Week 7 BOC: Collage

For this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, I created a collage. The collage consists of pictures that I took at a cooking competition. The event was very fast-paced. I was on my toes every second, trying to capture each little moment that happened during the event. In total, I ended up taking over five hundred photos at the event. The chefs that were involved in this competition were constantly moving, so I was lucky to get some the shots that I had gotten. Some of the chefs were even nice enough to let me capture certain parts of their dishes before they had to move them. Which surprised me since they were a strict time limit given by the judges of the competition. I had an amazing time shooting this event, and I hope that I am able to shoot more food events such as this one.

I decided to use this chef in particular, because the ay he performed his cooking made me want to take more and more photos of him while he was cooking. I did not catch the name of the beautifully created dish, but I can tell you that it smelt and look just as delicious as it does in the picture. Sadly, I was not able to attain pictures of the vegetables besides the tomatoes that went into the final piece. Luckily, the three pictures of the tomatoes, chicken (I believe), and the noodles were able to create a clear understanding of how the final piece came to be.

I had the use of fluorescent lights and some natural light that came through windows located in the room. I was extremely happy about the lighting because I was to capture every single piece of food in great quality. I used a Canon 7d camera accompanied with a 35mm, 50mm, and a 100mm lens to take the pictures at this competition.

Week 6 EOC: How Art Has Changed Me

How Art Has Changed Me

Art has made me look at ever-single aspect of life in a new light. I even think more than usual nowadays because of art. Because of art, I think of what goes into everything. How it was made. Why was it made. Who made it. It is quite interesting actually; I’ve always been interested in art before coming to this school. Now that I am a sophomore at this school, I have learned so much about art. Learning how to view art in various ways is really amazing, because it opened my mind to a lot. This goes with photography, I don’t just look at a picture and see it just as a picture, and I fully analyze the picture now. Picking out the little details from a picture is such a great feeling to me now. Because of art, I want to know everything and even possibly how to manipulate that piece to create a version of my own. Any form of art is like a new puzzle to try and put together. With music, I don’t just listen to a song for fun; I listen out for everything that goes into the song and what the artist and producers used to create such a beautiful piece of art. Yes, this could have bad side effect, as thinking too much is not good. But, sometimes it can be a good thing. Thoroughly analyzing something may help you realize the beauty of something and show you what makes it such a work of art. I love that this school has helped and taught me about the wonders of art. Before, being so close-minded, I would have never seen the world the way I am able to see it now. This indeed, is how art has changed me.

Week 6 BOC: You Working On A Computer Editing A Photo

For this Weekly Photo Challenge I had to take a picture of myself working on a computer, while editing a photo. I tried to look as if I was hard a work while editing a photo that I found online from Google images. I used Photoshop as my editor to enhance the photo even more..  

The lightning used in this picture was with the use of fluorescent lights all around the room. The fluorescent lights were already set up prior to this shoot. The Art Institute as a wide amount of these lights set up around the entire school, which gives off a very unique lighting. One that can make certain pictures look great and some look extremely horrible.

Sadly, there is only so many places that you can shoot at the school. With these limited places, it can make pictures look dull. So with my picture, I could say it would have looked better with a different, more unique background. Besides that, I believe the image captures the goal of the assignment that was given out by the teacher.

My friend shot many different angles, but I felt as if this picture was the most “dramatic” in terms on expression and emotion. From my confused face, to my hunched back, gives off the feeling of me working hard to figure out to solve the problem I was facing. The emptiness of the room always draws the viewer of the photo right to me, which I believe is a great element within the photo. Even though there is a bit too much headroom, I believe it gives the picture the right amount of emotion needed for this type of photo.

So to conclude this weekly photo challenge, I feel as if my attempt at this assignment was a great success.

Week 5 BOC: Self Portrait In A Photography Store

For this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, I took a picture inside one of the photography stores that is located on the strip by the M&M factory.

It took an extremely long period of time to be able to get my picture for this week’s challenge. The reason behind that is because; most of the owners of the photography stores did not allow people to take pictures directly in the store. So I ended up having to sneak to get my picture taken “in the store.” I had my friend stand outside with the camera at an angle so that the owners’ could not see her. Then she got shots of me as I stood somewhat in front of the store doors.

The lighting was from the fluorescent lights above me in the store and from the bright lights on the strip. I specifically chose to use this photo for this week’s challenge, because I felt it capture the what I really going for in my photo. To be captivated by all of the photography equipment that the store provided. In the picture, I was caught at a low angle, looking up in the case that contained many different cameras and lenses.