Draft 1

Fall Draft 1

Artist Statement: This week we begin to study our own photographers. I decided to learn about Mike Moats and his techniques he used. He is a macro photographer which means he takes photos of plants, animals and flowers up close. In his photos you are able to identify different patterns and colors because each photo is very different from one another. When taking these photos, you needed to be able to maintain patients and focus so that you can get the right picture. I also edited my photos by bringing up the color saturation on each one so they are cohesive with one another. I really enjoyed this weeks work. 

Design Portraits

Artist Statement

       
This week we focused on the technique of design portraits. The objective of this week was to take picture with textured background that matched the person presence. The main object in the photo was the physical appearance of the person and how they cohesively went with the background. I found this assignment quite difficult because it was hard to find different backgrounds that weren't to distracting and to find the write model to use for that specific place. I edited my photos in black and white because I wanted my pictures to blend well together.

Symmetry, Asymmetry and Balance

Artist Statement

            This week in class I focused on trying to demonstrate the ideas of black-lighting, silhouettes and shadows through Symmetry, Asymmetry and Balance. The first few photos are what I tried to demonstrate but the rest are just freely taken with the exception of  black-lighting, silhouettes and shadows with in the pictures. This week unfortunately was quite cloudy which set me back since the main element of the photo that I needed was the sun which was not super prominent. I worked with what I could and tried to express these different techniques through each picture.

Symmetry 

Asymmetry 

Balanced 

Photo's that don't go under any category 

Pictorial Lines

Artist Statement

This week in photography we focused on three new concepts, decorative lines, arrangement of lines and leading lines. Last year in photography I focused on the same concepts, the difference between last year and this year was a goal for myself to see if I fully understood the concepts and trying to perfect them. Of course I could always do better but I think this weeks work was fun and a good way for me to see how I improved. 

Decorative Lines

Decorative lines are lines in a picture that don't make the entire photo up. If you were to take away the lines, you would still have the background. In other words, the lines in the photo are there for decorative purposes.

Arrangement of Lines

An arrangement of lines is where the lines in the photo do take up the whole picture. If you were to take away all the lines you wouldn't have any of the photo life. 

Leading Lines

Leading lines is where the main image of the picture is a line that is leading to a subject. I though this was the most self explanatory concept.