Artist Statement

Through out this course of my photography class I have learned plenty of new and exciting techniques starting with cameras to Photoshop. In the beginning of day one I was a rookie with all the technology materials that we were being introduced. Mrs. Cook started off with simple steps and also introduced the class and myself about different famous artists, I enjoyed learning about them because I wasn’t familiar with all these cool artists she mentioned about. We each have a portfolio for our class to share pieces of work we have accomplished, which is a great idea so that we can all stay updated including with the post page and also to share our portfolio from home to our parent and family or friends in general. I feel that by having a portfolio makes us more organized and also it’s an easier way so that Ms. Cook can grade all her classes by click of the main page, with the portfolios she knows what we’ve posted and is updated herself.

In my portfolio you will find pictures we have taken, the top ones are the most recent pictures and the bottom are from the beginning. Starting with the last picture my partner and I were practicing on comprehending the rule of 3rds, leading lines was a second type of picture that we took, my partner is standing on grass while being lead by sprinkler tops. We also learned about shooting macro shots, we got really into detail with this and also on texture photos. Using macro we really had to stay steady and close. After learning about macro we took extreme angle picture from a birds point of view and an ants point of view, this is one of my favorite techniques because I got to take a picture of my partner from an ant’s point of view and it makes him look extremely tall and it made his shoes looked big.

There are plenty of more styles of picture we learned about and my social issue picture was influenced by Barbara Kruger, an artist Ms. Cook taught us about. The most recent one has been the lyrics picture, we used words that meant something to us and also song lyrics and used Photoshop to create a really cool look to the picture by adding a shadow of words, and it was very artistic. Although I struggled with Photoshop I now know about layers, folders, paintbrushes and many more exciting things about Photoshop. Ms. Cook was very helpful and had a lot of patience waiting on the slower learners. I was most successful with the overlay pictures I like creating overlays and moving the pictures around as a matter of fact we also created a blogger header for the top of our profiles and we used overlays and text.

Through out the course I feel I’ve been successful by learning how to use Photoshop in general because I didn’t know how to use it at all, and I would like to download it at home and keep on working with it. I have seen improvement in my picture ideas I kind of struggled in the begging but now I just comes to me and I’m more creative. In the future I can improve on working more with backgrounds and creating settings for a fiction theme on a picture I’d like to accomplish that. Well hope everyone can enjoy my portfolio and picture.

Personal Words:

I'm everything you just haven't become. I spend my time trying to outdo what hasn't been done. Now hopefully let them see, What they say that I'm gon' be, And if not our whole future does in the memory of me. Get your team in order, assembly is key. I did it all on my own, Turned a chair to a throne, I'm a king in this world I dont need me a basketball player All I need is somebody thats down for me And he dont have to have money His love is just like honey Its so sweet to me See I done been through many changes But this one I aint changing It's gon' stay the same I ride like a soldier Put nothing before you Anything you ask I'll be right there to do it You wanna be a pimp Be treated like a prince Go 'head and click the switch Cause now you got your crown back And she treats me like a Don, watches for the hit. Checks where I go, even watches who I'm with.The right when I'm wrong, so I never slip. Show me how to move, that's why I never trip. And baby girl, you're so major, they should front-page ya. God bless the parents who made you They ask you how you doin' now, tell 'em better 'den them Ha ha ha A yo.. the crib got ur friends working We travel to france for french curtains You was there when i was on the bench hurtin Now that i own my team Its only right that i condone my queen Try to show her my dream And i cant let her get lost now She carrys the money, the hammer, and material across town And understand she fine Understand she mine She understand the grind Cooks,clean, and irons And whatever shes wanna push imma cosign And if i aint got it already than imma go find it I guess imma lucky don, and shes a lucky queen Cuz her jewerly box look likes lucky charms All color stones And she no that im in the hood But she also nows that im coming home Mr. raspy thought i was in love with money Till the first time we did the nasty Those were the days these are the times You held me down with nearly damn near everything even my rhymes I will play a song for you And you will let me know exactly how the ladies will respond from a womens point of view And thats why my girl is with me I love it when she layin in the bed with a pearl long Vickie The next best thing to a soldier Just look in her eyes and tell she's real Just imagine the way she smell and the way she feel When things was ruff only person I could call was u Now everything I do it all 4 u A yo the money is great but what we got is more better We got the four letters when it comes from the heart its more pleasure And for the fact that u trust me still Thus far i appreciate what we build All the minks that I bought u That dragged the floor and all the night u sat up And bagged the raw Damn im thinking that u gotta hate it but yet and still u tolerate It thats why ma we gotta make it

I combined lyrics from some of my favorite artists and songs that are my favorite i pulled out diffrent phrases,lines and quotes that ment somthing to me from each song.

**4 songs in one**

Social Issue: Simple;is rare.

Social issue: it's not cookies and coffee anymore...
a black and white splat of picture has shades of diffrent types of grey on the picture it has material objects including heals,boots,purses,electronic,magazines,fur,& accessories. The female
is surrounded by the objects with text covering her eyes,as she holds on to her fone tight and magazines next to her. He hair is curled up and has a fur vest with plenty of accessories.

I came up with a way to create an image of how life is now days, it is really rare to find simplicity in a person. In my issue people have changed because of the material objects. Look back on how it use to be just simple as cookies and coffee as for the older women they use to ivnite thier friends over and just talk and drink coffee including cookies as they hunged out and conversate. In this society girls and women may think thats stupid but its reality, it really use to look like that like on (ilovelucy) well its not that society anymore but understand that simplicity in a person is somtimes much better,thats why its my issue on how people are now days..

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Scary Effects:

My Favorite picture that we created was the vampier because we creates shap k9s to give our selfs a more vampier look, it was creative. The pull down tool was somthing new i learned and also will be helpful next tim i try to pull down on items. Some difficulties i ran into were adding the octopus legs into the picture it took 4ever. I think i did well on the burning tool around my eyes.

In a other job this this type of work can relate to would be like the people that work for fear farm but they actually need to dress up and add make up to thier faces and other body parts, unlike my work everything was done through a computer (")

Happy Halloweenie :p

Photographic effects:

Desaturate was an effect i enjoyed using for photoshop pictures then blur the edges one of the brushes used for my pictures was a leaf type that i included . I learned how to add more light in a certain area of the picture. My favorite in overall was using the diffrent paint brushes and adjustment layers to make the picture flawless.

Contact Sheet:

By creating a contact sheet it is easier to show all the peices we've taken so far. This also shows all the traits we've learned about. Although my contact sheet is missing my name on it i've added the tittle,simplicty,flash,framing,macro,extreme angle,rule of thirds and my light picture. My favorite one that i used was the light picture because light makes a picture look flashy and more unique. This one was the most difficult to capture lso because you need to be in in a dark place where light is coming through. The one i will probally use typical picture time will be flash so when its bright and im in a shade the flash will help out so i can have a better picture.

Compsitional Trick #8 Fill in Flash:

No Flash

Flash

These pictures show the diffrences that the flash on a cam. will do if you set your setting to add a flash in your pictures. The flash can be helpful in dark places & more of the details will show.

Compositional Trick #7 Drawing With Light:

(1s)

The "light" picture is to show and capture the beauty of light. By captuing good lighting there must be a darker area & light but the light should be coming towards the main attraction.

Compositional Trick #6 Frames:

Not Strong: Pic #1

A framing shot can be as creative;; there must be somthing creating a frame around the emphasis. Also you must be looking through the frame to the emphasis.

Compositional Trick # 5 Extreme Angles:

(5s)

The Extreme Angles photo was to show an angle that was from an ants point of view or a birds point of view from up high.

The picture shown: Ants point of view

Compositional Trick #4 Simplicity:

Simplicity photos are something much cleared out and with a simple background around the emphasis.

Compositional Trick #3 Macro:

"Macro helps the world be unordinary every day."

Using macro will capture insignificant things on your daily day objects and even sometimes on your lunch snacks; macro helps view the closer details.

Compositional Trick #2 Leading Lines:

The leading line picture is of course a line or lines leading you to an emphasis, it doesn't necessarily need to be a line but it can also be something creative that will lead you to an emphasis.

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Compositional Trick #1 Rule Of 3rds:

(12's)

In my perspective point of view the rule of thirds is a picture taken with the main attraction not being plain but taken from a unique angle, also by picturing that your image is in a checkard board format so you can know how you image will look if it were to be on a rules of third formant .