What is the main idea of the photography series in the book?
Discover beauty in a situation that did not, in itself, represent an aesthetic tradition.
What is the purpose of these photos?
To show Beauty in a non beautiful situation.
What photography techniques does the photographer use to communicate the main idea?
Hiro believes that "there is no order" and that the photos are not sequential.
I think the lighting makes the photo because this series has the theme of film noir. In film noir, lighting is one, if not, of the most important aspects. In this photograph, the lighting reflects this concept by coming from a side of the photo (left side, slightly higher than the people). Also, the light is not direct, and it instead shines through blinds and a curtain. the curtain diffuses the light and the blinds create the striped effect. the blind effect is seen in many film noir-esque pieces. by doing this type of lighting, it causes the photo to have a type of mysterious and devious emotion. also the light gives the sense of passion in the couple on the right side.
My old roommate has a beautiful Belgian horse named Cyrano and I was lucky enough to tag along during one of her trips to the barn.
Because it was so cloudy at 8 am this morning... i spent most of the time messing around with the white balance...
What motivates you to make your art work?
- to problem solve
- to improve self
What are you trying to communicate through your art work?
- express self
- express solutions to graphic/ compositional problems
- show ability to communicate
-"Why didn't I think of that? Thats such a great idea!"
- as an illustrator, my function is a translator. (create visual metaphors to make it engaging.)
About how long do you spend on each piece?
- usually 80% concept and 20% executing
How much research do you do before starting a non personal project?
- tons/ I do as much research as time allows me
Where does your inspiration come from?
- I allow my brain to act as a sieve and filter ideas out.
- connect the dots
What ways did you market yourself/ make a name for yourself?
- knocking on doors available to me
- I had to overcome the fear of rejection that every artist feels after coming out of school.
- NETWORKING
- email client list updates and samples
- adbase.com (list of all art directors at companies)
What does your design studio do?
- serves as a storefront
- right now it is used purely as a workspace
- possible future class space/ figure drawing studio
Many people have certain needs for workspace... do you have any?
- listen to NPR
- during focus, music
About your drawing of the day project... what motivated you to start?
-2 main reasons:
1. to force self by imposing a regiment to get back into hand done work
2. familiarize / strengthen technical ability.
- after completing the 365 days, will try to sell pieces
- became a slave to the deadline- wanted to make a fake deadline so more pieces could be made for personal benefit and not for non personal work.
- referenced Bob Ross (painter on TV known for the tutorials)
here are some of my faves.
To learn more... Drop by his website!
week 6 assignment
Over break... I was sick... and I had really hoped to go take photos in NYC... but clearly it didn't happen. So here are the photos I settled with.
* In my photos... I didn't realize they had a common (excluding the first photo) "orange-ish color" theme until basically.... tonight...
10 things that I like to take pictures of...
1. figures
2. shadows/ silhouettes
3. nature/ wildlife
4. water
5. graffiti/ street
6. Ella- my chocolate lab.
7. smoke
8. friends
9. people's faces
10. fashion
Subject: For this, I used my purple rope lights... and I basically locked me and my quadmate in the bathroom and made people's bladders explode. No big deal.
What is it that interests you about this subject?
• color
• lights are fun to work with
• can be positive and negative
• depending on how they are used, they can be abstract or real
• can create bokeh effect.....I'M OBSESSED.
What are the essential elements of this subject that you want to capture in photos?
• movement/ interesting blur
• BOKEH
• pos/ neg space created by light concentration
Shutter speed / Aperture?
- for this assignment- shutter speed was more of a major factor in my case but normally, aperture would dominate importance
What are some good settings to use?
• slow shutter speed
• no flash
• small aperture