Jessica Li

I asked Char Tanner to come to my studio yesterday. While editing the photos I thought it would be interesting to see the steps I took in post to create the final photo.

The image to the left is the .raw photo, in the middle is the animation and the right is the final.

I think that I’m a black & white photographer at heart. I never know quite what to do with color.

Sort of a lame Polariod thing going on here.

I try to hold off posting photos that I’ve just taken. It usually takes me about a week in post processing to finalize a picture that I like.

It’s not that I every day I go back and play with a picture, but it usually takes a week for me to get some perspective on an image.

On the left is the most recent. Not a huge change, but it makes a difference. Check the contrast.

Lately I’ve been trying to keep my camera with me. I’m not sure how other people do it, but I’m sort of getting sick of it. I’m too worried about it getting stolen or damaged from the heat.

So this is Trace talking to his little sister.

I think I’m going to learn to caption photos AP style.

On my computer I have a folder called “blink”, it’s a folder filled with the photos that I have of people blinking. Most of the pictures are kind of weird and not really worth the mention. The photos of Jason though, in every one he has a normal expression from the nose down. Eerie.

I’m not sure if these pictures are only funny to people who know Jason, but I think this one is pretty good.

I started going through some old photos last week and found this one. It was taken my junior year of high school when I was on the yearbook photography staff. There is a more journalistic style that my recent work hasn’t really had.

So looking at this photo I had all these thoughts about it, but I couldn’t seem to fit them into much of a post. So instead of pushing my feeble writing skills to the x-treme limit this post is going to be bullets.

I like this photo, but I don’t know why. It’s a more complicated composition then I usually make. I’m not quite sure if it was a successful attempt. An interesting try at least.

Its photos like this that I’m sometimes weary of posting. That is, photos that I think are interesting, but I’m not sure are good. Being objective about one’s own work is hard.

I’ve gone back to this photo a couple times today to analyze it. Initially I don’t much care for it and I find I have to stare at it for a while before I come around.

This photo is a little unsettling to me. Since the composition is more complex. I feel like I don’t really understand it.

I’ve experimented with some crops, but neither of them really do it for me.

So those were my thoughts on this photo. For the record I’ll be the first to admit that bullets are a major cop-out. Oh well.

So I want everyone who reads this blog to post a comment. You don’t have to say anything but your name. But you do have to comment.

Everyone.