Open Studio: Shadows & Patterns

Goals

I've considered after this class, I might purchase photography equipment and build my skills to continue photography as a paid hobby. I've come so far in this class, and taking another year definitely showed my improvement. This year prepared me for advertising and I hope to publish and edit my website and promote my business cards. With the experience I've gained, it wont be hard to continue and be successful.

I found that i'm most comfortable taking portraits, and I find them to be enjoyable. I want to try and break out of my comfort zone and start getting comfortable with other styles, in doing so I believe it could really help me grow. I've become more familiar with the studio this year and i'd like to get away from that and improve outside of the studio. In some of my free shoots this year i'm trying to experiment with themes to try and get more comfortable with things I don't have to model.

I'm really not looking for any internships because I prefer to do my own work. I found a different career choice, so i'm only interested in using photography to earn extra money.

My work this year has been better than my previous year, nothing worth putting in the print show because its all things i've done. Hopefully I can attempt to have some fresh work to submit to the print show coming up.

Rania Matar

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vmb3TSibjwtK37g-myvoZ7TB3eKK1HY2Dq8nZLJaeHs/edit?usp=sharing

David Hockney

David Hockney

1.  David Hockney is from which country? England
2.  Which two types of artwork is he most famous for? photographic collages, swimming pools
3.  What piece of art did he create after being told he would not graduate from art school  The Diploma
4. Where in the US did he move to? L.A. California
5. In the 1980s he began creating what? photographic composites
6. What is one thing you like about Hockney's photos? the composition of his photographic composite pieces
7. What is one negative that you see in taking photos this way? it corrupts the quality of the piece from its whole composition
8. Does using your phone make this process easier or harder? harder
9. Which subject would you like to use for your Hockney-inspired collage? swimming pools 

Free Shoot: Playing with Light

Tales By Light: Episodes 4-6

Photography is about being in the right place at the right time. We meet Art Wolfe, nature

photographer who travels to some of the most scenic places on earth to capture the aspiring wildlife

thriving in the region. To capture wildlife you have to be sometimes patient and willing to get close

enough to capture. One of the things I enjoyed seeing was the control monitored cars with cameras

attached to them, so you can get up close and personal with the animals in their habitat. We also see

documentation on world cultures. He traveled to the mountains of New Guinea to capture the Mud

Men that reside there. These people don't have shelters or anything other tribes do and there is

history behind theses people that makes them more than interesting to capture. he created a really

neat project called "Th Human Canvas" to present art among indigenous tribes. Taking pictures of

these tribes is a unique way to integrate into their way of life and their environment to create their

story. Its important to learn the history and the culture in order to truly capture the reality. We have

new technology and drones that photographers are now able to take abstract images.  Peter

Eastway also does some wildlife shots in his landscapes. His trip to Antarctica was a phenomenal

view capturing the breathtaking wildlife with many photo opportunities. Landscape photography is

all about the light, great light punctuates the landscape and gives it 3-dimension qualities as well as

the mood. As a photographer, lighting is the first thing he looks for. Photography is about

composition and communicating. What I loved about every landscape, is the unexpected moment

when all the elements come together and form an exquisite display of color and light. These kind of

shoots are exciting because you never know what you are going to capture when dealing with

wildlife. By using long exposure he is able to stand out and bring out every artistic detail and create

what he wants the view to look like.  Great photographers find their passion in this field and their job

is to inspire and show their passion to others through their work, there's a story you want to show,

you are making art and you are letting people enter your word and thats where the magic happens.

Tales By Light: Episode 1-3

 

Australian photographer, Darren Jew, has what I believe to be the most mesmerizing job as a marine

 

 photographer spending his entire life in the water, capturing the greatest mysteries of the ocean. He

 

referred to his job as his greatest passion. The ocean being an, "endless canvas." Inspired by

 

the ocean, I was really intrigued by his journey to capture the rare phenomenon of mating humpback

 

whales in Tonga. They used wide scale lens to capture the intense scale of the mother and calf and

 

they were some very majestic images. Skilled photographers don't always think about the

 

composition to create extraordinary images, but on mere chance, with only 30 seconds to capture the

 

whales in action. Marine photographers also have the opportunity to capture pieces of history that

 

makes for great discoveries, like a 70-year-old biplane wreck from World War II that landed in the

 

ocean near Papa New Guinea. Darren used the technique "painting with light" to make out the details

 

of the wreckage using a torch light on a long exposure restored the lost quality of the wreck and made

 

something destructive into something beautiful. Richard I Anson, combines his passion for

 

photography with travel. I really enjoyed his travels and the culture he finds in every location he

 

travels. Capturing the peculiarity of things outside of our understanding always makes for

 

extraordinary discoveries and inspiring images. My favorite destination was the Holi festival, also

 

known  as the "color festival." The most spiritual aspect of the culture is witnessed with tons of

 

joyous chaos and vibrant color. Krystle Wright, takes on the thrilling experience of capturing

 

adventure sports that she discovered from the passion and obsession of combining the two. I admire

 

 how she sees every challenge and every adventure that seems really crazy makes for the best shot. It

 

takes a great deal of patience to get that perfect shot but after you take that one unique shot the

 

experience was totally worth it. As photographers we embark on great journeys and we make art with

 

out lens's being as privileged as these photographers are, they find their joy in exploring the

 

undiscovered.