Landscape research photo

when researching landscape photos, this picture really spoke to me. I think it's mostly because of the reflection of the photo itself in the water that makes it so interesting. I love all of the different colors that are presented. For instance, the tress are orange, the grass is green, and the sky is a cloudy blue. the colors make a really interesting clash . What I also notice in the photo is the ripple of water in the whole calm river. It's like this tiny thing disturbed this peaceful setting. What's really cool about Landscape photos is your capturing what is exactly there. It's not like taking a photo of a person where you dress them up and try to capture and emotion, but landscape shows you all it has. Then it's up to the photographer to capture it the right way.

fashion picture/identity

For this assignment I remember you saying that we could combine our identity photo and our fashion photo. Well I personally think that this picture shows both. Firstly, the reason why i think this photo shows identity is because in California, people know us for the sun and the beach. I think that this picture shows Ashley's "culture/identity" because it's representing that come trait linked to being from here. Nextly, I think that this photo shows fashion because, Ashley's advertising her bathing suit along with her cardigan. I really like this picture not only because of the setting but because of the colors present. Because the sun is going down in the background, it creates a "glow" on the rocks. Also, when you get further down on the picture, the undertone of it changes to a bluish color. If i could go back and fix this photo, I would have added better lighting on Ashleys face, just because it seems kind of dull. But overall taking this picture was a great experience and I'm starting to become really interested in fashion photography!

The Portrait Issue

When reading about portraits, we were introduced to Manjari Sharma. This inside excerpt, shows us where Sharma started out and where she went from there. Shrama, growing up in India, came over to America at the young age of 21 to study at Columbus. For Sharma, taking portraits was just a test and trial for her, but she noticed that her and her models were able to get more into their work as they went along. It became easy for her and her models to share the most intimate of conversations, while also enjoying a cup of tea. Personally, I like the work that Sharma does in the shower, because I think that it really captures a person naturally. A person just doesn't just merely see a person nude, but they see inside the person instead.

bringing the arts together

I thought that this assignment, was very intimidating to accomplish yet fun to do. because we had to use the strobes to capture better lighting, it became harder because, you had to know what to set the camera at, and where to plug the things in. there was also became a challenge when we had to decide where to place our models. this part became very time consuming because you needed to capture your models in a certain way that would represent what SCPA is all about. But, I think that once we got past all of the kinks, we were able to get a couple of nice shoots on the digital camera. But our good luck streak came to an end when the digital camera died, and we had to use the rest for film. but even though this project was meant for film, we didn't use the strobe for the film which we should have. unfortunately, one of our group members accidently lost our film, so all we had were the couple of digital photos that we took, which were mainly just test photos. though i really like tthis image and because everyone is like doing an acton, i think that it just really expresses how powerful the arts are.

portrait photo

for this assignment we had to capture natural lighting on a models face. but unfortunately, where i went wrong with my photo is that there is an excess amount of light over one of my models eyes, which makes her look like she has bags under them. I think that if i had my model a little further away from the door way, then this photo would have come out better. I really like portraits, because i think that they really capture who the person is. The angling of this photo brings you close enough to the person to show you who they are inside. If I got to do this assignment over, then I would have had my model face the camera more and maybe not show any expression on her face. Though, I do like how the wind gets entangled in my models hair because I think that it adds a nice element.

put yourself in a picture....

In all honesty I really liked doing this project! I found it really fun, and I think as I get better, I will be able to add new elements to my photos. For this project, I really wanted to add myself to a funny image to make my picture funner. I didn't find this assignment hard at all. I think it was mostly because all of the assignments that we were already working on for photo shop. I really am learning and remembering what to do.

face softening

Before starting this face softening project, I didn't think that it would really make a difference. But when eventually starting the assignment, i found that it was really cool and that it actually worked. This assignment was really fun, and it was an interesting technique to learn on photo shop. I really like knowing how to do this, because now i feel like it will really add to the quality of my images. Photo shop is just a great skill to have these days, because it really comes in handy.

Photoshop Essentials.

In our photoshop composition project, at first i definitely was a little confused as to what to do. At first i wasn't sure exactly how to work photoshop, which is mainly because I'm not very computer savvy. But after playing around with my photo, and getting more used to it, i became more comfortable. As far as composition wise, i feel that I'm in the middle. Everything in my picture is basically centered, and proportionate, but i feel like it's too mush of a balance. From this assignment I'd like to learn more of how to make things maybe not so balanced, while still having them look good. Over all, i really liked this project, and learning composition. 

Sequencing project

When making the booklet for sequencing, i found it to be a little difficult. what was hard about it was i accidently, folded the paper inside the booklet wrong multiple times. I also, cut the cardboard wrong multiple times. Before even starting the shooting for sequencing, i found it hard to fin a theme. I think that's what took me so long to shoot it. By taking so long to do this, is taught me to be prepared, and that sometime I should just dive in to my work. By doing this i would have had more time, and my work would have came out better. My sequencing story is about two street fighters. In the first scene they notice each other and then point. Then they walk up to each other, and Troy punches Ashley in her face which results her to fall down to the ground. But when Troy isn't paying attention, Ashley gets up, and punches troy in his face, getting her rightly deserved pay back. The end of my story leaves off with troy on the ground and with Ashley doing a victory dance. I think that shooting sequencing was very fun, and it showed me that Photography could also be incorporated with art. What i didn't like about my images is that most of them came out way too dark, and some of them had this strange spotting one them. But that resulted from me not having enough time and procrastinating. Overall, i really like this assignment, and i would recommend it to anyone.

studio lighting

With our fourth assignment being studio lighting, i found that i was able to capture a deeper insight into my models persona. In this photograph, you can see my model Casey, staring blankly at an object. The expression on her face, and the way her body is posed, shows that there is something going within the walls of this girl. She presents a look of being hurt and lost, like a scared child. This photo reminds me of how people feel when they do not know what to do. I think that this picture is aesthetically pleasing because, my models persona is dark, and so is the background around her. i would call this work figurative because it shows you an insight of how someone feels. I don't think that there are really any shapes within this photo, and for the most part I see it as being flat. I really like the color of my model glowing in this picture instead of there just being a complete darkness. In this photo I am trying to show people that it is only human to feel this way, and everyone has those days. In my opinion. I really like this photo because of the deeper meaning it has behind it. I think that it worked out really well, but it was a little hard to process it, because the background was already a little dark.

Self portrait

When doing our self portrait for photography i found it to be a little difficult. I did like the project, but i found it hard to try and find multiple persona's of myself. I did my self portrait at home which made the quality of the photos not as good, but i found it easier to be myself in the privacy of closed doors. Though this assignment was a little embarrassing to, it was really fun to have my art focused on me. I think that this was a really cool approach with studying photography and i really liked it. For my first photo, i did a persona Of a little girl. I really like this one, because it shows that not everyone has grown up yet. For my second persona i portrayed a business women, I think that this one really connected to me because i always find myself having to be the bigger person. For my third person i did myself. I thought that it was really important to incorporate myself in this project because it shows how i want people to see me. And lastly, for my final persona, I did a princess because every girl has a little Princess in her. Overall this project was really fun and I thought that it really contributed to my learing in photography! thank your so much Mrs. Alvarez!

miley on a pyramid

For our photoshop assignment, i found a little difficulty. Overall, it was fun but I'm not very good on the computer. When doing this project, i received help from Troy and Ashley. We did review the tutorial together, but the lasso on Photo shop was hard to control. For my image, i put Miley Cyrus in front of 2 pyramids, while she was singing her single Party in the U.S.A. It was also hard because, i couldn't get the lasso on right so i had to start over a lot. I think that this project was very beneficial to our learning in photography because it showed us all of the things that we could do with our images.