Best Part Of Me:
Light And Shadow:
I really enjoyed this project, I only used natural light and the shadows that were created because of the sun. I did this for every photo. I also paid attention to how it made my surroundings feel. This project made me realize my love for seeing and looking closer at beautiful things. Perspective, temperature, the detail of what you can see, etc, all changes with light and shadow and I enjoyed taking the time to take a deeper look. Part of this project was using editing programs. Learning how to edit these photos made me learn that you can change the perspective and texture of the image. This project helped me understand the tools of light and shadow, and of editing apps.
Portrait:
I adopted my cat Ginger from my local animal shelter during May 2020. He was two years old when I got him and due to the amount of time we were able to spend together, we were immediately close. I am currently in my senior year of high school. Photography, especially Portraits can be very intimate and are very important for memories and history. I decided that I couldn't act like Ginger was going to live forever anymore, I wanted a picture of my cat to be able to remember him when he dies.
I thought we could take a portrait on my great grandparents property, and have my dad take the photos (with my instruction) so that the experience would be even more personal to me. Being able to take pictures of my cat and I, while at a place I love, with someone I love, was very fun and relaxing, other than the 15Lb cat that was trying to wiggle out of my arms so that he could aggressively eat the grass. I still love these pictures, and I think that My cat being a blur while I am trying to smile and get him to be still for a picture is exactly how I want to remember him, an annoying brat<3.
Because my first intentions were to get mainly pictures of my cat, (before I realized I was delusional and had to use my face because he was moving too much) editing the images to allow viewers to see both my facial features and gingers blur, while the sunset was in the background was proven to be difficult and I lost a lot of pictures because of it, but the pictures were too funny to be mad that they didn't come out good.
I thought we could take a portrait on my great grandparents property, and have my dad take the photos (with my instruction) so that the experience would be even more personal to me. Being able to take pictures of my cat and I, while at a place I love, with someone I love, was very fun and relaxing, other than the 15Lb cat that was trying to wiggle out of my arms so that he could aggressively eat the grass. I still love these pictures, and I think that My cat being a blur while I am trying to smile and get him to be still for a picture is exactly how I want to remember him, an annoying brat<3.
Because my first intentions were to get mainly pictures of my cat, (before I realized I was delusional and had to use my face because he was moving too much) editing the images to allow viewers to see both my facial features and gingers blur, while the sunset was in the background was proven to be difficult and I lost a lot of pictures because of it, but the pictures were too funny to be mad that they didn't come out good.
Landscape and Macro
I took these pictures on my great grandparents property. With the sun going down so fast, I was running around, climbing things, etc, to get the perfect pictures, and it brought me back when I was little and my older brother and I would play in the pasture, coming inside with our hands covered in black from climbing on the tractors.
My aesthetic is natural. When I edit, I just go through the settings, (brightness, sharpness, shadow, etc) Then, when i'm done with all of that, I go through all of those setting once more and tweak them again. I really like to enhance the natural beauty of my pictures, especially since I love this location and wanted the pictures to show what I saw while I was physically there, not drastically changing the colors or anything, but making the details that the camera didn't pick up more pronounced.
While taking the pictures I kept letting myself get carried away "Oh that would be a great picture" and I would forget to make sure the picture met the standards of the assignment, I lost a lot of good pictures because of this.
Tricking the Eye:
For this project I was trying to use a lot of "forced perspective" pictures, so basically pictures that need little to no editing. I wanted this because I don't enjoy editing that much, I am not good at it, and I really enjoyed the creativity that taking forced perspective pictures allows. I took a few pictures using a tripod and a photo timer app on my phone, using smaller items close to the camera and trying to get far enough from the camera that the item looked bigger than it was compared to me in the background. I went out with another person four separate times with four different people, and each time I struggled with getting my partner to understand my "vision". I ended up scrapping four hours worth of pictures and having to take some pictures in class last minute and I was very upset because I didn't have the time I needed to do a decent editing let alone something I am proud of and want to show people. I really enjoy being proud in my work so that was frustrating for me, but I did learn a lot and knowing what I know now I would re do this assignment much differently if given the chance.
The editing that I did do was just warping my body and "erasing" the warping that was in places I didn't like, then I added effects to try and make it look like what I was stepping into was a portal or something.
The editing that I did do was just warping my body and "erasing" the warping that was in places I didn't like, then I added effects to try and make it look like what I was stepping into was a portal or something.
Narrative
I created this narrative by setting my phone up on a tripod and using a timer photo app. I used wire to hang up the hoop. I made a few mistakes with taking the picture with things in the background that shouldn't be there yet, but I managed to edit and fix a lot of those mistakes.
Social Justice:
Nearly 1,300 children younger than 18 years of age die from shootings every year. 1 in 3 families with children have at least one gun in the house. Many injuries occur due to improper gun safety and storage. Your children can get into the safe and hurt themselves or others both intentionally and unintentionally. If you have a gun at home, even if you don't have children, make sure to lock your guns in a safe and have the key in a secure place that only trusted individuals have access to.