Artist Statement

My portfolio it organized starting with rule of thirds and ending with personal words. How I feel about my portfolio is good I think I have done a lot of work on keeping up with my projects I believe I have only missed one which is my blog header, but the rest I feel every good about. I have learned many things over the course of the semester but one thing that stays with me is doing the photo effect. They are pretty easy to remember. I also feel I was the most successful with the photo effects just because I had some great pictures to work with.

I feel I struggled a lot with finishing my work. I only have like one project that I feel is completely done. I always think of changing something. It just depends on the day. I love working with photo shop but at times it can be stressful.

I feel if I keep working with photo shop that I will still improve greatly. There is always more to learn with photo shop. I have already improved a lot for when I first started this class. I have improved on taking photos and being able to do many great things with them. I love this class and I wish I would have took it earlier in my high school years I feel I would have been able to accomplish many more things and it would help with my future career as a cosmetologists.

personal words

The lyrics I chose for this project are moving on by rascal flats.
"I moving on
I’ve dealt with my ghosts and I’ve faced all my demons Finally content with a past regret I’ve found you find strength in your moments of weakness For once I’m at peace with my self I’ve been burned with blame trapped in the past for too long I’m moving on "
I chose these lyrics because all my life i have been getting hurt and i was done. these words helped me move on. these words help me gain the strength to to move on.

Social Issues: unbreakable bond

The social issue is Interracial Relationships. One thing that made me want to do this photo was because you can see the feelings with in the photo, you can feel the heart break and the strong love that they have. I love the layout and the colors i have choose the words are on the left side of the photo, they say " It's worth more than you can imagine", they are in red with the light trying to hit them. the colors in the photo are red, white, gray, and black.

My interpretation of the photo is some times your Opinion isn't always the right one some times it really doesn't matter at all, but it does effect the people you say it to. Many people are against interracial relationship and believe that poeple need to stick to their own race, their own color. In this photo it shows that no matter what people say or do that your love is stronger and it is better to hold together then to pull apart .

scary effects

my favorite was the Allin one only because it was a lot of work and it turned out better then i thought it would, also i learned about how to put a mask on my photo so that i can put a marble texture or broken glass. i had some difficulties with trying to make the blood look real on my vampire photo but i think it turned out way better then i thought it would.i could see photo's like these being in a hunted house or some were scary.

Photographic Effects

my favorite trick that I have learned was masks because I feel i can do more with it.
If i had a choice to see what trick I would want to work with a little more it would be Blowout only because i have not quite mastered it yet.
One of my favorite thing I learned was that I can do more with my pictures to make them look amazing.

Portraits

The artistic portrait I feel was the most successful out of all my portraits.
It was very hard to find good light for my portrait and to be able to ketch the mood of thinking.I choose her ROTC outfit because it was something she felt very strong with and most of all it just states how she is. I feel the area I took the photo at was the perfect spot and she had the perfect attitude towards the photo shot. For the time that we had to take the photos i feel i did very good.

contact Sheet

my lest favorite was fill in flash because it was just OK not amazing.
The one I loved was simplicity because it turned out really good, it has great contrast.

compositional Trick #8 Fill in Flash

fill in flash effects my photo by adding light to things in my picture that should have light on them . you can use fill in flash when you are out side and every thing is light except for your person or thing your taking a picture of.

compositional Trick #7 drawing with light

what sets me apart from other picture is that it feels like she is falling in to the leaves and trying to be the tree. the light help create this feeling by having her look like she wants to be the tree but her shirt is the main thing that makes her stand out and keeps her from being the tree.

compositional Trick #6 Framing

I love my pictures of framing. The pictures Just suck you in and make you look at the emphasis. I feel that i could have gave a better angel to the picture with the poles and i also feel that i could have cut the sign out of my other picture.

compositional Trick #5 Extreme Angles

Extreme angles is a very good trick to know only because it makes the pictures more interesting to look at. It gives you a different feeling then as if you would have taken it straight in front of the image.

compositional Trick #4 Simplicity

creating simplicity in a photo helps strengthen the composition only because your not looking all around the picture and all of the other stuff, your just looking at one item. I believe simplicity is a very effective trick.

compositional Trick #3 Macro

macro make image that are really small look closer and more clear and also the images you cant normally see are close enough to catch a persons eye.

compositional trick #2 leading lines

leading line are there to bring you in to the picture and make you interested in the emphasis which is the girl.

Compostional Trick #1 Rule Of Thirds

The rule of thirds is putting the image not in the center but on one of the spot that the lines meet on a grid # its like a tick tack toe board. you can use this for when
you what to divide your picture and make it horizontal or vertical to make a
different feel to the picture.