine that I cut off the tins, I did it on purpose.


4-This is my favorite shot. Slade likes it too. The lighting is great, I even like the focus on only two cups instead of all four. You can easily see that this resembles the number four so it got the point of the assignment across, and it's fun to look at. I like how it's not centered, and I like how you can see in the upper righthand corner that the pan continues. I like how you can see the detailed messy pan:)
I'll blog later. I have no time to discuss my photos right now. Sorryyy

Numbers

I hated this assignment. I liked numbers 1-15, but after that I got fed up. At first I didn't fully understand what was wanted; I thought cool shots was priority over the assignment being finished. I LOVE a lot of my classmates' shots, but I'm not pleased with mine. I'd like another chance to shoot this, and I think I will on my own as a personal project at a later date. I wish I would've found cool numbers, instead of just multiple subjects resembling numbers which is basically all I did. Slade tricked me. I feel for it:P But I like a few of the shots that turned out.

Kara

Silly Boys, Trucks are for Girls.

There's simply a special bond between a girl and her truck. This old beat up dump that I simply adore, and like to call Big Red, is my pride and joy. It's candy apple red (hence Big Red)and shines like diamonds.

SUmmmma

In June I went over to Europe. TWAS GREAT!! Truly, I loved it. I enjoyed London...










France...








and Denmark.













I didn't have a favorite place. They were alllllll amazing. I'll never forget that experience!! I could talk about it for hours.. but I'm sure you'd rather not read it here. We'll chat later. Part of the greatness was.. I bought myself a camera!! I hurried to get it specifically for my trip, but with the expectation I'd be using it in the fall. Yesssssssssssssssss. It changed the trip for me, and made it a million times better. I'm so happy I could capture all my favorite moments. In addition to family fun memories, I also did artistic photos (obviously). I love them all, and I'm planning on blowing them up on canvas and displaying them around the house. PRFCT

I also went to Lake Powell with my best friends. Best trip of my life. I am a senior. Tubing and jetskiing alllll day long:) sunburns, bruises from the tube, LOST, wheat THICKS, cliff jumping, best friends, greatness.

I also worked at a pool.

Played volleyball.

The end.