April 2010
2 posts
Project 5 - New Concept
After realizing the difficulty of my last idea, I have altered it to imitate a different photographer in a very different style. I want to follow the fashionable elegance of Irving Penn’s portraiture, but in the form of shadows. These pictures will be self portraits and I will attempt to replicate the posing in his portraits but in shadows.
Some Inspiration:
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Final Project: Portraiture
For this project, we were asked to imitate a renowned portrait photographer. I struggled with this because I have a hard time coming up with concepts that I like, and all of these photographers seemed to capture images that I wouldn’t find in my environment and that would be very hard to recreate. Thus, I did a number of outdoor photoshoots to try my hand at this type of photography and see...
March 2010
10 posts
Project 4 Ideas and Inspiration
For Project 4, The Trace, I’ve been thinking a lot about the objects that people leave behind that tell us so much about their lives, and therefore serve as a kind of connection to them.
These images from Flickr (artist unknown) illustrate the type of trace that I will be attempting to show, however with the limited surroundings here at Beloit I may have to alter it a little bit.
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Artist Statement Project 3 - In Limbo
Project Three was decidedly tricky to shoot in Beloit, due to the limited population and range of setting and activity. Thus, I decided to move my shoot to Madison to get more photo opportunities. Madison worked out pretty well. I went on Sunday, when the weather was nice, people were shopping, and there was a parade for St. Patrick’s Day. It was difficult to know what and when to shoot, so I took...
Project 3 Ideas
For Project 3, I would love to get some street photography-style shots, so I may venture off campus to find a little more activity. In the mean time, I will be walking around a lot looking for subjects, and I think I will be doing a lot of shooting at night and playing around with lighting from street lamps and such to evoke a sense of life and mystery.
Some Inspiration from Photographer Nils...
Project 2 Post-Crit Response: Hope
The reaction to my project was not at all what I expected. Most of my peers reacted to the pictures as lonely rather than hopeful, and this made me seriously reconsider my technique and subject matter. I decided to reshoot during my spring break in Los Angeles, as I thought that the lighting there would be much more hopeful and I would have good opportunities to shoot, especially since I was in...
February 2010
6 posts
Hope
Definition: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best (dictionary.com).
This definition doesn’t work very well for me because it doesn’t include the darker side of the emotion. Hope, to me, is more something that comes from darkness, from challenge or turmoil, to overcome that darkness. I really like the idea of using light, particularly in...
What Makes a Good Photo?
“This to me is one of the most important aspects of being a photographer: knowing how to use the space between you and your subject, understanding the dynamic you are creating by showing up at that particular moment with your camera and being patient until the moment is there (for me this moment is marked with a sudden flutter in the chest and usually a noise of excitement such as...
Inspirations for Project Two: Emotive Color
HOPE.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsmithphotography/4355682539/
photographer: Heather Evans Smith
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denemiles/4195859328/
photographer: Seattle Miles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncwarren/4334456172/in/photostream/
photographer: Brandon Christopher Warren
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncwarren/4193123504/in/photostream/
photographer: Brandon...
Ideas for Project One
Living in a three-room apartment with four other girls and lots of decorations provides a ton of interesting subject matter for my project. Since it’s all about close-ups, I’m going to shoot some colorful objects in the kitchen and also some of my jewelery - for the objects in the kitchen I’m planning on using slant and playing around with focus, which will entail shooting...
January 2010
1 post
Some Inspiration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knape/4297895526/