artist statement

This semester I have learned many things in Photography, From camera tricks to Photoshop skills. Before taking this class I never would of figured the whole meaning of a picture there is actually more to it. Some vocabulary was the rule of thirds, three C‘s, balance, contrast, f stop, Iso, shutter speed, and so much way more. I cant forget that we also learned about great artist that im sure half of us had never even heard of such as Cindy Sherman, Frida, Gaudi, Sandy scrubland, Andy Glowsworthy and many many more as well. Not to forget that my photo taking skills have grown with in time most of these things we learned was to make us better photographers with good knowledge of artist and the tools we used. Over all this class was very interesting and fun.
Below you will be able to view some of my last semester work and most that was done this semester. I believe that u are able to see the difference between both. At the very bottom of my portfolio I have pictures of last semester which includes scary, meaningful, and experimental pictures. Most of these were photoshoped and non original. After that I have my favorite one from last semester which was my portfolios cover. Later I have pictures of an egg a rare object and me in a frame. These were more original because there was hardly any photoshoping involved. In these there was of the trick of the own camera. Then I have the new photo tricks we learned were we get to make a picture that looks aged and then we get to create our program covers which is fun because they were all submitted for a chance to be published. I also have pictures were we crate shadows and metaphors, these were the pictures that used the new Photoshop tricks we learned. After that comes the camera tricks which involve no Photoshop what so ever and its pretty cool. They are the ones with the iso, light metering, and shutter speed . Last my final I had to take four portrait, this was difficult because I have not done nothing like this before.
Over all I was some what happy with my portfolio I loved the idea that we had them in the interned because it was a creative way to keep our work. I think I struggled to keep up at the end maybe because im a senior and it was harder to stay on point with everything, my work also seemed to not be as good as when the semester first started. Although im happy with it because everything was new to me and I don’t think il ever forget it. Now I know there is still a lot to learn and in the future it would be fun to take another photo class and finish what Ms. Cook started a madness of art.

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Self portraits

Self Portraits

In the self portraits final I had a few ideas just because it was very different from other projects I have done before in this class. I wanted to express emotion but as if there was no camera taking a picture, I wanted to capture an emotional moment. My ideas kept changing in order to make the picture better. My most creative moment I believe was the rule of thirds. What made it creative was the chairs and the hallway as well as me standing in the middle. The most difficult part was setting up a good background and getting the person who took the picture to get it just right. Creativity would be a big part of the project because if there was not the pictures would just be BLAH.
To create good composition I had to make some decisions. Most of the pictures I took were set up specifically for that shot although there were moments when I would get happy accidents. Since I didn’t use the camera from school I wasn’t able to make it extraordinary because I am not familiar with the features in my camera at home. Another weakness was that most of my pictures were taken at night making it harder for me to get a good color. After Photoshoping them they turned out better. The portrait with the strongest composition I think was the element, this is because im all in black and my background is all white making it very bright. I would change the composition of the rule of thirds because its very poorly done, it could have been shot better.
Im not very happy with the craftsmanship I believe if I was the one taking the pictures it would have been better. Now I think I have good ideas I just don’t like the lighting and the balance of the pictures. Some are too bright and some are too dark, that was because the pictures were taken at night. I believe they were just a little blurry and none were pixilated. In my camera im not as familiar with the uses as I am with the ones in class so I wasn’t able to change much. Over all I think the ideas are good but the craftsmanship is just ok im sure I could of done better directing.
In conclusion I think I did okay if my ideas were poor I would of done very bad. I really liked the element picture I just couldn’t get a good background. I also needed time, if I was to do this over I think I would of done everything right after school when the sun is out. I also would of token very emotional pictures and would get an older person to take the pictures for me. I would also direct better. My least favorite was the rule of thirds I think it s just the balance of it. As you can see im not very happy with my portrait I know I can do better. This project was a little difficult but very fun as well.