Photojournalism
Self Portrait
Critique
My original ideas for my photojournalism project were to initially document my summer travels but it turned out being a reflection of who I am and who I decide to associate with. I took influences from my mother; she experiments with photography a lot and I'm very inspired by her work. I looked into techniques such as using the photo editing program Aperture and experimenting with different angles and light levels. While many of my photography pieces may look spontaneous, my original aim was to capture the feelings in that moment and the motion as well as the energy.
For the self portrait pieces, I focused on identity and using techniques on mediums that I am familiar with as well as utilizing mediums I'm not comfortable with such as watercolor. Using watercolor made me angry, upset and uncomfortable but I'm glad I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and was able to create a piece that doesn't make me want to tear it apart in the end. My favorite pieces were my Photoshop digital paintings because they resemble me and what I like to do. I love to draw using my tablet but I also mixed it with a more realistic touch than I normally do. The intense blending and eyedropping of colors from the reference picture was something new to me that I actually found exciting and fun to do. It was monotonous but the process was fun to do and learn new things.
My mother's "thing" is photojournalism in musical settings such as music, so my inspiration has drawn directly from that in which I attempt to capture the energy in my photos. Researching and taking photographs in different areas of the US and the world has helped me reach conclusions about people and cultures in that humor and feelings are received differently through candid photos, and that I can likely synthesize a conclusion that fluidity and energy is visually shown differently by different areas in the world.
For the self portrait pieces, I focused on identity and using techniques on mediums that I am familiar with as well as utilizing mediums I'm not comfortable with such as watercolor. Using watercolor made me angry, upset and uncomfortable but I'm glad I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and was able to create a piece that doesn't make me want to tear it apart in the end. My favorite pieces were my Photoshop digital paintings because they resemble me and what I like to do. I love to draw using my tablet but I also mixed it with a more realistic touch than I normally do. The intense blending and eyedropping of colors from the reference picture was something new to me that I actually found exciting and fun to do. It was monotonous but the process was fun to do and learn new things.
My mother's "thing" is photojournalism in musical settings such as music, so my inspiration has drawn directly from that in which I attempt to capture the energy in my photos. Researching and taking photographs in different areas of the US and the world has helped me reach conclusions about people and cultures in that humor and feelings are received differently through candid photos, and that I can likely synthesize a conclusion that fluidity and energy is visually shown differently by different areas in the world.