Last week I finally did a photo shoot with my lovely friend Chelsea. We went to Huntington Central Park. The generator I borrowed for the soft box lights I was gonna use didn't work, so that was a bummer, but that just means I'll have to do another shoot!
This pic is of our setup in a perfect little nook in the park, we got our dressing room and everything. There was a lot of stuff to carry that's for sure.
One of the themes I had in mind was Pandora's box, where it turns from innocent curiosity into something darker and full of despair. So those are the first pictures. Chelsea and me also just had fun shooting pics together. The other ones are sort of whimsical cutesy ones, we tried an "asian/japanese" sort of shoot, but it didn't really work out, haha. Then at the end of the day-tired after shooting and changing all day-we did a circusy one. It was fun, nothing too in depth on anything, so enjoy :)
Pandora's Box and Randomness
Organizer
After creating my AP Studio Art portfolio in my senior year of high school, I was asked by my teacher to create the following school year's planner. Of course I agreed, it was exciting I would get to design something the whole school would use! Mwahahaha! I photoshopped some pics and put it all together in photoshop. Here it is. :)
Photo Project: Assingment 1 Anti-Cliche
I'm already working on my second project now, but earlier this semester, for my intermediate photo class, our first assignment was to photograph things not normally seen, things that are anti-cliche. Everyone first presented what was seen as cliche today, such as: the myspace type profile picture we've all made, the large flowers with bees, family portraits, swirling staircases, sunsets, that sun glare everyone seems to include in their photos too, waterfalls, beaches and palm trees, tree lined walkways, etc etc. I've taken all these photos too I admit, much of my beginning works dealt with bees and flowers close-up. I was so fascinated with close-up and that I could be next to a bee and catch it on camera! I'll have to post those pics sometime. But it is fascinating because what we see as cliche now was not considered so at one point, also, what we see as new and inventive now, will at some point become cliche because everyone will be wanting to make those pictures.
Anyways, I started just going out and taking pictures at Disneyland, then inside my house. We have a giant (I'm sure almost every asian family has this) family portrait by our front door. I played around with this idea of blurring out the faces in the picture. You can still see the blurred silhouettes, but no detail, like that family portrait means nothing, it could be anybody's family, no one would know.
Another picture I used a cup and had my sister hold it against the kitchen light, it looks more like a graphic piece, I was just playing around with different things to create various effects in a picture. Note: these are scans from my negatives, not scans from the actual prints themselves.
Printed Blog Book
So if anyone ever wants to have their blog made as a book, they can go to Blog2Print and have them make it. It is $14.95 to have a 20 page blog book printed and I think that is a really good idea. I might have to do that in the future sometime...
Portfolio: Carbon Made
I discovered a great website that helps you create your online portfolio. The design is elegant, professional, and clean. This excites me! It's also very easy to setup and use. It lets you put down what clients you may have had, your skills, areas of expertise, and more. The free portfolio has a limited amount of space of course, but it's reasonable. If you get the pro package, it's only $12 a month which is not too bad either. Here's the website if you want to make your own. I've created mine here.
