Friday, May 18, 2012

Macro

In this assignment we used macro mode on our camera to create a difference between focus in photos. For example, I shot my photos really close to any object and made either the background blurry or in focus; whatever was the opposite of the object I was close to.












Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Me, Myself and I

In this assignment, we portrayed photos from our early childhood (born-1st grade), childhood (2nd grade-5th grade), and beginning of teenage years (6th grade-9th grade). The photos are supposed to show our childhood and what we felt and cherished in those years.

Early Childhood



Childhood

Middle School



Thursday, April 26, 2012

Class Biographies

Each one of Sasha’s photos exemplify extreme complications and are not easy to take in, but once you look at it for a little you understand the depth of Carey’s works. You could say that Carey is mostly interested in the photography of motion. She incorporates it into many different assignments for photography such as simply motion sequences and her experimental sketchbook. One of her favorite photos is one where the motion sequence is a girl moving her body around in different frames, “I love this one, because it portrays a lost soul through the motion in each frame” says Sasha Carey.
Although, as said above, a majority of her photos are motion and sequence, Sasha does have her adventurous side. A lot of interesting photos pop in color or are an intriguing story to look at. But all in all, Sasha takes photos that make everyone wonder, and pulls in the looker. Her angles, movements and photos make the picture have a little extra something in it.

Looking through Abbey’s blog, you realize this girl is into toy, storytelling and sequence. In a majority of her photos she portrays a story through her sequence photos. In another case she uses fake figurines to portray another story.
            There is so much more behind the work of Abbey’s because she tells an in-depth story, which is, interpreted the positioning of her models or her fake, toy models. Everyone of her photos defines the everyday world but through a fake toys eyes.
Taking a look at Alex’s photos, I do not see a very consistent pattern. Mainly Alex focuses on a lot of actions shots, largely incorporating action shots of people fencing, in action. I generally see a lot of use of angles just like Sam Chao, and that he takes advantage of great lighting for photography.


From looking at Tom’s photos, I get a sense that he is very infatuated with pigeons. Although not consistently displayed in his photos (I mean pigeons are hard to catch), he still sticks to a very similar photography style.
In all of Tom’s photos, I get a very simple and uncomplicated look from taking a peek at them. I also noticed a great use of shadows in his photos either from direct shots of shadows or mysterious shots. Tom likes to keep it simple for the most point.



Carlos' style of photography shows great grasp of a concept and much creativity. In many of his photos, he displays a major use of sepia filter and emphasis on his project goal. All of his photos are extremely laid out clear and very precisely photographed.
Carlos is a great photographer because he creates in general a great flow. It seems he mainly likes to work in black and white, sepia, or any filter that isn't color. This portrays a very simple image where you understand right away. 

Chuan gives a vibe from her photos that is unlike most photographers work. She makes a photo more vibrant in color, detail and portrayal. A major theme in her work is emphasizing the image, as said before, by making her images vibrant
Those photos are also generally accompanied by text that generates emotions that she really makes apparent. In one photo in particular, named "Leave", it is a character looking distraught, with the very unsettling colors of black and red which sets off a siren. And to tie together the whole picture, in cracked white letters, she writes "Leave" which shows that the character really is distraught and the unstable looking word really morphs that whole image together. 
The thing about Eric’s photos is that he has a ton of fine detailing. A mass amount of his photos are dark, black and offsetting. Eric’s photos incorporate a lot a nature as a main theme. In a majority of his photos it incorporates a natural setting where he captures the movement and lineage of nature.
In a few of his photos, he edited them to look unnatural which is very different compared to the rest of his material. He edited his photos to define their characteristics, which in a way compares to his black and white deep photos because they are both defined. 


While Ian's photos are extremely deep and crisp, he stays mainly minimalistic and simplistic. Looking through his photos that are so cleanly and perfectly portrayed and photographed, it shows a deeper sense of understanding of the things around us. 

Sam Chao is inspiring in the way that he really knows what he is doing. In his photography there really isn’t a consistent way he takes photos but every way is experimental and very clean cut.
Each one of Sam’s photo’s represent something more then just a picture.  The photos are deep but right off the bat represent the idea he is trying to perceive. A majority of his photos have to do with storytelling. His photos come from different angles, which keep it interesting, but nothing to hard to look at. He experiments with many different textures and styles of editing.



Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Song Interpretation

For this assignment I picked a song to interpret. I interpreted the song into three photos that explained the song. I chose "The Emergency" by BT. This song emits feelings of that good things are worth the wait, all great things are worth fighting for and love is no exception. These photos show the struggle between two  lovers and that its always worth the wait for true/real love.


"I wanted things to get better
I was in pain
I wanted you to be my lifeline
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I wanted love to get better
I wait in line
For something I knew that I would get to keep" 
(Excerpt from The Emergency)

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Experimental Sketchbook 2

In this assignment we put words on photos. The expression "A Picture is worth a thousand words" describes what this assignment is about exactly. We are supposed to find a picture that speaks to use and then write a quote, sentence, or word that explains the feelings and emotions of the photo.







Thursday, February 9, 2012

Experimental Sketchbook

In this assignment, we had to manipulate photos to create an illusion.

- Sunless tan
- Eye color
- Airbrush
- Gooify


- Infared
- Gooify
- Eye Bright


- HSL filter
- Focal focus
- Gooify


- Hypnotic
- Tint
- Sharpen

- Crystalize
- Hypnotic


- Vibrance
- Texture


- Hex cells
- Panography-ish
- Duo-tone


- 1960's
- Hex cells


- Duo-tone
- Hypnotic
- Ripple blocks


- Puzzle
- Circle Splash
- Gooify
- Sunless tan