Four Websites

The Disorienting Beauty of Spiral Staircases in Old Abandoned Buildings

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/19/disorienting-beauty-spiral-staircases-old-abandoned-buildings/

This website is about how Christian Richter goes to abandoned buildings in Germany and takes pictures of the spiral staircases. He photographs them at the very top, looking down. Many of the shots he has done are in five frame HDR photos. This collection is called "Abandoned Staircases".

a. Why did you pick this photo? I love the decals on the railing, besides aesthetic, it draws the eye of the viewer down the staircase. The railing also helps to do that. I like the way that the viewers eye is drawn around the photography.
b. What rules of photography do you see in the photo? The staircase fills up the frame and there are leading lines that draw the viewer's eyes across and around the photograph. It is a very simple photograph and the way that the photograph is taken forces a change in perspective.
c. Who took the photo? Christian Richter

Projector Brought Into the Forest Turns Nature Into a Glowing Wonderland

https://petapixel.com/2015/01/01/projector-brought-forest-turns-nature-glowing-wonderland/

a. Describe what you saw in the video. I thought that it was really cool. It showed the forest and places they were photographing during the daytime, then showed what it looked like when it was darker and animated.
b. Try to figure out who made the video. If it was a photographer look them up on google and see if you can learn more about them. Photographer Tarek Mawad and animator Friedrich van Schoor made the video. Both of the artists are German.
c. If there is a story about the video on the website, paraphrase it in 2-3 sentences. The project helped to show the opposites of technology and nature. This was shown in how they used a projector to project colors and designs onto plants.
d. What did you learn new? I learned the behind the scenes for a project like this. 

The Oldest Living Things in the World

http://www.rachelsussman.com/oltw/

This website is the photographer's website. She travels with biologists to photographs living organisms that are 2,000 years older or older. She approaches taking the photos of the plants as individuals and wants to facilitate a connection with the environment. 

a. Why did you pick this photo? I picked this photo because I liked how desolate it looks, but has lot of living organisms. It reminds me of the Wizard of Oz. I like how the staircase draws my eye up the photograph.
b. What rules of photography do you see in the photo? There is simplicity in the amount of colors presents. Besides the organized chaos of the tree branches and roots, it is a very simple photo. The staircase acts as a leading line, drawing the viewers eye up the photograph.
c. Who took the photo? Rachel Sussman

What makes a killer time lapse, with Joe Capra

https://blog.ted.com/how-to-create-a-killer-timelapse-with-joe-capra/

a. Describe what you saw in the video. There were multiple time lapses, many of which were of cities, beaches or beautiful natural areas. They helped to show the changes that happen over a longer period of time in a shorter period of time.
b. Try to figure out who made the video. If it was a photographer look them up on google and see if you can learn more about them. Joe Capra made the video. He has been hired by multiple groups to make time lapses and travels to the places he wants to document. He shoots in very high definition.
c. If there is a story about the video on the website, paraphrase it in 2-3 sentences. He helps to elaborate on how time passes and what happens during that time. It looks very beautiful, which he captures.
d. What did you learn new? I learned that for about 10 seconds of video, you need 240 individual photos, which sounds extreme.