PRINTS FOR SALLY, 4/8/18

Chosen images.  

Book Layout Idea

I've chosen to showcase my photos on pieces of black mounting/presentation board. Since the theme of my project has to do with showing the beginning to end timeline of eating breakfast, I will have the photos placed in chronological order in a horizontal timeline. It will show the break fast meal transitionally eaten away. I will separate each photo to its individual panel, then tape the panels together that way they are foldable like a book.

2 IDEAS FOR FINAL BOOK PROJECT

1. B&W Textures
One of my ideas for the final book project would be to shoot closeups of various objects to convey different textures. I would choose to put the photos in black and white.

  ISO 200  S1/19

 ISO 500 S1/14

 ISO 250  S1/19



2. Still Life of fruit in B&W
My other idea for my book project would be to photograph still life of fruit primarily in black & white against a black surface.

 ISO 100 S 1/29

 ISO 100 S 1/29

 ISO 100 S 1/29

Assignment - Lighting 

PART 1 – QUALITY

Hard/direct Light

ISO 200

SS 1/14

Soft/Diffused Light

ISO 200

SS 1/14

PART 2 – DIRECTION

Light from the front

 ISO 160,  SS 1/29

Light from the side

 ISO 200,  SS 1/14

Light from above

  ISO 200, SS 1/14

Light from below

 ISO 200,  SS 1/14

Light from behind

 ISO 200,  SS1/14

Barrett, Chapter 5 - Photographs and Contexts

Response to Reading

In Chapter 5 of Terry Barrett's Criticizing Photographs Barrett addresses the context to photograph relationship. In order to really understand and classify a photograph, it's necessary to understand first the question of who, what, when/where and for what purpose to which it was created–or it's context. As Barrett claims, "knowledge of context can help to enrich the meaning of the photograph." (108) Terry breaks down 'context' in photography in three separate categories: Internal, Original and External. A single photograph can be analyzed through these three contexts. Internal context, as Barrett explains, is considering what is shown in the photograph. In Edward Preston's Pepper No. 30, we are shown the forms, curves, textures and color of the pepper. Drawing upon our own knowledge of basic elements of design, we are able to understand the photograph's main intent--its aesthetics. Original context becomes relevant when a viewer couldn't simple rely on what they observe to grasp a photograph's intent/meaning; they would need "some information beyond that which can be gathered through observation." (107) The example of Sherrie Levine's "After Walker Evans" photograph goes to show that without having a context to Levine's artistic style in her copies of Walker Evans' photos, a viewer wouldn't grasp that they were in fact copies. By not knowing Levine's art, a viewer may be perplexed by why copies of Evan's photographs are displayed as art. Knowledge of this kind wouldn't possibly be attainable without further investigating Sherrie Levine as an artist. A key aspect in understanding the original context is understanding what was psychologically present in the photographer's mind upon creating this photograph. Along with that, it is necessary to know who the photographer was and the social status in which they were relevant. The External context refers to how and where the photograph is presented. The power of external context is such that its outside surrounding can radically affect its overall meaning or the vision which is to be implied by the artist. An example of the misuse of external context can be seen in the example of Pat Ward Williams' "What You Lookin At?" mural; What is meant to question the media representations of African American males, became an offensive take on a hostile statement given by African American males. What radicalizes its meaning was its surroundings, since the mural was carelessly displayed facing the outside window, open to the people of New York City passing by. Photos which are camouflaged into the piece are sympathetic to the plite of African American males and are noticeable at a closer distance, but become unnoticeable from far away, therefore misconstruing its intended meaning. 

10/29 – Oral Presentation Topic

I will be choosing to do my presentation on photographer Kevin Carter. Carter's work fascinates me because of its interest in bringing awareness to worldly issues. Carter's work made incredible strides in bringing to the surface the poverty-stricken countries, like Sudan, in Africa. He brought about widespread controversy and shock by highlighting the realities of human suffering in poor countries. 

Assignment 10/22 – Color

1. Complementary Color

ISO: 100   SS: 1/59

2. Analogous/Monochromatic Color

ISO: 800  SS: 1/50

3. Patch of Color

ISO: 32  SS: 1/50