VSAR 302 Classs Picture

I had a great time in this class, and met a lot of wonderful, fun people!! Thank You for a GREAT SEMESTER you guys!!

Some Pictures I Played With

Throughout the semester I found myself taking pictures of nature such as: flowers, plants, and trees. The image of the tree with the pink flowers is a tree by my neighborhood that I think it's gorgeous! I couldn't wait until it bloomed so that I can take pictures of it. What is amazing of that I took this picture at night time, and with the manipulation it gave it light.

The orange plant/flower was very bright because I took it with the flash on, so when I manipulated it I recovered the image, and made it look better. Candles are one of my favorite things because they're so relaxing and soothing. I took a picture of a candle on my kitchen counter top, and manipulated it by playing with everything don't quite remember what I di to it, but I like it LoL :)

My Experience Creating the BooK!!

The idea of creating a book I thought was great! I just wish I would have more time to work on it and make it better. I'm pretty happy with it, but I'm pretty sure my book is the smallest one of all the others, but what's more important is that I understant, and know how to create a book. I can totally see myself creating more books in the near future. I can't wait to see the finished product next week. I'm very excited! The experience on putting it together was crazy! I was at school with 5 other classmates until about 11:00 pm, but we had the opportunity to bond and get to know each other on a more personal level. The pictures I posted are two of my favorite pictures of my book. The first one is a picture of two dancers at the barre doing plies. I didn't manipulate my pictures so much, but I did recovered, lighting, exposure and so on. To start of the pictures were very bright because the dance room has very bright lights, so I brought the light down a little, and it kind of made the images more dramatisized. The other picture I love! I think it's cool that the other two dancers are a little out of focus because it brings out the dancer in the middle. You can see the passion for dancing going through this dancer's body from her toes to the tip of her fingers. Overall, I think it's great that we had this assignment because you have an artifact to show your learning which I definitely think is important to have.

The Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park

The pictures at this gallery where all interesting in their own way. I enjoyed every picture because they all had their perks. I recognized an artist that we have seen in class Sally Mann. It feels cool to recognize an artist after watching some work in class. One of the images that my grandma and I thought was very interesting and nice was by the artist Neil Folberg. The picture is named "Sacred Lake near the Temple of Amon, Egypt." I think this one was one of my favorite ones because it looks so mysterious, because of it's misty, foggy look, and in the background you can see the sillouette of the pyramids, which I think are one of the most beautiful wonders of the world. In the lake you can see the reflection of the clouds, palm trees, and the pyramids, which makes it look like there drawn in.

Another image that I just liked for it's simplicity, and because the people in the picture where wonderful, talented artist themselves is the picture is by Edward Weston 1930 "Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo." It's a simple black and white picture of both Diego and Frida. Sometimes the more simple things are the better. I personally like this picture because I think these two where a wonderful pair with talent and a crazy love, hate relationship. Frida was a strong latino women with a strong drive to be successful as an artist and to make her relationship work. Diego was a womanizer and a talented artist. Their paintings expressed their feelings and emotions. That is why I chose this picture as one of my favorite ones of this gallery.

The other image that I really liked for it's creativity, and bright colors is by the artist Masumi Hayashi, "The Saint and The Market Place, Meenakshi Temple, India. This pcture reminded me of the panoramics we are doing in class because it's a lot of picture put together to make a collage. The Collage has a similarity to the panoramics because the pictures have to overlap in order to see the what's going on in the picture. This picture was very interesting. It seems like a lot of work, but fun to create.

Overall, I had a wonderful experience visiting the exhibits with my grandmother and nephew. There was a lot of wonderful things to see and enjoy the beauty, and the not so beutiful. I can't find any of the images I liked in the exhibit, and unfortunately they don't let you take photos therefore; I can't share a picture. I will add though pictures I took of Balboa Park.

The Ordover Gallery @ The San Diego Natural History Museum

Today I decided to go to Balboa Park to enjoy the art galleries. I took my grandma and my nephew and we had a wonderful time. All three of us enjoyed the beauty of San Diego Balboa Park, and the amazing images of the galleries. In the Ordover Gallery I had a lot of favorite pictures from different artists. I know we had to choose two artist, but it was hard to choose only two.

Some of my favorite pictures where taken by Mr. Ordover in example the picture of two pinguens named "Love." I thought this picture was so beautiful, and it just reminds you that even animals have feelings and know how to love. My nephew liked the pinguen pictures as well he said they remind him of the movie "Happy Feet" which I thought was cute because he made a connection with the pengins to the children's movie.

Paul Nicklen was another of my favorite artist in this gallery. His images of the Polar Bears where so captivating. The images show the life of a polar bear as a cub and as an adult. The water and ice surrounding them looks so beautiful. Walking into that Arctic Gallery made me a little cold!

The other pictures that I truly liked because they where just absolutely mesmirizing where named Pegasus and Pegasus III. I think I missed writing the name of the artist, but I truly loved them. These pictures where pictures of horses in like a dark,foggy,mist.

I had a wonderful time walking this amazing gallery, and I also got to enjoy the Volcano exhibit, and the fossils exhibit on the second floor. Go out there an experience it for yourself if you haven't yet.

Jim Brandenburg One Photo for 90 Days

This guys is trully passionate for his job! It was amazing to watch his 90 Day Journal and I'm very excited I had the experience to see his breathtaking images. Jim is so determined to get the perfect picture for the day. He had the most amazing opportunity to take pictures for National Geographic of wild animals. I loved all of his pictures, but my favorite ones where the animal pictures. I liked how he said that the animals got accustomed to him and his camp.It seems as though they accepted him living in their territory, and saw him as harmless. I think they new he wasn't there to harm them, but rather capture their innocent beauty. One thing Jim said that captivated me was that he considers himself one of them because he hunts for that one image a day as deers hunt for their prey. One of the images I thought was remarkable was his first picture of a fox at age 14. Tell me what 14 year old goes out in the wilderness, and takes a picture of a wild animal face to face. He had wonderful encounters with different types of wild animals such as: lions, wolves, elephants, and so on. Jim is an inspiring, and humble person which I believe helps him take all does amazing pictures.

Panoramic

Well as I mentioned before I wanted to do my panoramic on Petco Park, but I changed my mind and decided to do the Coronado Bridge which I absolutely love! I was very excited, but it turned out that the images in the middle of my panoramic didn't overlap :( bummer!! I'm going to go out there during spring break, and try my hardest to get it right this time. It's not as easy as it looks. I will still post a picture so you guys can see the beauty of the Coronado Bridge.