Greek Myth

I picked the myth about Atalanta. She is a strong beautiful women. She could out run any man except one time when she was racing, the man would throw a golden apple to distract Atalanta. Atalanta didn't win the race because she was distracted by the golden apple. That is why i included running shoes and a painted apple. overall i really like this photo. i think it has good composition. i like the color and different values. i wanted this photo to show strength and confidence. i think i did a pretty good job in expressing that.

series

My series is demonstrating how i am quiet person. the first photo shows how i am quiet in school or when i am around people i have just met. I used the light coming from the right because i wanted only half of her face to have light on it. light represents others and me kind of turning away because i am shy. i used a white sheet as the background. i like how it is dark in the lower left corner.

the second photo represents my quietness about my faith. I don't talk about my faith that often. i took this photo at my church. in photoshop i made the photo have a soft focus. i had the light coming from the left side and coming down on her head. i did that to make her face have a shadow and the top of her head have the light reflecting on it. i like how she is kind of hiding but it also looks like she is thinking or reflecting. the photo feels balanced.

The third photo represents how i am somewhat quiet during soccer. I am a little more open during soccer because i am around some of my friends. with this photo i didn't want to just take a picture of someone holding a soccer ball . i used the soccer goal net as a way to demonstrate the theme. i really like the values in this photo. i like the angle of this photo too. the net frames her face.

the fourth photo shows how i express myself through photography. photography allows me too express myself without using words. even though i am a quiet person i can "speak" through my photography. I think this is the reason why i like photography so much. I had the lighting coming from the left, but i had most of her face lit up. i did this because photography it were i am not as quiet so her face is lit up. I like how there are dark shadows around the edges.

artist photos

The top photo i used Elliott Erwitt as an inspiration. He takes many photos of dogs. He also uses different angles and also likes to use different depths field. i like the angle of my photo and i also like how she was standing on a hill. The second photo i was inspired by Eugene Atget. He also liked using a large depth of field. He also used s-curves. In my photo i used an s-curve and i tried to get a large d.p.

night photos

The top photo is of a light outside my house. i like how it looks like the light is coming out, dropping down. I set my camera on the firework mode and than i moved my camera around when i was taking the photo. The below photo is just grass. i took the photo right before it got really dark out. I liked how it turned out with the flash on. i like the detail and the colors of this photo too.

Holga

These are my holga prints. they turned out ok. For both of them i overlapped or double exposed my film. i like how they kind of look old. the top photo i used a regular exposure machine so the edges are rounded. I wanted the flowers to look like they were coming out of the cement. the bottom photo i used the holga exposure machine. i like how it looks kind of transparent.

compostion

photograms

these are my photograms. the first one is called "innocence" bc the expression on the girls face and just the entire feeling of the photo makes me think of innocence. i called the second photo "aged beauty" bc the photo looks really rustic and old. i used a few different layering techniques for both. i also think the second photo has good contrast.