Emulating the Style of JR

 

This is like JR's style because of the positioning of the portrait next to a part of everyday life: a corner store. I burned the edges and I think that the burns coincide with the duraflame box in the corner. I think I overdid the burned edges, but overall the composision was successful

I like this picture because it looks slightly more realistic. The dirty sidewalk and the cigarette on the ground are interesting to me. I didn't even notice it on the ground whent I took the picture. Burning the edges definetly was an interesting tool for me.

I like the colors a lot in this picture. It doesn't remind me too much of JR, because of the size of the portrait. Also JR's sidewalk galleries and portraits tend to be taken in more interesting and busy enviornments.

I think that this composision was the most successful out of all six. Although the portrait is small compared to JR's, the background makes it more realistic and more interesting. I like the photo much better in black and white with high contrast (but then again I like everything better in black and white).

Here it is black and white. As a photo I really think that it is pleasing, but Jr's photos of his installations are never in black and white.

 

This photo could definetly be an installation, but the background was not succesful. JR would not have posted one of his portraits on this wall. I think that this would be a good religious portrait, but it would be more successful placed somewhere else.

 







 This last one I just had fun with. I edited the backgroung and worked on it loosely. I think that it could be bigger and look more realistic.

This is just a backgound that I photgraphed for this project. I think that it is very interesting, but it is not busy enough and it is not really JR's style.

I like this background, but I think that it would look bettwe if there were some boxes or trash in the picture. I think that a sad portrait would be perfect for this background because of the water droplets on the hand rail.

Macros

This photo was taken with a painting as the background that I have in my house. The orange cone is a tiny, plastic object that is nowhere near life size. This photo was really hard to take because i had to hold the cone with one hand and take the picture with the other. It was also hard to make the background realistic because the flash would show the canvas that the painting was on.

I really like the light and colors in this photo. I still can't figure out if the lion is in pain, is angry or simply ferocious. Finally I really like the texture and shadows that the crumpled paper adds to this picture.

 

From 1994 to 2010, the U.S Military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy discharged over 10,000 personelle for being open about their gay, lesbian or bisexual status.

I spent alot of time thinking about this picture and what I wanted to show. First of all, I wanted to tell a story and send a message out. In the photo the soldiers are turning on one of their fellow combatants who is gay. The one soldier in focus is not participating, and yet he is not doing anything to stop the abuse, the discrimination. What I wanted to emphasize is the importance for standing up for what you believe in is right. If you are not participating, it probably means that you don't think that was is happening is right. Break away from the group and the pack mentality. Stop discrimination and actively stand up for others.

For this photo I spent time painting the soldiers, cutting out the background and the floor. I used three different images of cement to create a more realistic picture and compostition.

The light in this picture is really interesting. I spent alot of time working on the lighting and the shades of colors in this picture. To me, the photo conveys true vulnerability and shows a woman being exposed.

Women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what men working similar hours earn; women working more than 60 hours per week earn only 78.3% of what men in the same time category earn.

 

This photo was created to potray women being exploited in the media and solely focused on for their body and apperance when really the media and everyone else should be focusing on life, and what is really going on in the world.

 

In this photo the subject (plastic doll!!!) is partially in focus. I think it is funny and maybe a little ironic because the subject is adjusting the zoom and perhaps clearity in the photo that he is taking. I really like how the background is blurry and filled with light. I think that this photo is full of different styles and levels of focus.

Eight Portraits Emulating the Style of Richard Avedon

This picture is so clearly black and white. The cross and the glasses add so much personality to the subject, while the look in her eyes conveys a sadness masked by her entire demeanor.

This picture is black and white, but after some editing I added more contrast and fading, and it began to look more brownish. The look in the subject's eyes is one of ambition and boyish delight. I also like that the fabric is folded in such a way that it gives the illusion of sun being cast down on the subject.

In this picture, the subject looks confident and at ease. I am grateful that I was able to catch this moment.

The connection with the camera that the subject has in this photo is awesome! She looks so comfortable, relaxed, and pretty.

 I love how I was able to catch this moment of sadness and acceptance. I think that the eyes convey something real and the mouth does too.

This picture is very unique. I love to play with texture, so I choose a bumpy white background for this photo. It is less traditional. The subject's eyes are really intriguing although they are not looking at the camera.

This picture is so real to me. The subjects eye's are so soft, while the picture is hard and contrasting. The picture is a contradiction. There is a loving smile on the subject's face, while he is also stern.

I love the contrast in this photo. The subject looks so elegant, powerful and yet sad too. I think that it truly emulates Richard Avedon's style through its beauty and true emotion. 

Light Painting

I like this photo because the light illuminates the hand. It is an empowering image. I think that it eminates strength.

This is a cool picture because it is filled with such warmth. The iluminated wood and orange color adds to the warmth. I also think that the light painting looks like a dragon or some mythical creature.

Motion

This photo was originally bright yellow and black. I moved the camera slightly to blur the picture and create a sense of motion. I also edited it to make the yellow more murky and greenish.



This photo is of another picture hanging inside our school. The glass and flash caused white to appear in the photo along with the bluryness. I like this picture because it gives off a majestic and hevenly vibe.

In this photo the blur gives the illusion of motion. I think that it is cool how the contrast between the book and the symbol blend into each other.

This picture is my favorite. It was originally in color but became more appealing to the eye when I made it black and white. I think that this is such an iconic picture and that the bluryness and color give it a new perspective.

Foreground Background

This picture shows foreground and background because the coconuts are in focus and the street and man are blurry.

Because the word "open" is clear and the background is blurry, the picture represents foreground and background.

In this photo the flowers are crisp and focused on, while the background is out of focus.

I had a lot of fun editing this photo. I wanted to make the fire alarm another color because we often associate red with fire and danger. The alarm is the focus of this picture, while the background is pixilated and blurry.

Repetition

This picture demonstrates the use of repetition to add depth to the photo. I also focused on the "A" and placed it in the corner according to the rule of thirds.

The lines and repetitious boards of wood add depth to this photo.

The holes in the table add depth because they repeat and get smaller as they get further away.

In this picture the trees repeating and appearing behind each other in different sizes add depth and dimension to the photo.

Leading Lines

This is a picture of curtains in room 101. I think that the shadowing and lines not only adds depth to the picture, but also adds texture. With this picture I also experimented with the pixalation which was fun and modern.



With this picture I not only used the repetition of pennies to create depths, but I also used the lines that the pennies create.



In this picture, I took it from a diagonal to create leading lines to add depth to the photo.

This picture is by far my favorite. The leading lines in both directions add so much depth to the picture. They also catch the eye to create a plesant image.

This picture is of the student mailboxes which will soon be removed! Leading lines applies to this photo, because the lines created by the objects add depth to the picture.

I spent awhile editting this picture. I like how the railings disappear into the dark and the stairs below add depth to the picture. This picture demonstrates the techinque of leading lines because the lines in the photo lead the eye into different dimensions in the composition.

The Rule of Thirds

This photo follows the rule of thirds because the sky, water and sand dived the photo up into thirds. I love the light and the ripples in the water as well.

The water in this picture is all the way to the left side and it travels two thirds up the picture.

I love the close-up of the wood and how you can see it splintering. The eye is drawn to the hole in the upper right hand corner and thats why I think it abides by the rule of thirds.

I really like to include texture in my pictures. This photo represents the rule of thirds because the main subject is not in the center of the picture.

This photo follows the rule of thirds because the seagull is in the top left hand corner and the very defined sand, blurry sand and sky divides the photo into thirds as well.

I chose this picture because I love the light and bubbles in the main subject of the picture and because it follows the rule of thirds.

Different Points of View

I love all of the lines in this picture; they add more depth to it.

This photo was taken in the second floor stairwell at Drew. I pointed the camera downward, so you can actually see down to the first floor.

I took this photo in Boston. The buildings are so beautiful there, but rather than take a picture of the buildings themselves, I took a picture of there reflection.

This final photo was taken at an automobile museum in Los Angeles. Walking by the wall, it looked very pedestrian, but once I took the picture from the side and very close to the wall it became a more interesting picture.