Final Project Part 2- Portrait

What do you see?

Michelle is standing behind branches from a tree, beside a fence. If you see closely there trees far behind her.  She is wearing a plaid shirt and a high bun. The light is coming from the top right corner.

How is the work organized?

Texture is seen in nature. Their is not really a focal point that I wanted to capture, that is why movement and rhythm are present through the branches that are connected. There is also perspective present in the photo, because you can see the fence getting smaller and further into the distance. The red accents of the shirt and the green color of the leaves complement each other very giving the photo a nice color theme.

What is the artist trying to communicate?
My intention of this portrait was to show how people are connected and affected by nature. We should take care of nature and be aware of contamination.

What  do you think of the work?
I think it was successful. I like that the plants did not overwhelmed the presence of the model.

Final Project Part 1- Series

What do you see?

In each photo the model is emphazised a different way surrounding her the dry nature. In two photos her entire body is shown in the photo. The other two only a part of her body like head and feet.

How is the work organized?
I emphasize the model by plain surrounding and natural lighting. Also by shooting from different angles in each one. For example the one where she is laying in the ground.

What is the artist trying to communicate?
Their really isn't an intention for the series, they just relate by the surroundings and different angles from the model.

What do you think about it?
I really enjoyed shooting the series and liked the outcome.

Album Cover

What do you see?
Two legos. a cube, a big L, shadows, a monochromatic background and an album cover.

How is the work organized?
The structures and the legos are in a line parallel to the sun. This produces the shadows to create the sinister background and atmosphere of the photo.

What is the artist trying to communicate?
The fear and frightening moment of a person, creates the sinister atmosphere for the metal album cover.

What do you think of the work?
I think it was one of my best photos, it really looks like an album cover.


Hours of work: 7 hours
Graphic designer: $25 dlls per hour
Photographer: $100 dlls per hour

I worked 4 hours as a photographer and earned $400 dlls. As a graphic designer I worked 3 hours and earned $75 dlls.

Pay check: $475 dlls.

Photoshop

Series

   

What do you see?

One stuffed animal in each photograph. Nature is included in the surroundings of each stuffed animal.

How is the work organized?

The bottom two are taken from above. The top one is taken from below the bird looking up. In each one shadows from the grass or leaves are created by the sun. The bottom two stuffed animals are located below the horizon line and the top one above the horizon line.

What is the artist trying to communicate?

The relation for the photographs is that all the stuffed animals are representing real ones in their own common surroundings. The bird is in a tree with its nest, the bunny popping out of the hole and the sheep in the grass.

What do yo think of the work?

I think the theme really worked and made the photographs have a connection. I really enjoy the series because it meets my interest of cute stuffed animals. The one thing that I would change would be in the photograph of the sheep, remove the blue object in the right upper corner that I was not aware of.  

5 interesting facts

1. The first person who managed to take a snapshot was in 1826.The exposure of the hot lasted 8 hours.
2. The first aerial photograph was taken from a hot air balloon above Paris in 1858.
3. The owner of Kodak (George Eastmen) named the camera after the sound he thought the shutter made.
4. In1727 Johann Shulze discovered that silver nutrade darkened upon exposure to light.
5. 1st digital camera (only 1.4 mega pixels) = $10,000.

Self Expression

 What do you see?

A girl sitting in a chair holding a question mark. The background is art.

How is the work organized?

The background stands out with color even with the dull color. The main focus is the girl, she creates shadow and value.

What is the artist trying to communicate?

I am questioning art. This is my first year in a performing art school. Seeing all this art is amazing, but what is the composition about?

What do you think of the work?

I think I represented my concept well . If could change anything it would be lighted right section that does not belong to the set.