Small book

Front and back cover

 For the front cover, I printed two piece of the same photo but set the enlarger to different times and then I glued the two pieces together to math them. I glued the picture onto a type of paper that has leaves and flowers embedded into it. I also glued on a bow and I drew my name in a type of font that I do not know the name of, probably times new roman.
For the Back cover, I printed out a pattern from online and glued an yellow ribbon on it and kind of made it to create a smooth movement throughout the cover in order to match with the movement of the printout.

The inside pages

 For the left page, I used a cut-out from a magazine. It was an advertisement for perfume (which is why it smells like the perfume) for Macy's. I printed a few photos of myself and glued them onto the cut-out.
For the right side, I cut out random pieces from So So Happy and glued them into the page. I also cut a strip of unusable film and pasted it onto my page. I wrote "Lolz" onto the page to, I guess, to make the page seem more random and fun.

On the left, is a photo of me doing a side kick. I cut off the sides of film strips and pasted them onto the sides on the photo.
On the right, the coloring is actually from the bleeding watercolors on the other side. I then pasted on my photo of bells, which I incorporates the principle of design of movement very nicely.

On the left is the a watercolor painting. I at first made a rainbow, and then I dripped water into the center for it to lighten up for me to write on with a red pen.
One the right is a pencil drawing of a kind of self portrait of me. However rather than facial features, I drew emoticons because I'd like it to represent all of my different emotions rather than just one.

Art show

    In this piece, there is a girl in turquoise with a white tree behind her, and a border of black, curved lines. There is a white outline around the girl, creating contrast and an emphasis on her. The tree, being white, also creats contrast and emphasis. With contrast and emphasis on both sides of the piece, it creates balance. The borders and the girl's long hair create movement throughout the piece. The main objects are also not centered and are on the sides, which is good.
    I believe the artist is trying to represent mother nature. With one side white and the other black, this represents how nature is deteriorating.

Up close and personal ;p

     In this photo is Eve Rios and Karl Fulgencio. The two are standing beside a fence and Eve is closely behind Karl. Karl and Eve's dark clothing create contrast between them and the background. The two are also not centered and slightly are to the left side of the photo. The main focus is on the two. This was taken outdoor. The theme of this piece was up close and personal. I  was trying to convey a type of shadowing because it is always close and personal to you. In this case Eve and Karl's shadow. I believe this piece to be a success, however, I would like to make one change if I were to retake this photo. Possibly have a different backgrounds, one of less detail in order to create more of a focus on the two as well as having them stand further away because I feel that they are just too close to the camera.

Contact sheet :O

What am I supposed to write about here? D=

Principles of Design Shoot

        In this photo, there are 2 glasses sitting on the pavement. One pair is on top of the other. There is also an intersection of the cracks in the pavement. Both of which are on the same plane and are close up. They are within the rule of thirds. One pair of glasses' lens are of a different tone, more shaded than the other. I used shallow depth of field in order to create a focus on the glasses and intersection. The principal of design I tried to incorporate into this piece was line. This was attempted by using the lines of the sidewalk as well as the lines of the glasses. This image was taken outdoor. I was trying to convey the message of walking blindly. I found my piece very pleasing, however, I did not think it really conveyed my message.

PDN edu and Model release form

 Model release forms are necessary due to the Copyright Act. As long as the photo follows the first amendment  of freedom of speech and expression then it is not required to have a model release form. However there are those who recreate photos through the technology used today and sell them in masses. It would be necessary to have a model release form for certain celebrities within those photos because the photographer or seller is profiting from the faces of those celebrities.

EMPHASIS

Emphasis: One method used to attract attention in the design of a page or work of art is the use of a focal point. A focal point draws your attention to the most important element on the page. There are several techniques used to emphasize the most important object on a page.

Sarah Moon

Monette pour Commé des Garçons

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Panning

This photo was taken outdoors by Karl Fulgencio. In this photo is Derek Ybanez walking down a small slope through some straw and trees. This photo was almost completely out of focus, almost intentionally. However Derek is supposed to be in focus. The trees created a dark shadow, where as the other half of the photo is more tinted. I think Karl was emphasizing the nature surrounding Derek or an emphasis on black and white.

I think this photo was almost a success because Karl did not intentionally make Derek blurry. However, I still like this photo, which makes it successful.

shallow depth of field

 

This photo was taking outside. There is metal railing fresh after rain. The lower body of Jenny is in the out of focus background, emphasizing the railing and its rain drops. There was the use of a filter which made the droplets too dark (accidentally). I was emphasizing nature because water droplets on a railing are always seen but never taken into consideration.
I think this piece was... okay, not necessarily a success because of the darkness of the droplets. But it was still an "acceptable" photo.

Photo 1 =3=

  In this picture, I see me being doomed for bad luck underneath a ladder, beside a fence, and leaves scattered all around. On the other side of the fence are old props. In the back ground, are cars and a hillside. This photo was taken outside in the light.
  I believe that Roanne focused more on the ladder rather than me in order to emphasize the idea of "bad luck" and superstition. She also had angled it from a lower view in order to show more lighting which allowed the photo to fade as it moves upwards.
   I really like this photo because of what I believe to be the focus and concept of the ladder and its bad luck.