I am final

Sketchbook 13: Shiny

"I am" Practice

Assignment #36: Catch Lights

Assignment #35: Little Planets

Practice Planet:

Final Planet:

Sketchbook 12: Drapery that isn't fabric

Assignment #34: A Triptych that Tells a Story

My idea is to tell a story of someone traveling around the world. I have souvenirs from different countries so I think it would be cool to take a picture of them. I'd be showing how the person traveled from one place to another which tells a story of their journey.

Goin on a Trip

Assignment #32: Mad Photography

The tutorial I chose was "How to Use Leading Lines in Your Photos." In my photograph I decided to capture vertical lines which give a feeling of order and strength. I feel that these leading lines guide the viewer through the photo and it appears as a tunnel. I didn't really no what to expect but I like how my image turned out. I think this tutorial and leading lines really do help adding depth to your photos.

Assignment #31: Hockney

David Hockney is a famous British artist, who was a painter and photographer. As a painter, Hockney adapted to many different periods in art. He contributed to cubism, pop art, and modern art. As a photographer, Hockney created photo collages, which he called "'joiners." He felt that these images created a story and as if he could move through them.

Sketchbook 11: 3 Views

Sketchbook 10: All White Things

Assignment #29: Walkabout

Assignment #30: DIY

Ideas:
1. Buy some balloons
2. Go hiking with my friend
3. Have my friend hold the balloons
4. Have her jump up really high
5. Take a picture while my friend is in the air and make it look like my friend is flying like the movie Up

1. Get a small light source
2. Draw something with it while taking a picture with a long exposure so that my drawing in light will appear

Assignment #28: Water + Faucets + Reflections = Beautiful

 Colors

Reflections

Assignment #27: Emotion

Assignment #25 TED Talk

The TED Talk addressed photography and it's uniqueness, for it's ability to tell a story through a photograph. It began with David Griffin, the photo director for National Geographic, showing some photographs taken by famous photographers. He begins to say that these photographs can tell a story. Throughout the video, Griffin shows more photos, such as elephants in the wild and them being hunted by poachers. These photographs told the story of these amazing creatures and addressed the issue of these animals being hunted. This video taught that photographs and pictures can address real issues and problems in the world as well as tell an amazing story.

I liked the TED talk video and I felt that Griffin did a great job during his presentation. However, I felt that he could have gone more in depth about how a photograph can make you feel and bring emotions to people. I liked the story he told about his son and how he can remember it like he took a mental photograph. I wish he had also gone more in depth about this idea because I find it interesting. In conclusion, I felt that Griffin should have focused this TED talk on how photography emotionally and mentally affects us.

I felt that this TED talk helped me realize that photography is more than just a simple picture. Every time I think about photography, I think about the human mind and how memories are like photographs. When we put all of these photographs together, they tell a story. 

Assignment #24: Wrapped Object

My ideas:
My first idea is to wrap my living room in bed sheets so that it looks like one of those horror movie scenes where everything is wrapped. I like how it will look creepy and mysterious.
My second idea is to wrap up my mom's car with christmas wrapping paper. I think that this will be very funny and I want to include my mom in the picture to get her expression since she will be angry.

Assignment #23: Nine x Nine

Sketchbook 9: Only Black Things

Assignment #21: Double Exposure