Final Portfolio Slideshow

Project 13 Utopia/Dystopia Photo Essay

Project 13 Pre Work

Title of Film or Video:	Ways it showed a UTOPIA	Ways it showed DYSTOPIA
Children	Dog is saved at the end Kid smiles at the end	Dull Colors No sense of individualism Mind numbing routine to the point of insanity
Here's the Plan	Constant hard work for the sake of a dream Vibrant colors when things are going well Cute character design	Hard work stops being about the original dream Muted colors when upsetting events occur
The Truman Show	Everyone's chipper all the time Vibrant colors, visually nice looking town Truman is mostly celebrated/respected for being who he is	Everyone is a paid actor The town only exists under a dome When Truman has an idea that doesn't conform to what the show needs, he is talked down to

Project 12 - Final Stop Motion

Project 12 Pre Work - Practice Stop Motion

Project 12 Pre Work - Inspiring Videos

I liked this video because of all the creative sound effects and visuals.

I liked this video because of the attention to detail and the clever writing.

I liked this video for similar reasons to the guacamole video.

Project 11 - Final Magazine

Project 11 Pre Work - Inspiring Magazine Designs

Covers

Spreads

Ads

Project 10 - Final Portraits

Project 10 - Fine Art vs. Commercial Portrait

Photographer: Ashlan Grey

Photographer: Kevin Abstract

The first picture is an art portrait because there's no noticeable product in frame. The feelings depicted are more melancholic than the emotions most advertisements try to capture to sell products (satisfaction, glee, relief). The second example very clearly displays a t-shirt in both photos in the set. The model's face is also visible, unlike the first example. He's clearly smiling to give off the image that the shirt makes him happy.

Commercial Portraits - Pre Work

A commercial portrait is a picture of someone that's designed to grab viewers' attention so that they consider buying a product. I like the commercial portraits above because they both aim to grab people's attention using absurdity. The first picture is trying to show off clothing and a bag, and it does so by putting them in front of a dark green background, making the brighter purples and blues pop out. Also, the duffel bag is floating. The second picture is and advertisement for Critters 2. It grabs attention by juxtaposing the Critter with a conventionally attractive model.

Fine Art Portraits - Pre Work

Philippe Halsman

Brian Lau

A fine portrait is a picture taken of someone to express the emotions of either the subject of the photo or the photographer. In addition to expressing someone else's emotions, a fine portrait should ideally evoke an emotion in the viewer of the photo. I like the the pictures above because not only are they visually interesting, they also show very raw emotions. The first one is harshly lit and the woman depicted is incredibly serious looking, making it an intimidating and threatening photo. The second one feels very nostalgic to me. The soft colors of the sunset and the flower being tucked into the man's hood are very innocent to me. However, I also like the inclusion of the dark black hood, consuming the man like the flower seems to be consuming the moon in the background.

09 Surrealism

Project 9 Pre Work

Surrealism is a movement/style of art that creates a world that's extremely unusual compared to reality, mostly by using incongruous juxtaposition, critical paranoia, and levitation.


Marja Pirilä, Camera obscura, Anu, Tampere, Finland

Marja Pirilä creates a sense of surrealism by juxtaposing a girl sleeping in her bedroom with a forest and a driveway in the sunlight.


Landon Nordeman, Garfield

Landon Nordeman creates a sense of surrealism by juxtaposing a plain, simplistic room and someone in fairly formal clothing with someone in a Garfield costume.

Project 8 - Digital Alternative Process

Cyanotype

Cyanotype is a process of photo development where paper (or any other substrate) is coated in a mix of chemicals. Once the paper dries, the negative is exposed to ultraviolet light while on the substrate in order to make the print. The solution is then rinsed off of the print after drying.

Gum Bichromate

Gum Bichromate is a printing process that originated in the 1800s. A negative is printed onto a substrate and then, to add color, single layers of paint are added at a time. Meaning each color added is added to the substrate, registered, and washed.

Tilt Shift

Community Project - Library

For this project, we shot our photos in the Lincoln High School Library. We shot our photos
the way we did because we wanted to capture different perspectives and represent the
diversity of the library. We had a shared vision and we knew exactly what we wanted the
collage to look like. In conclusion, we feel the collage encapsulates the spirit of the
library and of the Lincoln High School community.

Project 8 Pre Work - Cyanotypes

Cyanotype is a process of photo printing that requires paper (or any other substrate) to be coated in a mix of chemicals. After the paper dries, the image is printed by the negative being exposed to ultraviolet light while on the substrate. The solution is then rinsed off after drying.

Project 8 Pre Work - Temperaprint

Temperaprint is a process of photo development in which eggs are used to create light sensitive emulsions containing pigment. The photographer breaks three fresh eggs into a sealable container and shakes them until they're in a uniform liquid state. The eggs are then strained through a fine tea strainer to get rid of clots and yolk sacs. Next, the saturated solution is created with distilled water and ammonium dichromate powdered chemical. The egg liquid is combined with the saturated solution as well as some paint to get the temperaprint solution. The artist tapes their substrate to a big piece of glass and slathers it with the solution. Then, through contact printing, the image is transferred onto the substrate.

Semester 1 Reflection

One photographer I discovered was Priya Kambli, who was my second choice behind Sandy Carson for my emulation project. I think the way she draws attention to certain parts of her photos is brilliant. I learned a lot of composition skills in semester 1, but most notably, I learned what the rule of thirds is. I had always heard the term but never fully understood it, so I'm glad I know what it means now. My favorite project was probably symmetry and balance because it's the project I learned the most from and the one I took my best pictures in. I notice and take advantage of more photo opportunities in the world now. My relationship with photography has changed in that I know more about it now. I'm most interested in learning new composition techniques in semester 2.

Project 7 - Multiple Image Techniques