Danielle Schulte- Documentary

I am from San Diego, California and I have many friends and family that still live there. A lot of people I know from San Diego have never been to Tucson before. I get comments from them such as “You only have cacti in Arizona” or “Isn’t all desert and rocks there?”. I wanted to do my documentary on beautiful tree pictures to show those people Tucson is not all desert and cacti, we also have palm trees and other beautiful trees here as well. My audience is people who have never been to Tucson and have pre conceived notions that we do not have much plant life or trees. I think my pictures capture many different types of trees that are all different sizes and are uniquely beautiful. I took assorted photos of either multiple trees together or a single tree alone to show the diversity we have here. I do not believe Tucson gets enough credit for its scenery so I tried to capture it through interesting tree pictures. While taking my pictures and editing them I choose the appropriate way to edit them to make them most effective and took into consideration lighting, color and texture.

Project 1.

Texture:

I felt that my object looked so interesting because it had so many different lines and curves and texture all over it. At first I took pictures of the obvious texture on the bas of the object where there were many line in all different directions and sizes. The i realized how incredible the texture looked on the crystals hanging around the candle and I tried to capture that in my photographs. I had difficulty making the pictures come out the way I wanted for texture because it is not easy getting a great picture when the camera is so close to the object. I think my texture pictures really brought to life how beautiful the object is. 

Lighting:

While I was taking pictures of my object I began to run out of ideas for angles to capture it at. I titled in all different ways, and then I moved a way that the light hit the object perfectly and it gave the crystals on the candle sick a glow. This was a big moment because I thought it looked so beautiful, the lighting pictures are definitely my favorite. I also realized the lighting from the candle it self was very beautiful and so I began to photograph that at angles and also straight into the flame. I think the lighting gave my object a uniqueness, there are not a lot of objects that really light up when the sun is hitting it. 

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