Oh, fudge

Oblivion Keyblade

A trip to the beach

Luna's nap time

O_O This came out awesome~! :D

I was bored one day and just decided to practice with my new camera that I received for graduation. The picture came out beautifully~

Final Photography Video

Why shoot in Black and White?

            Whether to shoot in Black and White or color is a question all photographers ask themselves. While there are certainly drawbacks to both there are also many advantages to shooting in both. But as for Black and White, it certainly gives you more options to play with the image. The contrast in Black and White pictures is very easy to play with and it can give the image a different feel depending on how you set it. Also, what a color image has going for it is the color. The bright and vivid image is what draws you in. But a Black and White image is devoid of color. It allows you to focus on the subject matter as it is and sometimes it’s a lot better for displaying emotions and telling a story.

            Black and White is also far less distracting. In a Black and White photo there’s more of chance the viewers eye will go where you want it to. Black and White photos have various tones, sometimes much more than color. It also works with whatever kind of photo you take. Black and White isn’t really about the presentation. It’s more about its means and ways to communicate what you want to people.

 ©Birds-Unknown
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography/

Favorite Picture from Break~



Can you guess what this is? Yes? No? It's actually a Sprite bottle. I think the depth and perspective in this picture is absolutely amazing. Also the way the lighting managed to appear of the side is great too. This is one of my favorite photos to this date.



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...