Final Pictures

 

This was definitely my favorite shoot of the semester.  I'm extremely happy with the way these prints turned out.  The makeup and clothing went very well with the space I found to take the photographs.  I love the dark, almost creepy circus effect that these pictures give off.  Dealing with the snake was an easy way to wet my feet into photographing live animals.  I'm very happy I decided to put on the filters Sarah showed me because it added a much more dramatic effect.  I used a black and white overlay, along with a blue gradient filter to add a sense of cold. Overall I had an amazing experience with this shoot, the models, the designer and even the snake!

Blog Prompt 26

1. Ideas sometimes grow out of irritation. What is a negative thought you are having about your project? What is the opposite of this negative thought? How could you implement a change in your project so that this negative thought will subside? I have a lot of people involved in my project, so it get frustrating when I cannot have everyone together in a short amount of time, it takes a lot of planning. To reduce this, I need to know when I am available and who I need work with me that day.
2. What is the “opposite” of your final project? How can you rework your project to include the “opposite”? The opposite of my final project would be something "light and fluffy" maybe pinks and flowers in a field or something.  I could maybe add dark flowers or black vines to the photos.
3. What is a consistent theme/visual element in your project? What would be the opposite of this? How can you implement that into your project? A constant theme is the snake we used. The opposite is frills and girlie-ness, we added more tulle to one of the dresses and a gold chain to off set the intensity of the snake.
4. Type twenty words or phrases that relate to your project.
5. At the deepest core, describe why you like this project. Dig deep!I love this project because it is heavily influenced by my favorite, now deceased designer, Alexander McQueen.  Even though I obviously never knew him, I felt a deep connection to him and am constantly inspired by him in my everyday life.  He committed suicide a year ago and was always surrounded by "dark fashion" I want to emulate him in this shoot.
6. Expand your project. If time, money, materials, etc would not affect you, how would you expand your project? I would use multiple snakes and possibly different animals.  I would love to photograph it in a warehouse somewhere, with ironcast stairs and many different choices of lighting.
7. Contract your project. What would it boil down to if squeezed and contracted to its simplest form? It boils down to creepy fashion.
8. Look at one of your images. Redesign it entirely.
9. Divide your project into three components. Rearrange and reassemble them in your mind.
10. List your assumptions about your project. Reverse these.
11. What would your project look like 100 years ago? What would your project look like 100 years in the future?
12. Remove something from your project. How does it change? Taking away the makeup/painted faces, it really takes away that creepy factor of not knowing what the models actually look like.  The makeup makes them anonymous, making the viewer unable to connect with the model.
13. Persuade the reader that your project works well and is the most amazing project you have ever completed.
14. Persuade the reader that your project stinks. Then, persuade the reader that you will make changes so that it no longer stinks.
15. Think of one of your most memorable dreams. How could you add elements from this dreams to your project?
16. How would you convert your project into a narrative? How would you remove any narrative from your project?
17. How would you connect your images physically and conceptually? How would you make them disconnected physically and conceptually?
18. What would happen if you demolished your project and reconstructed it physically or conceptually?
19. Name an artist/photographer/designer/videographer who would love your project. Why?
20. Name an artist/photographer/designer/videographer who would hate your project. Why?
21. How would you make your project more edgy, saccharine, provocative, empty, revealing, concealing, funny, sad, mysterious, blunt, honest, disingenuous, fast, slow, playful, austere, hateful, lovable, bold, subtle, long, short, big, small, connected, disconnected?

Brainstorming

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3D Image

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                                                                 Patience

 

Scary

Final Pictures Assignment 5

In this photo I was trying to use makeup to create a non-human effect.  I used a combination of makeup and photoshoped scales  to create the mermaid like look of the photo.  I got rid of the eyebrows changed a bit of the bone structure and lightened the colors.  I think the fact that she is not looking straight at the camera also makes this more surreal.  I would like to have seen a whiter background.

 

This is one of the few pictures I've taken lately that I really prefer in black and white.  I think the lack of color adds to the subject of the picture.  With her age, the pose, the setting, and what she's wearing, to me, the black and white adds a regalness to the photo.  This was taken at a higher ISO, of 800, which I was afraid would add a lot of noise to the image, but fortunately, it did not.  I think there is a nice contrast to this with the natural lighting, there was not much I had to do in photoshop.  The setting of this was at my cousin's wedding shower, themed Breakfast at Tiffany's.  I thought it would provide me with a opportunity to shoot flimstills for this assignment, which is why I had my grandma posing in this way.  I also like that she is looking at the camera, I think it gives it a sort of haughty old movie star-glamour effect. 

 

In this photo, I was trying to mimic a watering hole of the savannah.  I really like the point of view of this because it allows one to see the flatness of the origami animals, yet it adds depth and dimension because of the shadows and the way they are situated.  I photoshoped in the crocodile to add a little comic releif to the picture to also add to the fact the animals are indeed made of paper.  

Works in progress...Part 2

projection image

Works in Progress Assignment 5

Constructed Reality

 

 

Film Still: Breakfast at Tiffanys