The Final Countdown!

Alright, my post yesterday was about the work that I was doing for my final project! The pictures have been finished and assembled in order. Take a peak!

Final.

Well, the end of the semester is near! I am finishing up my final project. We are creating our own series! It is a little difficult for me, because again, she wants some sort of meaning. My meaning is a little rough, but my photos so far are pretty great! For those of you that don't know, a photography series is mainly identified as one concept exemplified by many photos. My final project has to be 10 pics. Here is just a sneak peak!

I personally love this picture. A girl in my critique group thought I should rework the photo so you cant see any metal from the swingset in the upper left corner. She has a point. I need to go to the park again so I could probably try for another shot.

I really love this picture. It turned out pretty well. It's a little dark on the bottom, mostly because of time of day. I do like the way the sun looks behind the slide though. I think this is a keeper.

I am not sure if I am going to include this. I love the way the light looks, but it actually throws off my series because it doesn't really deal with the architectual stuff like the others. However, the idea behind my series is looking at the youthful energy of a park through the eyes of an adult. People in my critique group that that this could help achieve that because of the adults on the swing. I have a few other photos in mind that could help achieve that same thing, so I am not toooooo worried. 

Here is a good example of pattern and texture. I like the colors. The sun was setting right behind me so shadows were emphasized and colors were tinted a little yellow. Makes it look warm :)

Well! There it is. A little sneak peak of things that I am working on. It's supposed to be sunny tomorrow, so maybe I can get this puppy finished up!

Self Portrait.

It's been a while.

Mostly, that's because for about the past month of my life, I have been stressing stressing stressing STRESSING about my TOUGHEST photo assignment yet: A Self Portrait.

At first, I thought it would be easy. I take pics of myself all the time. But the more I learned about the project, the more I started to worry.

This wasn't just ANY picture, we had to take a picture of ourselves that has a story or meaning, print out an 8x10 (excuse me, I dont like my face that big!) and write a lil' essay to go along with it.
After coming up with countless ideas (and, no joke, saying countless prayers to help me get this puppy done) I spent hours with that camera of mine, trying to create some meaning.

In class, we looked at several very dark and dreary meaningful self portraits. A woman with breast cancer, a girl who was depressed and created self portraits with suicidal messages, a man who's life work was ruined and posed as a 'drowned man'. Though these images made me grateful for my happy life, they also really intimidated me.

So I sat. I sat infront of a camera. taking pictures of my feet or my hands or my face, trying to think of something that would be cool, creative, interesting, and original.

Unlike all my other projects which have been a wrestle with my camera, this project was really inside my head. After messing around for an hour today, I decided to call it quits. I went over to my bathroom mirror, hair crazy, eyeliner smudges, lips chapped- Everything was awful! Then, it clicked.

To Be Beautiful

It's a little picasso-esque, I think. It is pretty darn weird. Way different than anything I have done before. However, I think I can write an essay about this. I titled it "to be beautiful" so write there I can write a whole bunch of stuff about society's perceptions of beauty, what makes individuals feel beautiful, what are people covering up, etc. It may not be the happiest little essay, but it is bound to get some points with the professor.

There you have it! Sorry for all the words! :P