Wednesday, September 8, 2010

List individual words or short phrases that come to mind when asked these questions:

  • What is your favorite art material? Why?
  • How would you describe your artwork in an e-mail?
  • Besides the work of other artists, what influences your artwork?
  • What do you like best about being an artist?
  • Why do you make art?
  • What is most challenging about being an artist?
  • How do you begin a piece of artwork?
  • What does it mean when you say a piece of artwork “turned out really well”?
  • What do you want others to feel or think when they see your artwork?
Must fill out later to help my artist's statement!!!!!!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Oh really...

Guess who got their schedule today!
......... Now guess who did NOT get Photo 3 on their schedule.
The answer to both of those is me, for the record.
I literally cried. My mum and I are going to talk to Kohler and sort things out asap.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

I'm chopping off my hair now that my senior pictures are done, and then I intend to do a fun little photoshoot in my backyard again or maybe somewhere else.
Jaclyn and I are supposed to get together to take photos soon too. Score.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Photo has been a great experience in my life, it really has.
I wouldn't be the same person. Well, maybe.
I remember this is where I met Amber and Matt. I still have Matt's photo collage on my wall.
I remember repeatedly trying to print on a pair of sunglasses. Tiny image, but I got it.
I remember when I stopped doing timed test strips and could just judge how long to expose. Bad, I know, but it worked. And I felt really good because I knew my photos.
I remember the first photos I shot. The guitar.
I remember when one of them went missing. And I found out this year that it was stolen by someone who came into the photo room and liked it, so they took it to hang in their room. I was more flattered than angry.
I remember how I would go to my next class and smell developer on my hands. And it grew to be normal, and kind of comforting.
I remember deciding that I love this, more than anything I'd loved in a while.
I remember a lot, and I'm hoping I'll never forget <3

Thursday, May 20, 2010

People have different perspectives and opinions of what "ugly" is. So even something that is "ugly" is still a great work of art to someone. I'm not one for abstract art, but it doesn't mean it isn't a great work of art. Who's to say what is and isn't beautiful or ugly?

Friday, May 14, 2010

I think that documentary photos show the truth, but not completely. It can only show one side of the truth. Maybe it's from a certain area, or a certain time period, or the photographer was really opinionated, or some other factor. The situation might not be the same everywhere or for everyone. Documentary photos show a fraction of what might be occurring.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

This monochromatic portrait project should be interesting.
I found some portraits by Federico Erra.
http://abduzeedo.com/beautiful-monochromatic-portraits-federico-erra
LOVE <3

Also, I'm taking photographs for my family of my cousins' communion because they chose me over paying a ton for a professional photographer. Hey, I'll take it! My first gig! I kind of doubt I'm getting paid though, but I don't mind. It is family, and taking photographs.

Question of the week for me seems to be:
Would it be crazy for me to dye my hair blond for this photo project?
People have done far crazier things for art...