Portfolio pictures 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, &11.

These pictures are where my portfolio goes back to landscaping. The picture of the water fountain is my favorite. I like the way the colors came out after i photo shopped it, and perspective of the picture. The picture of the flower was really nice to me because i like how soft the colors came out. The picture of the tree had really nice lighting, i like the way the sun comes through the leaves and brightens up the orange of the leaves. The picture of the plant on the ground had really nice lighting, i like how it really draws your attention to the orange on the green plant, it really captures your eye. The second picture of the flower was nice because i like the way you can see the water drops on the flower. The last picture of the tree, is similar to the first one, but different because it doesn't have the sun in the back so the color of the leaves are different. I edited it in photoshop and changed the brightness/contrast, and it enhanced the little light this picture did have, and made it nice.

Portfolio picture 5.

besides the fact that Taeok had a jacket on in this picture, the pose he has in the photo makes it really interesting so i decided to keep it. I like how is hands are and how theres a certain feel of passion in the way he was posing. Although his head and his feet are cut off, it kind of changes the balance of the picture.

Portfolio picture 4.

Now this picture, I think is my favorite.  I liked the way Taeok posed in this picture. It's different than any picture I've ever seen before actually. I edited the brighness and contrast, and also made it black and white.  I like where the shadows are in this picture. The pose in this picture makes the photo have sort of a story. To me it looks like he's hidng, but dancing at the same time. It's really weird, but i like it.

Portfolio picture 3.

This picture is really quite interesting to me. This is another dance picture where Taeok is posed in a position that isn't so "dancy" which makes the picture look even better. I didn't really do much photoshopping to this picture because I really liked the way it came out sort of dull, and nautrally. I liked the shadows on the right side of the picture, and how the quality is some what dull.

Portfolio picture 2.

This is where my portfolio started to change, i started to shoot indoors and use the white background in Ms Miles room. I attempted to shoot Taeok in sort of a "dance" style, but i didn't want to do the normal dance pictures, of people jumping because those are so typical. I liked the position Taeok was in, in this picture.. and when i started messing with it on photoshop i was using the clone tool, and this is how the picture came out. Taeok and i were editing it together and we both agreed that we thought this looked weird but cool at the same time, so i decided to keep it.

Photo 5.

Again, Taeok wasn't posing. But it looked like a pose just a little bit to me, so I liked it. The lighting looked really good in this one, and his blonde streak looks good in here. I like the contrast in this photo, and I photoshopped this picture and I played with the brightness/contrast which made the blonde streak really stand out. I also changed levels of this picture, and I like the way the shadow makes the picture look.

Photo 4.

For some reason I ended up liking this picture.. Again he wasn't really posing for me, he was just kind of moving as I snapped pictures of him. I liked the way the light really enhanced his blonde streak, it made the lighting look a little bit better. This picture is really awkward but I like it.

Photo 3.

In this photo I shot Taeok.. again. He's a really good model actually, even though he gets on my nerves. Ha, jk. Well anyways I shot him in the studio, and was really just messing around with different kinds of lighting, he wasn't really paying attention when I shot him, he was actually playing with his phone.. o_O but I think I made it work pretty well. I like the way the light was really more focused on his face.. And also the really big shadow in the background.

Photo 2.

This is another shot like the one i took before, but this was less of a head shot to me.. i chose this one because i liked the way Taeok's blonde hair went against the strobe light.

Photo 1.

This is the start of my portraits. I shot Taeok, and this was just a head shot for him to have for his Resume's for dance.. but I actually ended up liking it. I used the white back drop in Ms Miles room &the strobe. I like the way the strobe makes this clear effect and i like the way there are shadows on his neck, and really shows the linging of it.

Portfolio Proposal.

Portfolio Proposal

 

Summary of Request:

Proposed by: Shayla Wentt

Project Title: Portraits

Class: Digital Arts Mixed Media

Instructor: Miles

Project Due Date: 01/31/2011

 

Project Description

For my portfolio I would like to have a variety of images based on portraits of different people. There will be a common theme for the people I take pictures of, but it would be a random selection of people. The pictures would mainly take place in the studio, rather than be outside with actually landscape.

 

Type Of Work: Portraiture

 

Concept

The people in these portraits will have no relation to each other, but will still have a common theme. I like to take pictures that show the naturalness in people. Meaning no make up, limited or no big bright distracting clothing. The main purpose of doing my portfolio about portraits is that gives you more emphasis on showing your lighting skill. I believe that when taking pictures of people, it’s more about lighting and that’s a big focus. So I’d like to show my improvement on that.

 

Vision

I would like my viewers to look at my work with an open mind. Rather than trying so hard to find a concept, I want them to just appreciate the pictures for the art in which they express. And realize the beauty that the portrait is presenting.

 

Inspirtation

I don’t really have an actually inspiration. But seeing how my pictures have came out from the past is inspiration enough, I guess you can say when im setting up for a picture seeing the way the light hits the person im about to take of really inspires me.

 

Equiptment to be Used

35mm Digital Camera, DSLR, Strobe Light, Hot lights, Black back drop

 

Presentation

Unknown.

Portfolio picture 1.

This is my first shot. When i first started shooting for my portfolio, i wasn't sure on what i wanted exactly.. so when i shot this picture i really liked the outcome, and somewhere along the lines i started shooting a lot of landscaping/flowers and that kind of stuff. But i really liked how this picture came out, with how the flower in the front is really focused and the back is blurred out, and the colors of the flower is really nice.

Mona Kuhn.

Mona Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1969. Mona Kuhn is of of German descent. She earned her degree in the United States from Ohio State University. Since 1998, ever since her independent studies scholarship at the Getty Research Institute of Los Angeles, her work has been shown. It is included in public and private collections, both internationally and in the United States. Kuhn’s first monograph called "Photographs" was debut by Steidl in 2004; immediately followed by another named "Evidence" published by Steidl also and released in Spring of 2007.  The images appearing in Evidence were photographed in France, where she resides each summer to continue to take photographs inspired for new pieces.

Fine Arts.

This was for our fine arts assignment. Miles said our assignments had to be meaningful.. or have some type of meaning behind it. I chose this picture I took of Nicole Kubiak, because it showed some sense of peace. And peace is VERY important, it gives that serenity feel.. the way the lighting of the photo is just bright white light, gives it that relaxing feel. And how she basically looks "nude" adds on to the feel of the photo, how she looks relaxed, her pose in this photo. This is one of my favorite photos actually :) So i give myself a pat on the back!

Still Life.

Still life assignment, objects used where some elements of the earth obviously like these pine cones and some dried up leaves, all combined into a drum turned upside down. I used the warm lighting to create this yellow looking effect, and on top of that a couple of blur filters on photoshop to change the look of this picture.

Hairspray assignment.

This was for the hairspray assignment. I used Chelsea Lansang as my model, and what I chose to do was make her look like a Pin up girl, from back during the 50'a/60's. I did her hair and her make up for this shoot. I was happy with the way things turned out for this shoot. I liked how the lighting was mainly towards her face, which gave it that classy look.

Cultural Assignment.

This was our cultural assignment. And of course i shot nicole. I actually liked this assignment, i got to paint her with patterns all over her body. The culture i was showing was like a Native culture. Usually religious reasons are why any Native would paint their bodies. In this photo she's also holding feathers, because they also used the paint on their bodies as camouflage when hunting, and that's what the feathers represent. I was happy with the way my picture turned out. I used only a little effects on this picture because I wanted more of a natural light and essence to the picture, so I just fixed up the brightness/contrast and put an Omni Lighting Effect.

School Website.

This assignment was to try and replace the photo that is on the school's website. I shot nicole, and the objects she has in this photo is to represent the many arts here at SCPA. The adjustments i made in this photo were mainly with color, i didn't want to add any extra effects because i liked the simplicity the photo had, so i just chose to play around with the brightness/contrast adjustments, color levels and tones. I am happy wit the way my picture turned out because it captured what i was going for. It's simply, but expresses alot.

proposal assignment.

I chose to do a fashion type of portrait. I thought about making mine different by making it only of her body, I also chose a different location. It's kind of simple but I used a Gradient map edit, even though it looks really simple, it took a lot of steps. Im pretty happy with the out come, cause simple but different was what i was going for.. And that is was pretty much the result. The model i used was chelsea, she's sort of in a fashion type pose.. But it was nothing too drastic. She was semi-dressed up for ASB that day, so i decided to shoot her.

On Location

On this assignment we were supossed to pick a different setting for a location, and i chose the library. because you don't often see pictures taken in a library. i brought the strobe into the library also to enhance the lighting. i thought this picture came out well, i like how there is books at every corner at the picture.

Reflection;

On my portfolio shots i thought that I did a fair job. The artists' I used as the inspiration for these pictures was Irving Penn. I liked the portraits he shot. He mainly used black and white in his photos, as did I. Black and white portraits were the theme I used inspired by Penn, my portfolio I thought was different because I used one particular model, Kubes, and my main focus was the changing on lighting. In all of my shots, you can tell each lighting is a bit different. My over all portfolio shots turned out really well, I actually ended up liking some of my shot's alot.. I thought it was pretty good for some "last minute work." I used photoshop on my photos of course, I messed around with the brightness/contrast on my photos a lot, and also converted every photo into black and white.