Life: Paint

Once summer rolled around, I started to want to take more pictures of my friends and what we do. One day, I was at my friends house (who is an exceptional artist) and decided that hand painting would be fun. We put color on their hands and they started to play around with it in my friends yard. The focus of these pictures are the hands covered in paint. It was a very interesting subject to shoot. After playing around for a bit we left our mark on my friends ground.

SketchBook Assignment #3

Irving Penn

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These pictures are by Irving Penn are portraits. They are focused on the persons unnormal. The first mans focus is his hair, and his nose. The older womans focus is her nose and the last pictures focus is the freckles. All the pictures are really gritty, and detailed. I think this is to show the the imperfection of the human, and I think Penn is commenting on how we should cherish and celebrate what makes us different. He is taking these pictures by focusing on the unnatural, he has everything in black and white.  He generally takes close ups to show everything.

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Sketchbook Assignment #2

Josh Sommer

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All of these pictures are heavily photo-shopped. They are regular photos which have been turned into miniworlds. This pictures have been rotated around a central point. Sommers uses color to define the objects in the pictures, the rest of his pictures are usually plain, and have a continual pattern. By doing this Sommers has managed to create a world which is a paradise. He has managed to create a picture which encompasses one or two objects, making it a simple world. I think he is commenting on our society and our inability to embrace the simple. I think he is also commenting on how our society is obsessed with material goods, and cannot focus on what is good. We have to start living our lives in a world where we can focus on the good, and not try to keep getting more, we must be satisfied with what we have now. 

2. Replication

My Image

3. Technical Study 

Abstract Photography

 

Dreamtography

Sketchbook Assignment #1

Aaron Ruell

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This artwork is of three children at different stages in their life but they all have one thing in common: They are athletes. The color behind each one relates to what the other is wearing, their jerseys are simple, yet it looks as though they are worn out. They are wearing high socks, but not appropriate sports shoes. The lighting around everyone is fairly strong and equal, there is a bigger F-stop, and a medium shutter speed. I think the picture was made in the children school in the athletic area. I think Aaron is trying to show the viewer that sports is a commitment in a child's life and that it is a major part of their life. Sports is lacking in America, and this picture is trying to show us that we should encourage our students to be more active.

This is a photograph of a young adult in a foyer area. There is a light blue wall,  blood red rug, and outfit and the white divan as well as vase. There are scattered colors on the wall in between the books and the shelves. The lighting is pretty strong and evenly dispersed. The woman standing to the left of the divan offsets the pictures balance. The picture looks as though it was taken in someones house, or in a less formal waiting room. The picture is showing the organization people have within their home, but the scattered books, which are not organized, show the disorganization in a home, and that there is never total control in an area.

The photo is of a man in a room sitting. He is looking up to the left corner toward the three ducks flying away. The back wall is wooden, and the man is sitting on red vinyl seats. The red from the seats is very subtle, and what I really focus on is the biggest duck in the left corner. The mans tie is striped, but your eyes are not drawn to it. The lighting is very soft but present. I think this picture was taken in a waiting room, where he is contemplating his life which is what the ducks symbolize.

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