Photo Journal

Day 1 & Day 2

A     B    C

For the first two days, we tried relentlessly to capture an image of a sneeze in motion.  This was extremely frustrating because we had to snort, not sniff, a considerable amount of pepper and because our camera wasn't appropriate for the project.  The first day of photography, the pepper wasn't triggering a sneeze for either of us, and when it finally did, the camera's lag time prevented us from getting an image of anything.  Although we were disheartened, we recruited Chelsea's mother to help us on the second day.  Her mother, Kelley Nielsen, is a very reliable sneezer.  Her whole life, she has sneezed twice after eating a peppermint.  However, when the pressure was on, she found it hard to perform.  She did try snorting the pepper, and was able to sneeze about ten times; regretfully we weren't able to capture any of these events due to the same problem we had previously faced - the camera.

Images Explained:

Image A was captured on day one of photography. We had resorted to pseudo-sneezing, with hopes of capturing an interesting image. This image was a triple exposure because of the noise ( Ah-Choo ). If you look carefully you can see the 'sneeze' in three different stages. In the first exposure Cayla is about to 'sneeze', in the second exposure she is beginning to 'sneeze', and in the third exposure she has 'sneezed'. The result is self explanatory.

Image B was also a pseudo-sneeze, however this time the photograph was a double exposure. You can see the projectile coming from Chelsea's mouth this time, rather than the nose. The background is not as distracting as the first image. However, a shadow was cast due to the position of the flash.

Image C was not a sneeze at all. The mist that you can see in the image is actually spray from a bottle. Chelsea's mom stood behind her and squirted the spray while Cayla photographed the event.

Day 3 & Day 4

For the next two days, we focused solely on capturing images of a wet balloon burst.  The setup was simple, so we were able to focus on obtaining focused, well lit images.  We did have a problem with the first set of balloons we used, becaues the balloons were very old and unmanageable.  Not only was it difficult to blow the balloons up, we also had trouble popping the balloons.  The image above was exemplary of that problem. Although Cayla did penetrate the balloon, instead of a popping effect, the balloon simply deflated.  Other than that problem, we captured creative images without fail.