House of My Mind

This "House of My Mind," I feel, strongly represents who I am. I feel like this work expresses who I am, while remembering where I came from. The background, is a red to blue fade, met halfway with a small strip of white, indicating my life spent in America; however, the center of the image portrays a maple leaf, as I was born in Canada. The rest of the image tends to, somewhat indirectly, express my love for sports. In the center are silhouettes of a golfer and a basketball player, which are the two main sports that I play. The background shows three grey lines dividing the image, which resemble the seams on a basketball, while the middle depicts white hexagons which I intended to resemble the grooves on a golf ball. The interesting thing about the center is that it can be viewed many ways, given the standpoint of the viewer. It can be seen as a chain-link fence, a honeycomb, or seen to represent a love for geometry, etc. I feel like this not only offers insight as to who I am and what I represent, but gives insight into who the viewer is. With the opacity turned down, the background is laid on a piece of newspaper, specifically the sports section; this is just another representation of my interest in sports. Unifying the two silhouettes in the center, is not a ball, but rather a sand dollar, which expresses my love for nature. I feel like my intentions throughout this project were very straightforward, and weren't altered throughout the course of making this piece. I knew what I wanted to represent me and put it on this image. I am glad having done this image because not only did it give me more insight on how to use photoshop, but it gave me more insight as to who I am as a person; resulting in a piece that I am very satisfied with.

A Room of One's Own

This project highlighted A Room of One's Own through the isolation and thoughtfulness incorporated with the pictures taken. The majority of them tended to use isolation (as in my earlier project) to set the viewer in their own world, distanced from all else besides what is in front of their own eyes. This project was meaningful to me because not only do the results show mindfulness and a sense of tranquility, but the process invoked the same feelings. I felt much more mindful and isolated (but not in a negative sense). The results in this project also used light as a character to emphasize certain aspects of the picture, drawing the viewers' eye between the contrast of light in the developed images. Using two images from previous projects, I decided to alter my focus on my usage of light to place emphasis on detail and thoughtfulness. I decided to not only use light as a character, but also as a concept, to draw the viewer in and create a deeper sense of thought. Should I redo this project, I would have altered my concepts to not focus so much on a broader depth of field, but focus in more on a shallower depth of field, placing the majority of my focus on smaller and finer details, perhaps invoking more thought and ultimately being more powerful.

Room of One Zone

During this light project, I have found this image to be the most intruiging thus far. I feel that the glass refracts the light coming from the blinds in an interesting and engaging manner. The use of rule of thirds is aesthetically pleasing and I found that this picture of an interior setting is very well lit, making it one of my favorites during this project.

Shutter and Aperture Project

In this project, I decided to use the word "isolated" because of the emotional quality that is carried with it. When used in imagery, I found "isolated" to be very expressive, providing the viewers with a view that seems to be distanced from the rest of the world. The intent was to be able to give the viewers a perspective that made them feel alone and desolate using relatable scenarios, giving them a viewpoint that expressed this adjective.

This image is relatable to the great majority of academics. Those who restrict their social life because they do not have enough time and energy to juggle both a social and academic life proficiently. I decided not to incorporate the rule  of thirds too much in this image, but the division of the pages in the book would be able to give it that effect. When taking this photo, I decided to turn on the television in the background to give a perspective of an attempt to compensate for their lack of a social life by diving into the digital world, whether it be games, shows, movies, etc. I decided to use a shallow depth of field to put great emphasis on the book, showing the priorities in this image.

This photo illustrates a peaceful environment in which, a balance of objects is in play. There are two chairs, representing the perspective of two different people as there is a divide in the background. The background splits from a natural perspective on the left, to a geometric perspective, showing a divide of natural and artificial. While the two chairs represent the presence of two people, their perspectives place them in their own separate world, and even as a whole, the image seems to be in a seclude, enclosed environment. I played with the rule of thirds in this image, diving the two chairs on the sides with a shared table between the two. There is a shallow depth of field as their directional perspectives do not offer a wide point of view from each chair.

This image gives the viewr insight into the lifestyle of being an athlete, putting great focus on the basketball as it is a personal favorite of mine. Through the incorporating of the basketball, not only is this photo illustrating the priorities of an athlete, but iit holds great importance to myself. I chose to incorporate the rule of thirds, putting emphasis on the foreground with basketball on the left, while leaving the background rest of image to being somewhat empty, showing the priorities of the athlete. There was a wide depth of field in this image, leaving the viewers with a wide view, however empty with meaningless detail to put emphasis on the basketball.

This photo depicts a pool table, with a solitary stick, allowing the viewer to infer that the player of this game is alone, fofllowing the guidelines set by my adjective "isolated". In the background, the blinds are shut, closing the player off from the outside world, leaving the player by themself. While the rule of thirds is not too present, the cue ball in relation to the rest of them would be divided by such as principle, with the cue stick on the right to balance the rest of the image. There is an extremely shallow depth of field, offering close to no background in relation to the foreground, focusing almost entirely on the pool table and the viewer themselves.

Pinhole Camera

Conceptual Intentions

What did you find meaningful about the process and practice of this project? Where does your voice and style as an artist emerge in this project? If you did not find the practice and process meaningful or you do not feel that your voice emerged in this work, why not?

I think it was very rewarding to be able to create the camera yourself. The whole process allowed me to think differently as a photographer. My style emerged through the incorporating of natural object with geometric objects, I found that this juxtaposition crated scintillating imagery.

Stretch and Explore

What challenges did you face over the course of this project? what changed over the course of your project?  What opportunities or occurrences led to these changes? Given what you know now about building a camera, how might you have changed your concept or approach to working?

For a limited period of time, my pinhole camera was not functioning correctly, but after one class, I was able to resolve this issue and return to a state where I could properly take pictures. But after figuring this issue out, I found a new style to taking pictures, further emerging me in the ever so rewarding process.

Formal Intentions

How have you deepened your understanding of photography in this project? Describe your pinhole prints. Please upload at least three examples to your blog.

I cannot find my pictures.

Adjective

I found the term "isolated" to be an intriguing adjective as it provides the viewer of the artwork with a level of depth and emotion that only furthers their interest in said piece. Isolated describes an object which is singularly represented and seems to be distanced from any other object; almost as if it were in its own world. The word seems to have characteristics that one could see as sad, solitary, and can be seen as an introvert. I feel like this is a good word to focus my art on because not only with it further my level of depth and emotion in my art, but it will allow me to better understand the necessary techniques to use on a camera in order to obtain such a photo (f-stop, shutter speed, ISO; etc.).

Still Life Photography