Blog Assignment 5

Prompt 11.

Memory of a place: A place from my past that vividly sticks out in my mind is Las Vegas. I have hundreds of pictures from last time I was there, but as I remember it, everything was larger than life, vivid, colorful, and busy. If I were to photograph it now, I think it would be very similar, but probably bigger, with more hotels, but with the same sunshine and palm trees in the midst of neon signs and sparkling lights. I would stand on the main boulevard to get the best view of all the hotels. There is such a mish mosh of people there, from tourists, to magicians, show girls, hookers, business men, gamblers, famous people, cowboys, and security guards. I went with my family, my parents and my brother, to casinos, magic shows, the blue man group performance and even a knight joust. Every place is completely different from the next, like stepping into a completely different dimension.

Prompt 12.

A photograph from my past I remember most is a picture I have kissing a dolphin I had been swimming with. Everytime I think about that experience or see the picture I get butterflies in my stomach, it was something I had wanted to do all my life and being able to do it gave me such joy and that photography still evokes those emotions. I have changed though, after watching the cove and seeing the way dolphins are treated and captured for Sea World has now changed my opinion on the captivity of dolphins. The place has changed in the controversy surrounding Sea World after the release of that movie. I would still be thrilled as I was to be interacting with the dolphin and be near it, but I think there would also be sadness in the situation of captivity. I would look different physically, with longer hair, a thinner face, and older, and also emotionally, probably sadder, and even wiser to the surroundings of what is really happening to that dolphin.

Prompt 13.

An idea for a piece of land art I would create would be going to an archeological dig and using the tools, scraps, trash left around the site to make either a sculpture mimicking a dinosaur bones, or whatever the dig was portraying, like a mummy and tomb or pottery.

Prompt 14.

In showing a difference between faraway and familiar places, I think there are many different effects one could use. Angle or point of view could be effective, like using straight on shots for familiar and angled for faraway, making it seem more distant and disconnected. Another tool could be zoom, directly using close ups to be more personal. Color can also make a difference, whether black and white or color, depending on shadows and light can add to the personality or story of a photograph. I would love to take pictures in a rainforest. Somewhere where no trees have been cut down and no animals are endangered and really capture animals and plants in their natural habitat.

Prompt 15.

Job-wise, in present, I work at American Apparel, and in the past I was a lifeguard at home for 4 years. These both are/were important to me because they provide means to stability, supporting myself, responsibility, and people skills, which are all very valuable to me. I would like to use slow shutter speed to capture me jumping in to the water with a long flowing blue skirt from American apparel to show the two moments.