Another assignment...but cooler

 So our assignment in photo 1 was to find a famous photographer and one of their pictures and then either copy it or interpret it. I had a lot of fun with this shoot. I called my friend Kasey, (the girl I shot bridals and her wedding this summer) and then found some pictures I wanted to copy.

 Edward Steichen

 Irving Penn

Irving Penn

This is my interpretation of the photograph with the black girl. Since Kasey is not black and is blond even, I did things a little different. White background and really overexposed.

This was when I was shooting the lace one, but Kasey just looked so regal and I had to shoot this one. It reminds me of Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer...which is cool because he's one of my favorite painters...

So this is my interpretation of the lace photo by Steichan. It was kind of creepy, but cool. Oh, the turban...totally Kasey's goucho pants. That is why it's so bulky, haha

The original picture is of Gisele, so I think Kasey did a pretty good job considering she's not a supermodel! 

I had a lot of fun with this shoot. I had no idea what I was doing, and I've never done anything like this before, EVER. It was a good learning experience.

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I really have no desire to blog right now, but I don't want to let it go weeks and weeks without blogging. Real life just sucks sometimes, you know? Dealing with very troubled family members tends to take it out of you. I don't even know what it's like to have free time any more. So here are some more assignment photo's. I wasn't feeling these two assignments that much. I loved my color photo's and my abstract and conceptual photo's, but these ones just were kind of blah...oh well, here you go and you can be the judge!

This bottom one is from a previous assignment, I just have never posted it and I like it a lot...

Color...

I swear this blog is turning into my assignment blog, but I have no time to even experience anything else in life. Basically I go to school, shoot assignments or commissions, edit said pictures, work, tend to family drama, and if I have any time left I read or watch tv or maybe even hang out with friends. I have no life, but hey! at least there are pictures, right?

And before you ask, no I don't have a studio. This is what you get with color foam board, a table, my porch, and photoshopping out the line. Fun times...

Matthew, Camille, and Cooper...

Just posted some more family pictures on my photo blog...go here. They are of my old boss, Matthew, and his family. Love them!! (the family...well, and the pictures, too)

Before and After...

 I am very VERY proud of this image. This is the first time since I've started this photography thing that I have succeeded in something important. I have successfully created an image that matched exactly what was in my head. I needed photoshop to do it, but I have since learned that with Conceptual Photography, this is often the case. You don't need photoshop, but it helps a lot. So here it is. The before and after. Like I said. I'm so incredibly proud of this image. It could suck, people could hate it. I don't care. It represents sooo much hard work and dedication. I can't wait to see where I'm at in a year and compare it to now. Because when I compare my images from last year to now, it's insane how much better I have become. Here's a toast to a great photographic year!!

Kari, Todd, and Cole

Go check out some family picture I took for my old roommate, Kari at my photo blog. I think they turned out great!

Help me with my assignment...

So our next assignment in Photo Vision is Abstract, Minimalism, and Conceptual photography. What do you, my loyal readers think. Are these abstract? I have no clue! Hahahahaha! I'm not a very abstract person. I'm all about absolutes. Is it okay that most of them are blurry? You can't tell what they are, I think that's the point. So do you love them? Which one? Hate them? Do they suck? Why? Let me know. I need some outside opinions.

Yo Gabba Gabba!!!

Friday, my mom, sister, brother, and I took Oliver trunk or treating at my mom's ward. It was the first time we got to see Oliver in his Yo Gabba Gabba costume. This kid loves Yo Gabba Gabba. When he was a baby, it was the only show he would show any interest in. He still loves it. I personally wanted to spray paint it blue because his new favorite word is cookie. He walks around saying, "cookie cookie cookie". I think it would have been more appropriate for him to go as Cookie Monster. Though, I have since found out that Cookie Monster only eats vegetables now. My childhood is slowly being killed, yo.

Oliver with Uncle Jake, who is his most favorite person. We still don't know why, exactly.

Little Monster!!

Don't mind the blur. This was taken when it was almost dark, so my shutter speed was very low.

 Oliver's pumpkin candy holder didn't make it through the night. The handle was busted.

Eating his loot while he could. His mother wouldn't let him take any of it home, and gave it to Uncle Jake instead. How rude...

More film...and photoshop

I'm learning photoshop in class today. This is a film image I scanned in, and I cloned and retouched. This is a big day for me! Now I can clone out the bugs in a recent family shot I did for my old roommate. If I had known it was this easy, I would have learned this a long time ago. Ps...I love Oliver and I love how the film looks.

I hate life...so I'm blogging

So real life right now is really stressful and I hate it. Addiction is evil, friends. Avoid addictive stuff at all costs, it only will ruin your life. There is my Public Service Announcement for the day. As a result of this, I'm blogging. I'm kind of living for my photography right now. That and Oliver are the only things that even bring a smile to my face right now. So thank goodness for school. I need the distraction.

Our assignment in Photo Vision is about breaking the rules. I don't really understand the "rules", so I hope I actually did the assignment and didn't just take a random picture. I like them anyways. The rules I tried to break are "Fill the frame with the subject", "Do not shoot against the light," "Follow the rule of thirds," Obey the light meter," "Photograph children/pets at their eye level," "Avoid lens flare," and "keep the camera level with the horizon." I tried to get three of these in every picture, but they aren't all in every picture. Funny story, I couldn't use some of them because my dad was flipping the camera off. He's special. This is the one I really like, the rest of them I am getting printed off just in case I like them better on paper.



I think I have to do a series, so maybe I'll do that too. I had a really great idea, but I just don't have the time or energy. I might still do it, who knows, but at least I have something to hand in, right?

Film is not dead....

Here are some of my film assignments that I promised. The first four our photograms. Just light, objects, and photo paper. They were a lot of fun. These aren't the ones I turned in. They were way cooler, but I forgot them at my house. (I don't have a scanner, my parents do.)



This one is crooked. I didn't feel like rescanning it.

This one of Wilbur the pig (recently deceased), is my favorite. I love the light, and I love that he's not looking at me. I don't know why...I just love it.

I also LOVE this one of Oliver. A girl in my class said it looks like a mugshot. I still love it, though.

Sorry this is light on content. I'm dealing with some major family issues right now, and don't have the energy or brain power to right anything else...