ISO-flim speed

ISO is the film speed. Film speed refers to how fast or slow the camera reacts to the light given. In other words, how sensitive the film or pixels in the camera are to light. Back in the day, when we bought film, we would choose the film speed for the whole roll. We would buy ISO 100, 200 or 400 speed film. Now days with digital cameras we can change the ISO with every picture if we desire.
As a class we experimented with ISO. We started off by taking a picture of our partner in a dark room, lit up with Christmas lights, with the flash on. We then turned the flash off, and with our camera on P mode (Program mode:The camera chooses the appropriate aperture and shutter speed) we took pictures at different intervals up the ISO scale.

Lighting Metering

For this assignment the first picture we took we had to meter the computer screen, then take a picture of your partner. For the next picture we metered the color or our partners skin, then took the picture. The contrasting turnouts were because the camera was measuring different lightings. The metering was a lot better in the second picture because Candace's skin color measured the lighting for the whole picture.

Personal Metaphor

My piece was a picture of half me and half myself as ribbon. I also had ribbon surrounding myself. My idea was an original idea thought up by me. I had no help from any person or friend. I choose the simile of “soft as a ribbon” because this is the way that I feel I am most. I am a very soft spoken person and sometimes don’t even talk or give my opinion at all. I was trying to express me and the ribbon alone with no other distractions. Ribbons are very soft and simple and I wanted to portray myself that way. I wanted to convey a soft or calm mood from my piece.
The composition of my work was very easy to comprehend. I had a picture of the upper half of my body and the lower half ribbon and also a few strand of ribbon around me. The picture was also close up so it wasn’t hard to figure out that I was the emphasis. My picture was balanced also because it was close up and I was in the center. The piece was balanced because there wasn’t a whole lot to it; it was just me and ribbon. The picture was unified again because it was myself and ribbon alone.
This definitely wasn’t my best work that I have done in this class. I feel like I could have done a better job on blending myself to the ribbon. Some of the strands of ribbon looked unreal and some looked real. Overall I think I did well on the project. My idea reflects my feeling towards myself and was original. I actually turned myself into an object or ribbon. The difficult part was making the ribbon look real even though I had actually gone out and took pictures of the ribbon myself. If I could change anything about my project I would take more time to make each individual ribbon look more real.

The Aesthetic Expierience

In class we did a project that was called the Aesthetic Expierence. It definitely was an expierience that made me think about things. During my Expierience, i felt an overwhelming sense of the corrupt things about this world that most people are used to or can't see anymore. Things that destroy or hurt people are a way of life now days. The world is a beautiful place full of life and glorious things. My expierience made me aware and realize the dirty and bad things in this world, that simply should be. I felt a care for the world we live in and wish that i could some how protect it so everyone could live happily ever after.

Hybrid

In preparation for our PERSONAL METAPHOR project we brushed up our skills combining objects together. Using layer masks and the clone stamp we blended this dog and bird together.

Movie Moments

Inspired by Cindy Sherman, a contemporary photographer who took photo's of herself starring in movies that never existed.


Movie Title: Love Between a Boy and Girl


Genre: Romance


The movie is based in the 1950’s and 60’s. It starts off when a boy (
Christopher) meets a girl (Jessica) and they fall head over heals for each other. The characters do everything together and everything seems to be going perfect. One day Jessica finds Christopher and his ex girlfriend (Christine) at a romantic lunch together. Jessica grows furious with Christopher and refuses to talk to him. Both Christopher and Christine try to explain the incident to Jessica but she is to prideful to let either one of them close. Jessica lets two weeks go by before she gives Christopher a chance to explain himself. It turns out the romantic lunch Jessica walked in on was really a chance for Christopher to ask for advice about his proposal to Jessica. Over the years Christine and Christopher grew to be close friends and she was the only woman left in his life besides Jessica. In the end Jessica and Christopher got married and live happily ever after.


In this scene, Christopher and Jessica are at their first stage's of Love. They are having tea together. At the spur of the moment, they kiss.

Chocolate Frog

For Valentine's Day we turned frogs into chocolate. I thought this project was very fun and unique. I had a lot of fun turning the frog into chocolate. I learned how to smudge differnet colors to create a perfect blend and also how to make chocolate drip.

Shadows and Reflections

In these excercises we learned how to create shadows and reflections to help us make more realistic artwork. A new tool we learned was layer masks. The things we learned here can help me in the future by improving my photos and making them realistic.My photos won't be so fictional.

Program Covers

We had to create two covers. One for Graduation and another for the Student Handbook.

Aged Photo

In this project we used one of our frame photographs to practice using Photoshop to create specific effects.
For this photo, we used one of our balance and frame photos to make a "Aged Photo". We practiced our Photoshop skills and learned new ones to create the overall piece. I love the Aged Photo look.

Balance and Frames

In this project, we were given a frame. We had to use this in our photo and create composition. The first photo was taken in an asymetrical form. The second photo has no balance. The last photo was also asmetrical also. I had a lot of fun with these photo's and really enjoyed the turn out.

Random Object

We were each assigned a random object to photograph. We could choose to have it in color or black & white. We were to focus on "The Three C's".

This is a picture of my random object. My object was the lamp without bulbs. It was hard for me to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with it. I finally decided to put the umbrella over it to create something new. The picture could have had better lighting and a different background.

Egg Challenge

In this project each student was given an egg to photograph. We were to take a photo in both color and black-and-white. We were supposed to exemplify one or more of the following: Creativity, Craftsmanship or Composition.

I believe my black and white photo was the most successful because it all three of he elements the best. I love the way the black and white shows contrast between the background,light and egg. I also enjoy the angle.

I think my color egg picture, could have been alot better. I am not as pleased with this one as I am with my black and white egg. The lighting against the glass shows a pretty color but the egg could have had better lighting.

My favorite project from Last Semester

This is the piece I finished for last semesters final. I enjoyed this piece the most because I feel it represents me. The emphasis is on me, and the bright colors.

Last Semester