Artist Statement

I feel I was most successful with my surreal project only because I tried my best and put a lot of my time in to it. I wanted it to be perfect.Out of my whole portfolio I feel I struggled with my quilt squares the most. All of my squares had to fit together and tell a story but I had to be limited in what I said in my story to make everything work together.

I hope that I can do better in the future by utilizing my time better to finish my work to the best of my abilities. I feel I have learned more then ever in this class. I plan to do more with a camera and not forget all the information I learned about cameras only because if I want to follow my dream and become a make-up artist then I need to see how the make-up will be shot with a camera. I need to know if the make-up will show up for the scene it being used in or if I need to make it darker for the camera to see it for the photo shoot.

I feel I have learned so many things in this class but the one thing that was my favorite was learning how to work photo shop. I never knew how to work photo shop before and now I feel after I graduate I am going to invest in photo shop program because I know I will use it. Out of all the project’s that I did the one that connected to me the most out of all the projects that I did was the quilt squares because it was all about me and my life. working with the project’s I have done in the past made me really try to get to know my self more and expresses my self through my work. The artist I feel I related to the most was BARBARA KRUGER because she just stated how she felt about something and left her photos say the rest.
I feel I have seen improvement as I got more intone with my self and as I got more comfortable with my self. I feel that my quilt square is the most meaningful work that I have done in this class it helped me open up to my self and I feel very connected with my quilt square.

Blow out and panning

I created the blow out effect using iso 50, aperture f8.0, shutterspeed1/15. I think this was the best way only because it was really bright out side.
panning is movment in a photo. panning looks like some one is moving in your photo but they look clear and not blured, and everything around them lloks blured.I feel I did a great job for this being my first time.I put my settings on Iso 50 F8.0 shutter speed 1/40. I wish I would have had more time to make my partner look more still.

shutter speed

shutter speed is how fast the camera is to take a photo, it could take 15 sec or it could take half a sec but it is the langth of time for a camera to take a photo.
the Iso was low for the first to photos some were between 50 and 400 and the last one was at 5000. I really enjoyed taking photos in the dark i didnt know that the camera could see light even in the dark. I would change my shutter speed more then Aperture or iso only because in the dark it needs more time to let light in.
my favorite photo was the bottom one I loved it.

Aperture

the flower on the top has a big aperture which means a small hole so it causes the back round to blur.
the photo with the bridge has a small aperture which means a big hole so there is no blur because it shows the whole photo.

Iso

Upload the following pictures: Iso 5000, Iso 400, Iso 50, FLASH (auto iso) (TITLE EACH OF THEM)

ISO is how sensitive the film is to light and how much light it lets in. the different between ISO and flash is that ISO trys to capture the light and flash adds the light. I would use ISO because I want to capture light at night instead of adding light to a situation when i don't want it. one thing you need to be careful of when using ISO is you cant move and nether can your object that your taking the photo of.

flash

the pro's of flash is it keeps shadows of you when there is light out side, the con's are it makes you look like you have red eye and hot spots, your back round looks wiped out. flash is always good when it is sunny out side. flash is a bad idea when you are trying to capture light in a dark atmosphere. this photo shows the light out side when it is dark and it still looks amazing.

meter

A light meter measure light. In the first photo the brackets were around the person and in the second photo the brackets were around the computer. spot meter can help you choose what you want your center of your photo to focus on.

MY WORLD

1.In my dream i am running away from a toilet eating monster while my world is sinking and I'm still trying to find happiness(the Butterfly)in a ocean full of my favorite things (the tiger) which gives me my strength to go on. for one thing you do not know is that the toilet monster has my sister eye and her mouth.

surrealism

I have created 2 surreal photos by using Layer masks and gradient with editing little things in the photos like color and drop shadows. i feel that the practice with these surreal photos has given me many ideas for my surreal project.

Art Show

Simple sunflower

Creating simplicity in a photo helps strengthen the composition only because you’re not looking all around the picture and all of the other stuff; you’re just looking at one item. I believe simplicity is a very effective trick.
I love how the sunflower looks from different angles. I also like how the effect changes when I change it from black and white to color. It is hard to tell that they are the same flower from the different angles but they are.
Lauren Myers
Grade: 12
Class: digital photo

graduation

After looking at the other students program covers and designs, I should have put more photos of the school. I also should have made my work more clear. graphic design was very easy for me because I understood what i was doing.

personal post

My Quilt

inside of Me

how people see me on the outside

my past

my future

the quilt squares were difficult for me at first because i didn't know what to chooses as my emphases after i choose the words i was going to use everything be came clear to me. my symbol was clear, i love roses and i always have so i choose that as a big part of me. it was hard to chooses my favorite square only because they all are very different but the same in a way, but if i had to chooses it would be my past and my future i think they turned out the very best.the square inside me was my worst i would have to say only because it was the first one i made and it was different for me to have this much freedom on my project.