ARtiSt StAtEMENt

When you gaze through my portfolio you will see pictures that I took also, pictures that I fixed with Photoshop to make them look better. You will see each project that I have worked on since the start of the school year it will come to your attention how much I improved since then. My portfolio to me represents me in so many ways mainly it represents my originality and creativity overall.
Photography class has been so far very interesting and fun overall because we have learned so much since the beginning of the school year. It was very challenging at the beginning of the year I didn’t know anything about taking pictures or working with Photoshop .Over this semester I learned a lot about Photoshop and all the tools in it and I experienced working with this program with projects that had to be enhanced by Photoshop. I feel that I’ am most successful with creating ideas and taking pictures because I’ am very creative .I felt that I’ am not very successful with Photoshop when it came to using specific tools that I don’t know well.
In the near future I think I could improve in this class by working more with Photoshop in my free times or when ever I get a chance .I think that it would help me a lot to be more successful in this class. I myself see more improvement in my pictures and how I interpret them and also the mood and feeling that I set on the pictures to make them have more meaning. I feel that most of my art work represents who I’ am.

Personal Words

The lyrics I chose for this project are Forever Young by Bod Dylan Ft. Jay-z

*These are the lyrics that i liked the most :

Let’s dance in style, Let’s dance for a while, Heaven can wait we’re only watching the skies Hoping for the best but expecting the worst.Forever young I want to be Forever young,Without a wrinkle in today Cause there is no tomorrow Just some picture perfect day To last a whole lifetime

I chose these song because i think that it is a really good song and it talks about wanting to be young forever.Also many teens nowadays can relate to this song because it can express alot of how they want to life and the way they want to. This song is my favorite because it really describes in many ways that are hard to explain

Social Issue:"Mirror's Don't lie"

In the picture above: I have a photo of a girl that is looking or imagining herself being something she is not, black and white with a red border give the picture color ,the statement I choose for this photo was “Mirror’s Don’t Lie” because I wanted people to think and analyze the picture so they can connect to the real meaning of this.

In black and white I describe and give life to a real life situation of this photo that effects our generation someway or another,the picture represents a girl that is seeing her self look chubbier, when she really is not.Nowadays in real life we all deal with the situation that we think were to fat or too skinny.My personal statement on this photo explains how women in particular are never satisfied with how they look, however many suffer because they don’t feel accepted by society .by my statement I meant that never listen to what others say or think of the you look you should be happy with yourself no matter what. This somehow affects me because of my physical appearance and I thought this photo would really express my thoughts.

SCARy EffECtS

AliEN,, Vampire;; My favorite picture out of the alien and the vampire pictures was

the vampire beacause it looks scary and creeps you at when you look at it. Some of the new tools that i learned about were the clone tool which copies what you want,i also learned about the different brushes to create blood stains in the picture.Some of the difficulties i ran into while woprking on these picture was when i was tryong to cutt off and paste the octopus legs,I think I did well on the vampire picture because i got into the horror mood, and it helped my picture look better...if i would relater these projects to real life i would use these skills for a costume,making scary posters,

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fORMAl CRitiQUE// Robert & Shane parkeharrison

Robert & Shana parkeharrison

There is a enormous sea that surrounds this man that is apparently busy building a wood track through the sea, the man is surrounded by soft lighting and a sudden gloomy feeling ,The man is trying or seems like he is looking for a way out the sea.However the artist could of made more waves in the sea and made the made look worried of his situation in the middle of the sea

Photographic Effects

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"Cross Process" **************************

Out of all the tricks that i heav learned this week my favorite was the glow because it brings out the picture and it makes it look smooth as well as soft.

Out of all the tricks & tools we have learned,i would like to work with or explore a little more with the healing tools.

Some of the favorite things that I did on my own or discovered were doing the adjustment layers and changing it so that it can make pictures look better.

Portraits

*Costume Prop picture*
"Face Portrait"

Artistic Portrait;; 1.The picture that i think i was most successful at was the face protrait because it was simple to take a photo of someone smiling
2.To create an artistic mood i used the compositional trick of drawing with light because i think it really makes the mood of the picture better and more realistic,the mood i capture was sad or a feeling gloomy mood and feeling..3.The prop costume that my customer choose to use was a traditional Mexican skirt and shirt that has colorful sequence and many beautiful designs.this photo turned out to be very good because it really expresses her culture ,,

Contact Sheet Compositional Tricks

Out of all the Compositional Tricks that we have learned and all the pictures that we have taken my favorite is Macro because it really brings out the true beauty of something by blurring out its surroundings.I will most likely use the rule of thirds and fill in the flash becuase it simply makes a simple picture look way better.The trick i taught was more difficult was Drawing the light i taught it was difficult,However i enjoyed taking the pictures for this Trick.My favorite photograph that i took was Simplicity becuase its a picture that is not boring but its simple in its on way...

Compositional Trick # 8 Fill in the Flash

Fill in the flash is taking a with the flash on and the purpose of fill in the flash is too bring light into the picture.The first picture shows how the flash gave light to the picture.The second picture shows how dark the picture really is without the flash.So basically the flash helps improve your pictures to give them more light.

Compositional Trick # 7 Drawing With Light

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Drawing with light basically means taking a picture with light so that it can bring a very attention to the picture. this picture i think that by the light hitting her face makes the picture more dramatic and makes it better;; it also brings out the mood more in the 'picture,,the mood of this picture is thoughtful as well as very serious

Compositional Trick # 6 Framing

Framing is a way to take pictures so that the viewer can have a guide towards the main attraction in the picture .The first picture my main attraction is surrounded by many tree's in the top that frame her.The second picture my main focus is being framed by the rectangle and instantly pulls you into the picture.

Compositional Trick # 5 Extreme Angles

Extreme Angles is taking various pictures at different point of views.To show other angles that would make the viewer tilt their heads to see and get into the picture at that moment. The first picture i took was from the point of view of a small ant in the ground looking up at the huge tree. The Second picture i took the picture from the point of view of a bird that looks down at the ground from a long distance.

Compositional Trick # 4 Simplicity

Simplicity is a simple picture that captures exactly what you want to see,however it is not supposed to be boring picture, its purpose is to clearly see or capture the emphesis. The first Simplictity picture i took i decided to focus on the cactus .The second photo i focused on the guy and he was just there to get captured by the moment.

Compositional Trick # 3 Macro

Macro is closed up to an object and blurring everything around the object to bring out.The first picture is and emphesis that no one would normally see around places or things.the second picture i decided to take a picture of this flower because i taught that macro would really bring out the buety of the flower itself.

Compositional Trick # 2 Leading Lines

Leading lines is basically taking a picture that has things leading you to your main attration,so that it can pull who ever is looking at the picture and get their attention .I took this picture so that viewers focus in what i think is the main attraction.

Compositional Trick # 1 Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds is taking a picture having your main focus in the tic tac toe grid,so that your main focus is not in the middle.I would use Rule of Thirds so that i would not have a usual picture with my main focus in the middle.