Artist Statement

Throughout this semester in digital photography, we have learned many techniques. From the different modes of a camera to the proper way to captivate art in a picture, Ms. Cook has embedded in us the methods we need to be the best artists we can be.

In my portfolio you will find works of art that depict my strengths and weakness in digital photography. From the beginning of the semester you will see all the different tricks we’ve learned. My portfolio portrays my hard work in this class, which I happen to be very proud of. I’ve learned how to take something from my dreams and put it into reality. I feel that I have learned the ropes of Photoshop very well. I have proof of this through my creative works of art displayed in my portfolio. I’m also good at making myself into an iceberg. In this class I’ve learned that you have to catch on fast in order to comprehend the complexity of the different techniques we learn on a daily basis. At the beginning of the semester I could not dig deep inside my imaginative cavity and pull out something creative. As time progressed, I learned how to take something simple, give it a personal twist, and have confidence in it to produce a marvelous work of art.

As time winds down and we learn different ways to enhance our pictures, we grow as individuals. We become well rounded students who, not only excel in core courses, but can produce outstanding evidence of our imagination.

PERSONAL METAPHOR "I AM FROZEN IN A COLD WORLD"

I AM FROZEN IN A COLD WORLD. I CHOSE THIS METAPHOR BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS HOW I FEEL IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. I MADE MYSELF INTO AN ICE BLOCK TO REPRESENT HOW THE COLD WORLD HAS HAD AN AFFECT ON ME. I FEEL THAT I DID EXCELLENT. I ACTUALLY WORKED ON THIS IN ONE DAY. I DONT THINK I COULDVE DONE ANYTHING BETTER. MY FINAL PRODUCT WAS SUPERB.

SHUTTER SPEED

We decided to mess around with teh shutter speed. Shutter speed is b asically how fast the image is taking before all the light is captured. Our setting was basically our classroom in the dark with minimal light from the other classes. Basically we set the aperture and ISO, the shutter speed was set to 11" and it turned out pretty good on capturing the light. We had alot of fun playing with the pretty colors.

ISO FILM SPEED

ISO comes from the word International Organization for Standardization basically meaning how much light will get into the picture. The more the ISO the more bright and light the picture will be. When using the flash instead of setting the ISO the picture will end up really bright and all well lit but kinda ugly since everything is the same shadowy thing. I woukld rather use the ISO because the result will actually have dept and shadows which are good but we have to be careful since the higher the ISO the steadier the subject has to be.

FILL IN FLASH

Fill in flash is basically when the camera's flash is used to get the shadows and darks out so the subject can be visible and all the darks are flashed out. I highly recommend that the flash should never be used since it ruins the overall photo by making almost everything white and also making people's oily faces show up and also their clogged up pores like OTHER PEOPLE.