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.