Assignment 6 MORE

I think what I could do better is to pay attention to more details and think about things before I do it. This way the details would be more clearer and be snappier and if I think about it then the work will be better. I think what I did do good was I made people not be able to see that I was myself in the Cleopatra picture. I also showed some emotion in the photos I took for this assignment. I was really happy about that.

I really like this photo and I don't know who it's by and I got it at http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/350249795_c5448f693b_o.jpg. I like the nighttime exposure so the lights are a line because of the movement so it's blurred into light in a line. I like the bright building in the back with the tree in the middle of it. I like the street lights on the right side of the photo how they're flashing and sparkling. I like the dots on the floor and how they're arranged in a different shape. Some go straight, some go diagonal, so it's like an arrow. I like how they're straight and diagonal so it draws my eyes to different parts of the photo. The straight lines draw me forward to the building and the tree. The diagonal lines draw me to the other parts of the picture, like the sides. The parts of the picture where you don't notice as much, it helps you to. I like how it's black and white because it shows a more old and classy side of this place like it's the start of the 1900s and there's people going to old movies and girls with curls in their hair going to operas or dressing up.

Ripples

I really like this photo by Jeff Alu of the leading lines. I got it at http://www.bmreview.com/images/jeff_alu/images/Jeff_Alu_leading_jpg.jpg. It's a pattern and leading lines. It makes me see all the way out to the end of the photo but doesn't lead my eyes off the photo because the end of the leading lines doesn't end at the edge of the photo. It ends with the sky so my eyes stay in the photo wanting to know what more is happening in the photo. I really like the pattern of the lines that look similar to each other but are different shapes though. This is very cool. I like how it's black and white so you can see the gray of the lower level and the black of the lines. I like the simplicity of it, how it's only lines and nothing more. It makes the photo very cool.

Assignment-6 PORTRAITS

I really enjoyed this assignment because it was really fun. It wasn't easier or anything, but it was fun taking pictures of other people because I had many jokes and laughs with them. My mom and I kept joking around and laughing while we did ridiculous poses and did ridiculous jokes. For my self portraits, my mom had to stand in place of where I wanted to be and then I would adjust the white balance and lighting and the view from the camera. Then she would stay there and I would go over and pose where I asked her to so it would look the same or I would tell her what part of her body was where in the screen of the camera. Then she would come back and snap the photo. We did all this with a tripod. For the first photo of Zephani Huang, we went over to her house during lunchtime on Wednesday because she lives off of 9400 S. so it's really close. I snapped photos of her and she had this cool scarf so I asked her to wrap it around like that and only show one eye for emotion. I really like how it's upclose and only shows her face and hands and the scarf. It's very mysterious. The second picture, I was trying to have a Hollywood essence about me. More of a 1960's and earlier time so I put on red lipstick and lined my eyes with black liner. I tried to portray different sides of Hollywood in the assignment. I did girly, mean, and classy. The black dress is my mom's and I barely fit in to it. I really like this photo because how the dress is spread out is so girly and classy and how it's an black dress with red lips. The third photo is me trying to be Cleopatra. I didn't have the exact white dress and the gold accessories and headdresses, but the details and the eye makeup tells the story. I wanted to show that Cleopatra could be mean and have control. I really like how close the photo is and how it shows the details of the headress and the eye makeup. It really shows emotion even though it's just through the eyes. The fourth photo is of my mom and I took it of her and her reflection in the mirror. I love reflections. I think they're awesome! I like the expression on her mouth how it's different than regular ones. I like how the reflection is looking back at the viewer rather than herself. The fifth photo is of my mom and I took it while she wasn't paying attention that I took it of her. This way it would be blurry and more natural in action rather than posed. She was in the middle of getting ready of a pose and I snapped it. She didn't know which made it even better. I like how it's blurry so there's several images of herself looking ghostly around her. The whole thing is blurry yet clear because it's literally blurry but you can still tell what's going on. I am really starting to freak out about my final portfolio! I haven't started it yet! I'm really really x 100 starting to worry.

Quote of Forever

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shopping Carts

I really like this photograph but I don't know who it's by. I got it at http://www.photoaxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/pattern.JPG. I originally thought it was buildings with things on them and pictures on the sides, then when I looked at it again I figured out it was shopping carts. I really like the shopping cart pattern with the grids and the handles. I really like the simplicity of color and the complexity of the pattern. It's really cool. I love how the pattern continues and is a leading line that draw your eye to the top left corner and leaves me wanting to see farther what is there: whether it's carts or something else. I like how there's so many of the carts and it just fills up the screen. I love it.

I really like this photo of the water and the forest and rocks. I like how the sidewalk is a leading line for the forest. It leads you to the darkest strongest color part of the photo. I like how the green is such a rich green and how it's the darkest thing in the photo. The water makes me feel peaceful like I could just relax in it and float in it forever. It makes me feel very happy and like traveling and vacation at St. Bart's or Grand Cayman or something like that. The view is also beautiful.