The Assignment I'm Most Proud Of

Out of all my projects and pictures, this picture is probably what I am most proud of. This picture is from the Cumberland Fair trip. I thought it made a good picture with the white fence and the light. The shadows are interesting and I think the way I used the fence as a frame makes the focus more on the pig. I also love the colors of it's skin and the way it contrasts with the ground. Over all, I think this is my best work because of what I was thinking when I took picture and how I took it.

Most Memorable Experiences

My three most memorable experiences would probably have been the field trip to the Cumberland Fair, the spooky images, and the Who Am I video. At the Cumberland Fair it was fun to walk around the grounds in groups and taking pictures. There was so much to capture and so many different way to take pictures. It definitely helped me with working with compositional strategies when taking pictures. The Fair was one of my favorite part of this class. Another favorite would be the spooky images assignment. This was around Halloween and it was fun to go around and take scary pictures. I went to the cemetery and down in the basement and set up spooky scenes to take.  It was a fun way to practice taking pictures in a certain way. My third favorite would be my Who Am I video. I loved going through old pictures and videos from my past vacations with family. It was a good way to practice organization skills in iMovie and I loved the result. I had many fun experiences in this class but these are my favorite.

Who Am I

Who I am

I am interested in lots of different things. All my life I have been interested in art. When I was younger I would go to art camps during the summer or school year and make projects with my friends. As I get older, I take art classes and volunteer at the camps I used to go to. I play many sports, some on teams some for fun. I play tennis and volleyball in and out of school during the year. In the winter, my family and I go skiing. I have been skiing almost all my life, taking yearly trips to Colorado and Utah. I also love to travel, but haven’t had that many opportunities to go outside the country. Overall, I have many interests that make me who I am.

Pollution in China

I thought the way the photographer captured the photos were most impressive. You can really get the tone and attitude of all the photos by just looking at them. He did a really good job of showing the kind of environment that China has right now. The photos themselves show sadness. The lighting, the reactions, the scene: they all make the pictures more upsetting. Over all, I think that the photographer did a good job of showing a side of China not everyone would expect.

Culture Clash

When making the culture clash collage, I found it difficult to have images that work with each other. They were all from different scenes so it was hard to make them go with each other. It also was hard and time consuming to erase little bits of pictures from different layers. One tool that seem to make some pictures look better was changing the opacity to a lower percent. In the end, I though the project went well and I feel that I know how to use photoshop better.

Holiday Spirit

This picture I took of ginger bread cookies we had. I made a close up of one cookie and then in perspective in the background there are more. I took a picture of the ginger bread men because I think they represent the holidays a lot since so many people make them during Christmas and they seem so traditional.

Food, Sydney

When I was eating, I thought it was interesting how the bright colors of the fresh vegetables 

stood out against the dull background. I also like the way the fork is included, which makes it seem more like a meal than just food. 

Julia Margaret Cameron

This is my creative interpretation of the life of Julia Margaret Cameron
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Out of the Window, Sydney

When taking this photo, it was in the afternoon, so it was just barely starting to get dark. I loved the way the the tree's branches contrasted to the blue sky. I thought the way the branches came from and went off to different sides of the frame made it interesting to look at.

Spooky, Scary Image

Taking this photo, I thought It was creepy how the spiderwebs surrounded the light. The light seemed to emphasize it. I had my brother stand in the background to make it seem that the light bulb and webs was the focus, but out of the corner of your eye you can see a figure.

David Hockney Collage

In our collage, we tried to communicate the setting and feeling of the auditorium. In our collage, the auditorium looks very big in comparison to the person in the center. Although it is a little disordered, which works since thats how Davids Hockneys looked, it capture the essence of the performing arts center. Somethings I learned during this project was in order to have the collage look neat and tidy, every corner of every picture needed to be completely glued down so the surface was smooth. Another was that you have to uses a lot of different picture from different angles so you have enough to choose from when situated pictures and putting them together.

Hobbies, Sydney

Taking this picture, I can remember hearing kids a parents cheering as a soccer game went on in the field next to us. I could feel the sand under my feet and on my knees. I remember thinking how interesting the socks looked next to volleyball. The net in the background shows that I'm at a sand volleyball court.

In our collage, we tried to communicate the setting and feeling of the auditorium. In our collage, the auditorium looks very big in comparison to the person in the center. Although it is a little disordered, which works since thats how Davids Hockneys looked, it capture the essence of the performing arts center. Somethings I learned during this project was in order to have the collage look neat and tidy, every corner of every picture needed to be completely glued down so the surface was smooth. Another was that you have to uses a lot of different picture from different angles so you have enough to choose from when situated pictures and putting them together.

Creative Portraits

 In this photograph I chose to use the composition "alter perspective". I like this picture because you can see the full length of the body even though she is in a tree. I had the lens right be her foot to capture the entire subject. Also, the way she looks down makes the photo more interesting.

In this photograph I used "obscure part of subject". There are a couple of things that I think make this photograph interesting. One is that half of her body/face is blocked by the tree. Another is the color and lighting in the background.

David Hockney

When did the Cubist Period occur? Who is credited with this style? What are aspects featured of the Cubist Artwork?

The Cubist Period occurred in the 20th century between the years of 1914 to 1917. It was started by Pablo Picasso and George Barque in Paris. Cubist artwork emphasized flat 2D surfaces with no perspective or other traditional techniques such as chiaroscuro or modeling. Figures often showed fragmented bodies with multiple sides being shown at once.

Who is David Hockney? What kind of work does/has he done? What Cubist features do you notice in David Hockney's work? Where and how might he have been influenced by the cubist period?

David Hockney is an artist who was born in 1937. He became famous when he was in his mid-twenties and was known as the greatest artist of his generation. His early paintings had a lighter, joking mood to them and was considered pop art, but later his art became more traditional as he began painting portraits later in his life. The figures in his work are very vague and undetailed, and, like the cubist style of painting, is in 2D and flat.

Cumberland Fair

Macro

Freshly picked apples right off the tree,

Coated with sugar, sweet as can be.

Only for the food is why we come to the fair, 

Fresh caramel apples, its scent in the air.

 Macro

Landscape

Portrait

Famous Portraits

Famous Portraits

Richard Avedon's style of photographing started out as fashion. His photos are well lit and express the essence of his subject. I like this photograph because the woman still looks very elegant while in between the three elephants.

Arnolds style of photography is that when taking a picture, he includes the setting and background. I like this photo because even though it is still clearly a portrait, he captured the background of the theatre which made it more interesting.

I love this picture by Annie Leibovitz. They way the light hits the woman and especially the dress gives it almost an angelic look. Also, she still was able to capture the background despite the strong subject.

Stunning Portraits

Stunning Portraits

"Obscure part of your subject"
“Obscure part of your subject” is the techniques when you use another object such as clothing or another body part such as hands and use it/them to block a part of the face. Zooming in can exclude parts from the frame as well.

"Alter the perspective"
Altering your perspective makes the photo more interesting than an eye-level shot. Taking a picture from above or below can give a different view of the subject and make it more interesting.

"Looking off camera"

"Looking off camera" is just what it sounds like. When the subject looks away from the lens, it gives the sense of candid, as though they didn't know the picture was being taken. Also, it makes the viewer wonder what the subject is looking at.

"Experiment with lighting"
This is when you play with light to give the photo a mood. You can use shadows to hide part of the subjects feature or use more light to give it light and free feeling.

"Shoot candidly"
Shooting candids can have that carefree feeling to them since they are less posed and set up. Candids can capture the setting, personality, action, etc. of the subject. These are often taken when the subject id unaware they are being photographed.

I find this photo is interesting in a few different ways. One is that the colors in the background are so bright, but the main focus, the flower, stands out because of the change in color. Also, the way the light hits the flower makes interesting shadows.