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.

Just Playing Around

These are some of the images I played around with in class. Today I learned how to use the clone tool Thanks Kai!! I'm just practicing manipulating my pictures in camera raw and photoshop. As you can see there not all that great, but I'm not an expert, and I'm just learning how to give images life. Hope I can get better by the end of the semester. I plan to do my panoramic on Petco Park hopefully it works. My second accordian card I think I'm going to do it o flowers, and my book as I already talked about it in class I want to do it on my passion which is Ballet.

Richard Misrach

I thought that Richard Misrach's were interesting because he takes pictures of things, and places that I wouldn't think of and maybe even photographer's wouldn't consider taking pictures off. He had some pictures that captivated me in a good way, and some pictures that captivated me in a bad way. In example the pictures with the cattle was one of the pictures that caught my attention, but not because I liked it, but because it was pretty sad to see all does dead animals. The pictures that I personally thought were awesome were the night dessert pictures. I thought he did a great job on does pictures because it brought the attention to the cactus, palm tree, and the dessert sand. I believe it's good to have artist take pictures of things that are not necessarily beautiful. I think he took these pictures too let people know that such places do exist.

Sally Mann

I thought Sally's pictures of her children were beautiful pictures! I can definitely see why she had a passion for taking pictures of her children. They are gorgeous and super intense. You can see the professionalism of does pictures, and by no means were they taken in a not inoccent way. I really liked her work, and thought she did a wonderful, and clean job with does pictures. I saw her portfolio as a family project because her husband supported her through everything and her children cooperated the whole time. Her children love their mother's, and see her dedicated and passionate, hard work.

I see it as something natural to take pictures of your children naked when their little. As a matter of fact I have pictures of my brother and I taking a bubble bath that my mom took, but they're the most purest and innocent pictures. I guess it all depends on your background, and the way you were raised. I agree with Sally on her comment about her growing up and running around naked the whole time and looking at it as the most natural thing. When my nephew was a toddler he hated wearing clothes, and loved running around naked. I remember my mother and I struggling to put some clothes on, so as a proud aunty since day one I would take pictures of his every move to document and have beautiful memories to show him later when he would grow up.

I can also see the other side of the picture, and understand why people would get offended by Sally's images. I guess the way society is now with all that child pornography, and all that crazy stuff going around some people would see it as offensive or sickening, but I believe everyone should have an open mentality, and see the full picture before judging people. I saw the images as a beautiful, intense work of art, but other people will see it a different way. Her work is amazing, and it has inspired me in many ways.

Collier Schorr

Collier Schorr's Images were pretty interesting. Personally I liked the wrestling pictures more than the soldier pictures. I thought the wrestling pictures seemed more natural than the other ones. To be honest at first I was like, " Oh okay, cool pictures" I don't think I got a appreciation for her work until we discussed the images and her message in depth. After discussing her video in class I agree with Faith's comment. She said that if she would have seen Collier's Images displayed in a gallery she wouldn't know what the pictures were about. If I were to just see these images in a gallery I would say cool it's kids in a high school wrestling team, but I wouldn't get the actual message behind it. Maybe that's part of the way Collier works. I can see how Collier want it to bring out the typical stereotype in boys in her work.

What I liked the most was the pictures of the boy posing like a woman when he thought he was playing a role sometimes the pose came out naturally. That's were the idea of men also having a feminine side to them came out. As I saw the images I can see through her eyes, and see that if she were to be a boy she would be a wrestler or a soldier. My personal opinion is that maybe she even grew up with gender issues. I say this because her physical appearance looked masculine to me, but maybe that's just her style, and off course she has a feminine side. Every women has a feminine side to them. Many kids go through identity or maybe even gender issues in their adolescence. Now I put myself in her shoes and think what would I have wanted to be if I was a boy?....... I think I would love to be a good athlete such as, a soccer or football player. I consider myself extremely feminine, (which some people stereotype me as girly-girl) but I also have my masculine aggressive, very competitive side. Overall, I learned to appreciate her work, and see her reasons for it.

Roni Horn

I Love this image by Roni Horn of Still Water, it seems very peaceful. I can picture sitting in front of a pond reading a book and watching the water move with the breeze. The other images that I thought were interesting was the water library picture's in the Library of Iceland. I thought it was pretty cool to have water be the art displayed in a library. It seems very soothing and relaxing. Water would be a great element to add to libraries. I believe that the soothing feel of water can help people concentrate as they're studying, working on something, or just reading. That's why I love reading when I'm at a pool, at the beach, or by a lake or pond.

My Gorgeous Shoes!

As I began this project I had no idea of what to do, so I just decided to take pictures of one of my favorite hobbies which is buying shoes. Most girls can't have enough shoes, and I'm one of does girls. Shoes are like a drug for me! I have all kinds of styles of shoes from the comfy flip flop sandals, to my girly party stilettos, my fabulous UGGS I can't live without, Black boots, brown boots, peep toe shoes, ballerina flats, summer platforms, work closed toe heels, and of course let's not forget sneakers. These shoes are just a very small portion of all the shoes that I own.

I wasn't to happy with my images because they where pretty bad, but as soon as I started working on them they were starting to convince me. When I ordered my Kodak accordion card I was so excited:) My shoes looked FABULOUS!!! My husband didn't even believe that I did that work, so I  can say I'm proud of my first photography project. Looking forward to do the next project.