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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!

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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!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Feeling down? Saddle up!

My second assignment in my portraiture class was an environmental portrait of an interesting person. I chose to photograph my friend Amy who owns a horse (which to me, is super interesting). The requirements for this assignment were restricting. The photo had to be taken in open shade or using north light, it also had to have a shallow depth of field and be produced in black and white. So naturally my thought process was, "ahhh!"
Luckily Amy and I had talked about shooting her portraits long before the assignment, so I knew I had a very willing and enthusiastic model. Lady on the other had was more concerned with the treats that were floating around to keep her attention (p.s. horses like licking reflectors, Lady was quite curious about my gold reflector at the beginning of the shoot). All in all I really enjoyed photographing Amy and trying my hand at photographing something larger than a dog. After this, I would love to continue photographing horses, they are such amazing creatures especially in motion! Thank you again Amy and Lady!

This is the photo I used for the assignment.

This is my favorite photo!

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This is a close second because of the moment I was able to capture!

Lady

I love the motion, I really want to expand on this!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Classmate Portrait

This quarter I am taking a class which I will consider my biggest challenge. I am taking portraiture, which I will not lie, is not my favorite type of photography.
My first assignment was a classmate portrait, and somehow I ended up shooting my roommate Levi. We had to portray something about our subject that people do not know or is just part of that persons life, and it cannot be that they are a photographer. I focused on the fact that Levi is obsessed with his hair and appearance. I tried to shoot from a realistic point of view. I hope you think this is an accurate representation.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Puerto Rico

Over spring break my family and I went on a trip to Puerto Rico. It was a fantastic, much needed break. I used the trip as a relaxed photography opportunity. I had never been to Puerto Rico and cannot wait until my return trip there. Next time I hope to visit the rain forest next time. This past trip we visited Old San Juan and went to the two old fortresses. I hope you enjoy me photos and my trip through my camera lens.

Old San Juan, Pueto Rico. Castillo San Christobal is the largest fortification in the Americas. It was used to protect the city from land attacks against rivals such as England in 1598 and Holland in 1625.

HMS Bounty, used for the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty"

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Still Life Final!

I loved Still Life and I really would like it to be a part of my future. For the final we each had to roll dice and get a number 2-12. the number then represented a month. I got five which equals May. We had to do two images which represent that month. we had to have the number represented somehow in the image either with the number of items in the picture or the number itself. A lot of people in my class got may, so I wanted to go a different unique route. I did not want to do flowers or spring in any way. I decided to do Memorial Day and a golf picture. I am happy with both and the uniqueness of them for the assignment. I hope you enjoy the images!

Fashion

A few weeks ago I was given the assignment of food or fashion. I went with fashion. This shoot was a struggle because the image was not Plan A or Plan B but maybe Plan G. My mom had sent me some stuff by mail to shoot, and it ended up getting lost, grrrr. The package was eventually found but it was frustrating at the time. Anyway I had this bracelet from Italy that was in the form of a snake. I fount some wood and grass in the backyard and made a earthy habitat for my snake. One of my plans was to use a photo I had from a Thread shoot, but I wanted to shoot something new. I hope you enjoy my snake.

This is a photo I really liked from my Thread shoot.