Light

      During the light project, I had many struggles. I needed to be able to get the correct lighting to make sure that I got what I was looking for. It was difficult at first, but then I was able to get the help of my brother and sister. My brother helped me out with the lighting, by holding the light where I wanted it, and my sister let me take pictures of her for my project. The girl seen in the pictures is my sister. In order to get the shadows in the direct light pictures, my brother held the light where I told him, and I turned off the lights in the room. Then I was able to capture the shadows of my sister. To get the silhouettes, I struggled a bit more because I needed to have a good amount of lighting. What I did is go to a place where there is no light at all on one side and have the other side have light. That is how I was able to get the silhouettes in my pictures. If I could do this project all over again, I would redo my silhouettes because I feel that I could have worked on them a little more and tried to make them better. I would of probably also chose a different location, maybe somewhere outdoors. I could have done more to improve my pictures. It was a challenge at first to get everything right, but at the end, everything worked out.

Panoramas

stereographic planets

Cloned Self

Face Scans

Self Portraits

The pictures you see above are portraits that describe my person. There are people that may think they know me, but sometimes they have no idea. I wanted to have people think about my portraits when they say them. There are some that you can easily tell that I am smiling because I like to smile, and I like to think of myself as a very happy person that sees the positive things in life. There are other pictures that my emotion is not easily readable, this is because I wanted others to feel the pictures and be able to think more about what is happening in the portrait? or what is she thinking about? I tried to use my surroundings such as using my reflection, using the rule of thirds, and getting a good lighting in my pictures. These all played a big role in my portrait project. I feel like I got what I was looking for, which is describing me as I really am.

Portraits

These pictures were taken on October 27,2012. They were taken in Tualatin, more specifically, they were taken at my house. The portraits that you see are two really important people in my life, my mom and my little sister. I chose them because they have always been there for me, and they are really special to me. I wanted to talk to my mom and ask her about things in her past, such as her childhood and teenage years. I was able to get some expressions from her as you may see in her portraits. I had a good mother and daughter time with her thanks to this project. My sister is someone that I know enjoys the camera, therefore I chose her for my project. I knew I was going to be able to get some good pictures out of her. We also had a very nice conversation, and I was able to have a good sister bonding time.