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Saturday, August 25, 2012

"Here's your sign..."

There really is no description to this bunch of photos, they are just a bunch of signs from around campus. It was more an editing experiment.

Hope you enjoyed my photos. I am always available for any professional photography for any occasion, and photos are also available for purchase. Please leave comments and suggestions. Thank you for you continuous support. -Deanna C. Sakal

"What Country Is"

This summer I have had a lot of freedom while shooting. My friend has a horse and I want to challenge myself by photographing larger animals, and let me say this... I want to photograph more equestrian related photography. Tell me how I did!

Sweet Home Alabama

I went to Alabama at the beginning of the summer to see my family. While I was down there my aunt and uncle took me out on the Tennessee River around sunset. I really enjoy photographing landscapes and nature. At the right time of day it is breathtaking. Here are some of my images from my trip.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Bows Bows Bows

Another Thread shoot I got the chance to photograph was Bows and Bow Ties. I wanted to make this shoot fun and colorful by using gels in the background for a rich color contrast between the clothing and the background. Here is what I shot, hope you enjoy it.

Candy!

This is an old one. At the beginning of spring quarter Thread did a story about candy colored accessories, and I never got around to posting my photos. Here were my favorites!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Alternative Process

One of the last assignments before the final was to get creative and come up with an alternative process of photography. It could be anything such as a disposable camera, or distressed film, or any camera other than the one we use for class. I decided to make my process different when it came to the print. I transfered an ink jet photo to a water color paper using water making the final image look like a black and white water color image. It took a lot of trial and error but here is what I came up with!

Express Yourself

I know this is really late, but for my final portraiture assignment I decided to have people give me as many facial expressions as possible in less than two minutes. I wanted it to be raw and fast with little preparation. To make it a bit different I did the shoots outside against different textured backgrounds. This was a fun series that I would like to continue just for kicks and gigs. Here are the final six photos, prepare to laugh!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Self Portrait

With my self portrait assignment I went the art route. I focused on my love for art and my crazy green eyes, which in all the photos are not edited. I also focused on my shyness in one of the photos. I am very pleased with the outcome because I shot this assignment in my living room with one constant light.

This one was just for fun, and editing experimentation.

Lights on Location

I will not lie, I did not like this assignment. I am a natural light person and using complex lighting set ups is not my thing. I went a checked out lights to try and push myself. Joke was on me, I ended up using mostly natural light with a small speed light for fill, which still qualified for the assignment. i photographed my friend Danni who was painting a six foot tall painting. this was a challenging shoot for me because the painting was something I wanted to capture along with Danni, but it was so big I was not quite sure how to photograph it. Here is the three image series, which I am pleased with.

Representational

My third assignment was a non-facial portrait. It is just like it sounds, the person's face could not be in the photo. I asked a friend who I went to Italy with, to be my subject. Emily has been playing the violin for years and I know it is something she is very passionate about. She was very willing to help me out with this assignment. For once I actually had a plan! I had Emily wear all black against a black background. I wanted it to look like her hands and the violin were floating and it worked! Here is what I came up with. Enjoy!

I love this photo, it is so dramatic!