May 2010
1 post
April 2010
7 posts
Project 5 Ideas - Portraiture
I have gone through multiple ideas for this project. Originally, I intended to shoot the drag queens that came to campus. I soon realized my constraints and the impracticality of this project, so I shifted gears to something more attainable. I decided that I was interested in showing the gab between the community of Beloit and the Campus of Beloit. I planned to do this by photographing the more...
Post-Critique Reflection: Project 4
Critique for our fourth project went well. Because of the organization of my photos for presentation, the message that I was trying to send was clear. The class quickly picked up on my themes of consumption and excessive waste. in general, the class saw how I traced the food that we waste at commons. That idea of the trace was fairly straight forward. The class did not however pick up on the fact...
My Project Ideas (#4) - The Trace
For this project, I am interested in taking a more environmental approach. As the project was described to the class, I began to imagine the traces that every human being unknowingly leaves behind. I then started looking at Julian Montague’s photos of shopping carts found in the natural environment. These inspired to focus on consumption and realized that the best way to do that was to focus...
March 2010
6 posts
Post-Critique Reflection: Project 3
Critique went well yesterday. Typically, we present our photos by printing them, arranging them, and posting them in front of the class. It was very different to present them online and through a projector for a few reasons. We could not arrange them as a series and the tones through the projector appeared very different than the original tones. These two things did take away from the...
My Project Ideas (#3) - In Limbo
For this project, I plan to be a people watcher. I plan to put myself in a bustling public place. This will give me the opportunity to observe and shoot photos of interesting and always changing subject matter. I have been influenced by Melanie Einzig and her “people watching” street photographic style. I am excited about being in a public place and shooting whatever happens around me....
February 2010
10 posts
Post-Critique Reflection: Project 2
For the Emotive Color project, Critique was very challenging. It was really interesting to describe someone else’s photos as if they were your own. I was happy that the class agreed on the peacefulness of my photos. It was great to hear that they had picked up on the importance of curvature, light, and color and how all of these things tied my images together in a very specific way. I liked...
My Project Ideas - Emotive Colors
The project goal is to use color to depict an emotion. I was assigned to depict the emotion of peacefulness. When I think of a peaceful photograph, what immediately comes to mind is a picture of a beach with an expansive horizon, or a picture of someone sleeping in warm light. I did not want to take such cliche shots. What I wanted to do was incorporate the techniques that make these photos...
First Project: Post-Critique Reflection
I was pretty nervous about critique day, but I ended up enjoying the open-forum atmosphere that was established. It was really helpful to hear from my peers, as well as Sarah, about my photos. I really appreciate hearing alternative perspectives whether they be positive or constructive critiques. I really enjoyed hearing some of the discussion about Diagonal Lines 2. Because of its obscurity, I...
My First Project Ideas: In Retrospect
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough,” says Robert Capa. The point of this project was to learn how to take the focal point of our images to the edge of the frame and to use up the space available in the frame.
For this first project, I did not feel limited to take photos of any one thing. Going into this first project, I had the idea to take...
