Some of the reasons why I like this photograph are that it is the house that was recently built that my aunt is going to live in. I especially liked the contrast between the bright foreground with the snow and the darker background with trees and hills. The landscaping has yet to be completed around the house which also contrasts with the heavily forested background. The house itself is of very modern build and very symmetrical whereas the rest of the photograph is not symmetrical at all. I chose this time of day because the sun was just rising behind me and that made it so everything that I wanted (the entirety of the front of the house and the hills and valley behind it) was illuminated by the light of the sun.
Some of the conceptual things about this photograph is the contrasted foreground and background. This made it especially difficult to get all of the values right and the exposure needed to be perfected. Also, Ansel Adams is known for the large depth-of-field seen in all of his photographs . I think that I captured that aspect of his style and everything is in focus. Another aspect of his style that was key for making this photograph an emulation of his work, was capturing all the different colors and shades, even though it is black and white. You can tell the difference between something that is, lets say, red and something that is green because the values were still held in the black and white version of the photograph.
I, of course, tried to capture this aspect of his style. Although, to the right of the house in the bushes, the branches seem to congeal together and you really can't see the difference from one to another. Also, in order to make the background bright enough to see without much effort, I had to increase the exposure of the entire photograph. This made some patches of snow in the front of the house and little over-exposed. So some of the darker places remained too dark and some of the lighter places became too light. Also, some of the shadows were distorted and brightened too much to where you can't see them anymore which is of course a problem.
There are a few things that I might do a little differently next time. I would try to, when taking to photograph, pay a little more mind to the exposure of the entire photograph, not just the foreground like I originally did. Also, I might try to get further back away from the main subject of the house so as to get more of a background then what I currently have. A few things that I like and think that I did well was the emulation side of the project. I still took a nature photograph, but with the spin of putting something man-made and modern, in this case a house, into the mix. Also, I like how everything in the photograph was in focus.
