I'll be honest my project doesn't really have a concept too much behind it. I decided to shoot pictures of people that are somehow involved in my life and it was for the most part candid, trying to catch them in a moment, a snapshot. It was more of an experiment, and I used flash on all the pictures I turned in. I discovered while shooting (at the last minute) that I really like flash and decided to shoot the rest of my pictures using that.
My teacher said that technical wise my flash use was good, but she thought my previous work in previous classes was more imaginative. And I agree with her, I know she's right. I did however, have a few different ideas for this project, some didn't turn out the way I liked when I shot, and the one that I think would have possibly worked, I didn't have time to shoot (yes, because I procrastinated). So I can always resubmit, but it is not like I didn't like my photos. I absolutely do, but conceptually there's not much there. Some questions I need to ask are: How can I use the snapshot form in a different way? Possibly exposing our social tendencies. How should my flash be used? And that I could add more context into my pictures instead of cropping them so closely around the person. So quite a few options to push my work further.
Color Photo Class: Portraiture
Artist: Tara McPherson
I was at Urban Outfitters last week to get a birthday present for my sister, and found a Hello Kitty doll by Tara McPherson, oooo I was excited, it was so cute! That store has too much to look at I love it.
So I decided to do a blog entry on Tara McPherson, one of my favorite illustrators, who is a very talented and creative artist. I really mean that. She has her own unique style and color palette, even though much of her subject matter is cute, there's always that bite or darker side to it. Mischievous at times. She does a lot of poster work for bands and has many big name clients like KidRobot and DC Comics.
Check her out here.
Color Photo Class Assignment 1
Starting out the semester, we had our first project, and it was more like an experiment with color. Since many of the classes prior to taking this one was all in black and white, this was going to be fun. Besides, I had just gotten my new DSLR which I was excited to try out. One part of the experiment was to take pictures of variations of one color, then to contrast, another set of all neutral colors. Here are some of the things I took.
