Sarah Criswell Crit 1 Black and White/ Mystery

Oh what a week! I learned a lot about this myself, my phone and how to take a picture beyond a selfie this week. I am about as beginner as they come for this class so I did a lot of learning.

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S5. I played around with a few different apps. My standard camera on my phone, Snapseed and Photo Editor Pro.

My first photo I chose for my recipe this week was my POW.  In case you did not see my comments from the blog, this is the inside to an artichoke. It is what you find near the heart when you are peeling it apart. As for the picture, there is not much of a recipe besides beginners luck.  I took this photo with my standard camera on my phone, I was trying to use the flash and couldn't get it to work right (like I said beginner) I actually almost deleted it. When I was looking through my pics later that day I started messing with the color and was surprised how it came out. It was dark already (lack of flash) but it had deep purple hues and they really seemed to stand out when I worked with the colors on Snapseed. I wish I could say something smart or magical about it but I really can't

My next picture I chose is my personal favorite this week. I really had fun doing close up pictures to help with the mystery. I had a hard time at first keeping my camera still enough at times due to some health related issues but I found when I was able to balance my camera on something , in this case the ground, it really helped and made this weeks crit a little easier for me. I like the option on my standard phone camera to help the with the focus with just the touch of a finger. I was really happy with the clearness, and deep colors that came with this picture when changed to black and white. The contrast of the tiny rock stuck in the metal grate is my favorite part.