Sunday, March 15, 2009

Jump


For this assignment in principles of photography, we had to stop motion.  My good friend, Marvin, who used to be a professional dancer, was nice enough to exert himself for this picture.  This was shot at Cheeseman Park at dusk.  We got really lucky with the light.  

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Portrait


I took this picture of one of my friends for my color management class.  The objective of this assignment was to take a photograph and use color management techniques to get a good print.  In this portrait, I tried to capture the serious, yet mysterious nature of my friend.  

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Self-Portrait


For this assignment in Principles of Photography, we had to shoot an environmental self-portrait and a conceptual photograph.  We had to be present in the environmental shot.  The conceptual shot was supposed to depict something representative of ourself.  Since I don't actually like to be photographed, and am quite sure that I am on the correct side of the camera, I found the environmental self-portrait to be rather challenging.  I chose to only show my profile to demonstrate my shyness at being photographed.  The bubble represents my fun side, but since it is a perfect bubble it also shows that I am a perfectionist.  The bright colors inside the bubble demonstrate my vibrant personality.  I backed up a   playful scene with strong pillars to show that I have strength.  For the conceptual shot I photographed a gutter flower.  I can't think of anything stronger, or more defiant than a flower growing through concrete.  I know that I have the ability to face adversity and always survive.  I also believe that everyone has at least two sides to their personality and that is represented by the two stems this flower has.