Noun: Nature

For this particular photoshoot, we were to take images to represent a noun of our choice. My noun happened to be nature. Because my noun was nature, I took pictures of the 6 categories of sky, water, ground, trees, plants, and flowers. For each category, I took 5 different pictures for a total of 30. I went to places such as Morse Reservoir, my neighborhood pond, and my backyard. Although I didn't go very far, I got some really awesome photos. I used a lot of leading lines in this shoot. By using leading lines, rule of thirds, and a variety of distances, I was able to step away from this project with some really great pictures. My voice was really able to shine through as an artist because I was able to pick my subject. This photoshoots lead me to find little hideouts in my neighborhood that I didn't know was there which I'm happy about. I was pretty strong through out this photoshoot. When I am able to take pictures of whatever I want, I think that my pictures are way better. My weakness was maybe the small amount of time I had to do this photoshoot. The past two weekends I have traveled for soccer, so I didn't have much free time.

Foodie

This week, we had an in-class photoshoot of food! Of course, I took lots of pictures around the classroom of food. There were 8 total stations set up with various types of food. For example. one  table was covered in candy while another had vegetables. Setting up my scene was the most difficult part of the photoshoot. As an artist, I was to focus on both the scene and the lighting I applied to it. Mrs. Hahn taught us to set up our objects in the shape of a pyramid to make it most interesting. As always, I focused on using the rule of thirds. I enjoyed working with reflective food such as the frosting on this doughnut and water droplets on vegetables. I used my voice with the simplicity of the images I took. Now when I look at food, I see the interesting shapes and angles that would make for a great photo. I didn't have many strengths. One problem with this photoshoot, in my opinion, is that everyone takes pictures of the same subject. This makes it extremely difficult to show my voice through my images. My weakness was setting up the scene. I was pretty bad at making the food look yummy when I piled it up. If I could change this photoshoot, I would make more stations with less food and different lighting at each to create more of a variety.

Juxtaposition Photoshoot

Using contrasting images, I was able to create juxtaposition between concepts. I had a but of an advantage for this photoshoot. My friend took this photo class last year, so she told me about this photoshoot, so I was able to get a head start over the summer. No matter when the images were taken, I had a lot of fun with it. I was able to take photos from my family's farm to inside my own house. I found it was easy to find contrasting concepts if you knew what to look for. I really focused on using contrasting colors in this shoot to add an extra opposite element. I really like the collage that is posted because the colors are also contrasting one another. I used a lot of light against dark as well as irony with my pictures. I used my voice as an artist by showing pictures of nature throughout the most pictures. I feel like my strength is recognizing juxtaposition within everyday objects that some people may never notice. A few of my pictures would be considered my weakness because honestly, only 60-75% of my final images actually had good composition. If I could change anything about this photoshoot, I would make it longer so people have time to travel to places that can help them to represent their individual concept.

Man Ray Parody

For the first photoshoot of the new semester, we did an artist parody shirt. Everyone in the class got to choose a different photographer to create a presentation for, as well as take 30 images that somehow reflect the artist's style. Man Ray is a photographer that takes images of strange objects with dramatic lighting, because of this, I took most of my images in my basement where I could really focus on getting the feeling of drama using his lighting technique. By using objects around my house as well as photoshop, I was able to capture Man Ray's style throughout my photoshoot. While taking my images, I also focused on the basic rules of composition. By using the rule of thirds, I was able to make my objets even more dramatic. Like I said before, I found strange objects around my home with interesting textures and photoshopped them together. For example, in the image above I took a dramatic picture of my hand and photoshopped water droplets in the background. The final image created turned out to be especially dramatic as well as interesting. I used my voice throughout the shoot by adding bits of color that man ray would not normally use. This assignment helped me to pick out weird objects, even if I see them everyday. I feel like I was very strong throughout this project. I should have added some more information about Man Ray in my powerpoint, but other than that, I would say everything was pretty strong. If I had an opportunity to change this assignment, I would not change it because it was a great learning experience.