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For the photograph that I took, I decided to follow Weston’s theme and photograph an organic object with interesting features. I needed to find something with a vivid texture so that the photograph could allow the viewer to almost feel what I could. I searched throughout my room until finally, I found what I was looking for. It was a shell from the Pacific Ocean that I had brought back with me from Mexico. The shell had off-whites blended into browns and reds. It also had ridges running from the origin of the shell, to the outside. I found the situation to be somewhat ironic considering that Weston had lived in Mexico taking photographs, and also took pictures of shells. The camera that I used to photograph the shell was a Canon EOS Rebel …show more content…

I got the idea of using one of the shelves on my bookshelf, because the colors of the bookshelf are dark and would match some of Weston’s styles. I cleared out the old Calvin and Hobbes comic books and pokemon card collections until I was left with a dusty empty shelf. I cleaned it out then placed the shell against the back wall of the shelf. I lined up the camera with the shell, looked through the viewfinder, then snapped the photo. To my surprize, the shutter closed but did not open. I waited for a little then finally the shutter opened again. The result was a very blurry picture of what seemed to be nothing at all. I tried to take the picture again but I came up with the same result. I went online to figure out what was going wrong. It turned out that the shutter needed to be open for a long period of time in order to take in all the light and capture all the tiny details of the shell and …show more content…

Each ridge is visible and grows in size as it migrates from the origin to the edge, which shows how perfect and mathematical nature can be at times. The change in color pattern is also very visible. There is even a small chip in the shell can be seen at the top left corner. Some of the lint of the peacoat is visible in the picture, but it only gives enough so much as to emphasize the texture of the backdrop. When I went to print the picture, I edited the picture so that it would look black and white like the rest of Weston’s photographs. I also added a little more contrast to the picture so that the lines of the shell would look a tiny bit sharper because I wanted to make up for not having a 64 aperture. In my opinion, the photograph holds a very close resemblance to Weston’s pictures of shells in which he tried to capture all of their natural beauty. I like the way the photo turned out, but wish I could have had a better area to take the picture instead of laying on the ground and using books. The picture may have come out a hair more detailed if I would have had a tripod, but I don’t think it made that big of a difference. I believe that I was able to try and replicate Weston’s process to the best of my ability with the tools I

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