abstract shadows

3 strangers

Brian.

25 years old.

Has traveled to 45 states.

Jessica.

29 years old.

Makes jewelry and has type 1 diabetes.

Santos.

18 years old.

Works at Belmont.

Symbolism picture

This picture was meant to symbolize a girl who has not yet figured out who she really is. In this picture she is holding two puzzle pieces with a few more scattered on the table. One of the pieces has a part of her face and the other piece she is holding is a part of a face from another girl. The piece she holds away from her is the person that she might want to be but isn't. This image was taken indoors and was focused intentionally. I edited the images of the puzzle pieces onto the white paper using the program Photoshop. I think my image was very successful because I spent a long time trying to make the image I had in mind into an image.

Lightbulb head

I see a man who is a scientist with a light bulb for a head. This man has his arms crossed, which makes him look more professional, and the light bulb in place of his head makes it look like he has an idea. I see the the man in focus, while the light bulb is not but this was not done intentionally. I had a lot of trouble with trying to have some light on the light bulb, since the picture was shot from an angle, from the top to bottom instead of straight across. This meant that the light bulb needed to be higher up, making it harder to light it correctly (especially since our assignment was not to photoshop the object on the picture but instead have it in place of the head, during the photoshoot). Since I was concentrating on having the lighbulb lit, I did not pay attention to whether it was in focus or not. When I was editing the picture I had to even out the light in the lightbulb and    I realized that, this would have been a harder process if the bulb had been in focus because since it is blurred, the color can be easily evened out. This picture has a serious mood to it because the background is completely black, and the man has his arms crossed. It seems like he has a very important idea. I think that my picture was successful because i was able to replace someones head with an object, not by photoshop, but by having someone hold it during the photo shoot. 

Bee's point of view

I see 6 small flowers with red pollen, instead of yellow. The rest of the picture does not have natural colors either, there is a lot of blue in the background. The picture isn't balanced, but that makes it a little more interesting to look at. There is visible texture on the flowers, especially the center of the closest flower. After doing some research, I learned that bee's don't see the regular colors that humans see. They see the yellow pollen as red, like a bulls eye. So when I was editing this picture, I changed the the center of each flower to a red color, and the grass in the background to a grayish-bluish color. I think this picture was successful because I was able to take a picture in the bee's point of view. 

Aberence assignment

I see a girl about to eat 5 smaller people. The smaller people aren't showing much emotion and neither is the girl who is eating them. Our assignment was to take a picture showing aberrance which means departure from the obvious. I thought this picture was not normal because people don't eat other human beings. I also made the smaller people have no obvious emotions because having them looking scared would make the picture a little more obvious. I tried to make the picture balanced by putting an even amount of people on the tray. I took a picture of each person individually and cropped them, made them smaller, and placed them on the tray, that the girl is holding. I think this picture is party successful. It is because the picture is not something normal or obvious and that was the assignment, but personally, it wasn't as successful as I would have wanted it to be because it has no real meaning to it. Although it might have a little bit of humor to it because its not something that we see very often, and the idea of eating little humans is unreal. But overall I think that the assignment was meant to have a meaning with aberrance. I still like my picture because I enjoyed the editing process as well as the actual photoshoot.

commercial shoot (VANS)

For my commercial shot i decided to advertise Vans shoes. After doing some research i discovered that in most of Vans shoe photography, the shoes are used and dirty because they'd be worn by a skater. So I used a person wearing Vans shoes that were not new. I made my model stand in the sidewalk to give a feeling that the person wearing the shoes, wears them casually and on an everyday-basis. In this picture I see the sidewalk with grass on the side and a few trees in the back, where a guy is facing. I see the back of Vans shoes that are worn out  but the logo of Vans is still visible. This picture is balanced because I centered the feet so that one would be on each side of the picture. There is also a tree in the background that is visible in between both of his feet along with two more trees, one on each side of this feet (I did not balance the trees in the background intentionally). This shot was taken outdoors in the shade and during the editing process, I fixed the lighting a little. I also added the Vans logo to make sure my audience knew that i was advertising Vans.  Although I was not able to use a skateboard in my shot as I originally wanted i still think my work was successful because it looks like i'm advertising Vans.