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Barnouw Ch.1 (p. 1-31), Nichols Ch. 5 (p. 89-103).
It astounds me how little has changed in documentary filmmaking. Many of the same challenges that faced those early Lumière camera...
Henry Whiteley
Mar 171 min read


Photos 14 - Symmetry, Texture, and Leading Lines
1) Sometimes, a dad just needs to put a star on the top of his house. Of course, it looks best at the tippy top, creating a natural...
Henry Whiteley
Dec 11, 20241 min read


Photos 13 - Extreme Close-Ups
1) The junk food isle is full of strange delights of carefully crafted branding for poorly crafted food. Look closely, and it all...
Henry Whiteley
Dec 11, 20241 min read


Photos 12 - Wides
The WCCB is decrepit high school far from the world of BYU’s main campus. That said, choosing to exile the visual arts students was a...
Henry Whiteley
Nov 23, 20241 min read


Photos 11–Color 2
Saturation in the Fall is all over. This was right before it came crumbling down to winter. There’s something so fun and exciting about...
Henry Whiteley
Nov 17, 20241 min read


Photos 10 - Rhythm
Nice and slow, this photo takes its time. Where do those lines lead? It’s not worried about that. What are they for? It doesn’t care. ...
Henry Whiteley
Nov 10, 20241 min read


Photos 9 - Light
1) Big empty walls have always enticed me. There is something so unnatural about that two dimensional surface in the real world. When...
Henry Whiteley
Nov 5, 20241 min read


Photos - 8
1) Color isn't always my jam...but there are a few things that only color can do justice. Fall colors, especially yellow, feel so...
Henry Whiteley
Oct 27, 20241 min read


Photos 7 - Tone
1) This house is amazing. It's very existence is a contrast in tones. I walked by this house everyday on my walk to school and my heart...
Henry Whiteley
Oct 20, 20241 min read


Photos 6 - Shape
1) I love the look of students on campus. One can learn a great deal just from looking at the clothes they wear, the books they carry,...
Henry Whiteley
Oct 12, 20241 min read


Photos 5 - Line
1) As the sun gets lower, the shadows get more fun. That's what happens in the hallways of the WCCB late in the day. These diagonal...
Henry Whiteley
Oct 5, 20241 min read


Photo 4 - Space 2
1) There is something so lovely about a well-worn sign. They hang, looking about for who knows how long. They are a still messenger in...
Henry Whiteley
Sep 28, 20241 min read


Photos 3 - Deep Space
This yellow warning sign is the center of attention for a number of reasons. The lines from the tiled floor, the line caused by the...
Henry Whiteley
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Photos 2 - Points of Emphasis
We rarely see our home in the early hours of the morning. It can feel lifeless, still, and can help us see clearly the strangeness of...
Henry Whiteley
Sep 14, 20241 min read


Photos 1 - Arresting Images
She waits in the parking lot. It's hot; there's not a lot to look at. She's ready to go home. What's taking so long? Centering...
Henry Whiteley
Sep 7, 20241 min read


5 Cool Things
Akihiko Okamura was a photographer I was introduced to over the summer in Ireland. Though Japanese, Okamura spent his life photographing...
Henry Whiteley
Sep 7, 20242 min read
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