Art in the Park

Differing from the others, this photoshoot reaches out farther than class. The assignment was to take pictures around hamilton county of places that are special to us. From my neighborhood park to Potter's Bridge, I had quiet a large variety of pictures that fit my voice. I set my scene using great depth of field for the majority of my images, which is different for me. I also used a lot of leading lines rather than my usual rule of thirds, Actually, my second favorite image from the shoot broke the rule of thirds. My voice was easy to display through nature scenes throughout the photoshoot. It helped that we could take pictures of a wide variety of things. This assignment helped me to notice the things I used to do when I was younger. I really got to reflect on my childhood while taking these pictures. My weakness was time. Although I am happy with my pictures, I think I could have gotten some incredible photos if I wasn't so busy. Overall, I truly did enjoy this shoot, and I don't think there is anything I would change.

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.

ISO Lighting

For this ISO/Lighting photoshoot, I took images of christmas lightings at nighttime, random objects indoors (in class), and my family's farm in the daytime. Because of the time of the year, it was easy to find lights which looked awesome at night. My family's farm is very close to my heart and I love it there, so it was easy to take pictures I love there, keeping the rules of composition in mind of course. I used leading likes and complementary colors regularly. The farm used to be a cattle farm, so it is full of large, beautiful barns that are super fun to explore. My voice shows through because there are a lot of textures I used in this shoot as well as simple pictures of the outdoors. With or without this photoshoot, I would have been out there, but this project made me see little things I've never noticed before like the dead flowers in this image. After all, one man's trash is another man's treasure. My strengths in this assignment were the indoor and the daytime photos. On the other end, I can't keep still long enough for the nighttime images because I don't have a tripod and the shutter speed must be slow. If I could change anything in this photoshoot, I would probably not limit it to 10 pictures of all three lighting situations. Instead, I would limit 30 images total, but need a minimum of 5 images of each lighting. Personally, I had a more difficult time showing myself as an artist in the indoor section.

Shutter Speed

I enjoyed this photoshoot very much. It allowed me lots of freedom with what I took images of as well as new ways of taking images with slower and faster shutter speeds. As normal, I took lots of images outdoors of nature. This is because i spend many hours of my free time outside, and I love it. In this shoot, I also went downtown to focus on images with lights which was really neat and new to me. By putting leaves on a flowing creek, I was able to capture images like the one you see with a faster shutter speed. Because it is autumn, I took many pictures of the vivid leaves. I of course used the rule of thirds throughout my shoot as well. This assignment made me look for objects in motion. I think of how beautiful running water-if its a sink or a waterfall- would be frozen in time. I would say my weakness in this shoot would be the panning images. I found it difficult to follow an object as it is moving without making the entire image blurry. My strong suit was the freeze motion because I was able to capture things that you may not normally see such as water or a flag frozen in time. I think this shoot is a good learning experience for everyone, so therefore, there is nothing I would want to change about it.