My first photogram (above) which is basically abstract was easy to capture because they were all solid objects (except for the feather) I exposed it to an Iphone light for roughly 5 seconds. Everything turned out perfect because what was exposed was pitch black and the parts that were covered were a very pale white. The only part I wasn't happy about was the fact that the feather just seemed like a curved piece of paper. Like I wrote previously, it lost it's detail caused by overexposure.
My second photogram (above) became exactly what I wanted. Exposing the paper for only 2 seconds the detail of the feather was impeccable and the sunglasses had a cool effect. Since light passes through the lenses easier, you saw the shape of the sunglasses perfectly. Also, because it wasn't exposed for long the color isn't completely black, but a type of dark grey giving it somewhat of an older feel to the photo.
Second time in the photo lab I knew exactly what I wanted. Using a small book I wanted to flapped out pages to create a sort of "light beaming" experience emerging from the ground. The only fear I had with this was exposing it for too long and having the pages come out more as a block than dispersed lines. Ironically my first problem was not enough exposure leaving more than 3/4 of my paper white(exposing it for 2 seconds). I feel like I got it right the second time right when I exposed it for strictly 4 seconds, I captured an interesting idea. the top center of the photo became a very dark black and as it goes lower into the photo it becomes light and light shades of grey to an almost white. The side top corners are a light grey and again as we move lower become lighter and lighter til the lines sort of merge together to make a half circle at the bottom of the photo. I personally like this photo because the different shades gives the idea that the light can eventually take over the darkness.
