Food Photography

Photographing food seemed like an easy thing to do...before I tried it. It was actually very difficult to get nice, clear, well lit shots and to make the food seem appealing. However, I think the end result was well worth it. The food looks great, very appetizing and I would definitely love to go back and take more pictures if I could. Mostly all of the pictures were taken under artificial lighting, but I still believe they came out well. Macro also helped to catch those small, amazing details. I believe people take pictures of food because it can be very appealing to the eye. Food comes in a whole bunch of different colors and variations and combined it can create a great image. It's also great to eat.

Become Someone Else

Influenced by the Campaign "Become Someone else" by the Lithuanian Agency Called Love for Mint Vinetu

"When one reads books, he/she starts living it and identifies (or not) with main hero. These print ads for the Mint Vinetu bookstore, which sells lots of classics, focuses on the idea of becoming someone else. And provokes people to try on different personas."

This short activity was very fun to do and quite funny as well. It was a little difficult finding a book to do this, but the search was great. Cameron has become a hippy.

Watermark

Diptychs! :D



For this one I wanted to make it seem as if Al was going to catch a falling Jamil. I believe it's clear enough.



This Diptych is about an angry friend/ girlfriend was calling the other person and they pick up with a complete opposite emotion.

I really think this one is self explanatory. It's a catch and throw game. Of course, Rachel couldn't really be playing catch with herself but for the sake of the photograph, she  is :D.

Selective Coloring~

Ms. Friedman calls it selective coloring, but there is also a program called Color splash where you can do this. I used fireworks to do this though, and I really like the way it came out. The orb looks really cool.

Disco Ball Series



These pictures came out really well! :D I really like the different ways everyone reacted with a disco ball. It's not an object we see every day and they certainly had fun.



Remote Control Series

This series pretty much just consists of my Playstation 3 remotes. It's yet another hobby I have as a gamer and I really like the contrast between the red and black. This was all natural lighting and flash was not used.

What is a "series?"

One of my favorite series is the "Dublin Series" done by Ted Vancleave. It was taken in one area and the perspective is normally down (you know, looking up?). He normally involves some crazy color or makes a color pop in his photographs. His photographs are highly stylized and he often does subjects nobody else thinks about. Ted VanCleave's art has received numerous honors and distinctions.  His work was selected by Laura Rosenstock, Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York to appear in the Faber Birren Color Award Show and he was awarded Top National Honors from the prestigious National Watercolor Society.

What originally attracted me to his work were his subjects and the bright colors in his photographs. His angles are also very interesting as well, most people are normally so focused on what surrounds them that they don't look up. I also like the interesting architecture and buildings shown in these photographs.
The rest of the series:  http://www.tedvancleave.com/dublinseries.htm

© Ted Vancleave

Favorite picture from Break :D

Look at my dessert from T.G.I.F! :D >w< I really love how I captured the smallest details like the hairs on the strawberry.

Surrealist Photo Montage

For this project, I wanted to involve myself and one of my hobbies. the idea came to me almost immediately and I'm really happy with the result. It came out exactly as I puctured it, but anyway to the meaning... As I stated in my idea this is supposed to signify what happens whenever I read a book. I become immersed in the world I read about and fall from this one into that one.

Favorite Button



This one was my favorite! I'm proud of myself for coming up with that saying (although it wasn't that hard I realize this).



Surrealistic Theme

Surrealist Montage~

For my surrealist montage I’m planning on doing something with me and my reading hobby. Whenever I read I seem to get sucked in and ignore the outside world. So, based on this idea I’m going to have me, falling from the world, through space/ time and into the book. The world is going to be partially see through and will reflect the space of a room (since most of the time that’s where I read. It’s nice and secluded.)I will be in between the world and the book and words will be falling with me. I’m debating having them take the place of stars (I’m not quite sure on this yet. It depends on how it would look…) An option would be to add some indicator of emotions –whether they be facial expressions or items- but this might make the picture seem to cluttered as a whole. Then again clutter can be acceptable since this is surrealism…

• Picture of the book can be taken, picture of me will be taken
• Outer space, Earth,  falling words will need to be internet images
• Clock/ Time (optional) I can take a picture of a clock...

ReCreate Childhood

This was the original taken on January 5th 2003. It's of my stepdad and my brother. I love his footy pajamas ^-^ My brother was 2 when this photo was taken!

Annnddd here's the picture again eight years later. Sadly my brother's footy pajamas didn't fit. But his recent clothing fits him better. Sadly the lighting in my living room isn't nearly as bright as in the first but I think it's a good recreation. He's now 10 and nearly as tall as I am!

Surrealist Artist Inspirations

Toyen(Marie Cerminova) was born September 21, 1902. She was a Bohemian painter, draughtsman and illustrator and went to the School of Fine Arts in Prague. She was a cubist artist, but during a three-year stay in Paris from 1925 to 1928 she began semi-abstract art. In her later years she started to experiment with artificialism and this type of work was given its own label to differentiate from her earlier form of art.



Artist’s Name: Toyen(Marie Cerminova)

Title: Myten om ljuset

Date: 1946

Description: A shadow of a man holding a Plant is going to be eaten by the dog shadow made from hands.

Analysis: The artist certainly has given us something to focus on in each part of the piece. It can be read from left to right like a book or left to right, depending on the viewer. The style is very clean.

Interpretation: My interpretation of this is that things are not always as they seem. The shadow of the man could truly be there, but without a form how is he to hold the plant? There is definite shape to the hands, yet they form a dog like creature about to eat the plant held by a formless man. It definitely makes me think and try to figure out what exactly is going on.

Judgment: I certainly enjoy the piece. It’s very simplistic but in its simplicity there seems to be a very deep meaning that I’m not quite sure I’m catching on to. Howvwer, the style is very crisp, clean and to the point. She has fluid lines and is an amazing illustrator.

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Jerry Uelsmann was born in Detroit on June 11^th, 1934. He received his B.F.A. degree at the Rochester
institute of technology in 1957 and his M.S. and M.F.A at Indiana University in 1960. He began teaching photography in 1960 at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and a National Endowment for the arts Fellowship in 1972. His work has been shown in more than 100 individual shows in the United States and abroad for the past forty years. His photographs are also permanent in many museums around the world.

Artist’s Name: Jerry N. Uelsmann

Title: Meditation Mystery

Date: 2001

Description: The sky meets the sea at the horizon, a ladder is supspended in the water and a bird is free in the background.

Analysis: This photo is very low key and dark, possibly due to the fact that it’s in black and white. The black and white adds focus, making you realize that the subject is something serious.

Interpretation: I feel that based on the title, this piece is a point of freedom or enlightenment achieved when meditating. Meditating is a calming, helpful action which can help clear your mind and see clearly. Like climbing up the ladder out of a dark sea (or hole) of confusion and finally being able to see the light through the clouds. The bird definitely conveys the sense of freedom since they can fly anywhere without restriction.

Judgment: Once again, I enjoy this piece. It definitely resonated with me as soon as I saw it and I enjoy the meaning I see behind it. I love the outside of the box thinking he has in this piece and all of his work.

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Both of the artists seem to have a simplistic style to their work. They both send your eye to a certain point in the piece and make you focus on what they want you to focus on. However, the difference is medium is apparent. Toyen’s work has an almost story like quality to her work. As if it’s be illustrating a scene in a book. Jerry’s seems more realistic and actually allows you to see yourself there.

Photo Walk #3! :D

These two were definitely my favorite. I love how the flower seems suspended among all the branches. It's a random pop of color. The Free Dry Firewood I just found kinda funny.

Partner Project

Why are we all in teacups, you ask? Because it reminds me of childhood of course! Sometimes I feel like we all grow up so fast and my friends often make fe feel like an absolute kid. My mom had actually found this recently and when I opened it I was hit with Deja Vu. I just had to use it.

Where I'd Rather Be

With the boys in Supernatural of course! I'd much rather go around getting rid of supernatural things and stopping the apocalypse than doing homework.

David Hockney Inspired Collage

This picture was taken of my brother and I find it funny that he looks so serious. He is definitely not serious ever and kept making strange faces into the camera. It was a struggle to get him to stay still.

This picture definitely is one of my favorites and wasn's as difficult to get since flowers don't move :D. But I really like their vibrant color.

Photowalk #2! :D

30 Day Photo Challenge

Portrait Series



This series pretty much just consists of me playing around with different emotions and my kitty cat hat.



Self Reflection

Picture was taken on my oven :D~

Photo Walk

Artistic Inspirations

Gahakuno Kuroneko
She's not very famous but she does a lot of fantasy like scenes. The colors are what attract me most in her pieces. They are beautiful and bright!

Jim Zuckerman

He does a lot of different pieces, but the ones I like most are the ones that involve wildlife. They always involve beautiful animals and most of the time have bright colors.



 

Ted Vancleave
He is yet another photographer whose work varies. I love his perspective and camera angles. He's not afraid to take pictures of things that aren't living.



Umio Geso
He is yet another artist that does animated Scenery and characters. I am inspired by both art and photography because art is what you can possibly create. Especially if you create a surrealist montage.



John Shaw
John takes wide panoramic and scenery pictures which I'm really fond of.  I really like his different style.

  





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