Connor Albaugh

 January 30, 2023  Man Ray  By: Connor Albaugh             The field of photography allows for so much diversity for artists as well as for the work they create. With diversity, there are differences and variety—two things that make photography as entertaining and exciting as a medium. Everyone has their own individual taste and not only does this maximize creativity, but encourages those in this field to try new things and branch out beyond their normal comfort zone. Practice makes perfect, and curiosity creates opportunities. A rather unique photographer, this person not only attracts his viewers visually, but produces very good pieces of work. He is known as Man Ray and it is important to review what he has been able to do in the field of photography.                Originally born as Emmanuel Radnitzky, “Man Ray was born in 1890 to a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in Philadelphia” (Article 2). He spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn, NY, in a Williamsburg neighborhood after his

 January 23, 2023  Visual Inspiration through Photography  By: Connor Albaugh             Photography was never something I thought I would be good at, nor take an interest in so much so that I have fallen in live with it. The first time that I ever picked up a camera was in high school for a yearbook class. My schedule was quite odd, and I needed one more class to fulfill my credits for the semester. Yearbook was my only option. At first, I thought the work was tedious, having to go to multiple sporting events to take pictures for the school and then make a page about the sports I photographed. Lame! This was my original thought, but when my dad lended me his camera, I feel in love. I like sports a lot, and as an athlete, being able to watch games while take pictures of certain moment in time in regards to the sporting event was quite fun. I started out with only one angle, and with experimentation and creativity, my photographs began to look well composed. They included multiple angl