Artist Statement

Overviews of what you’ll find in the portfolio are social issue, scary effects, photographic effects, portraits, contact sheet, and 8 compositional tricks. I feel my portfolio started off as a disaster and till now I am currently getting better. The things that I’ve learned over the course of first semester with Photoshop are how to blend pictures together and how to make my own paintbrush out of a picture. I’ve also learned how to take fantastic pictures and turning an everyday seen thing and making it unnoticeable and to one really think about it. I feel I’m most successful with the effects on Photoshop because I put myself into all my work. The things that I’ve learned over the course of first semester in Photoshop are unforgettable and unimaginable. The things that I’ve learned have helped me see photography in a whole new shape of manner that I’ve never would have thought of seeing it in this form of style, this feeling is beyond words.

Personal Words

Chris Brown- I wanna be

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Look. I know we've been friends for a while now.
But, I just feel like I can confess to you.
It's gonna be hard but.
Alright here it goes...
Imagine that the pillow that you cried on was my chest,
and the tissue that you wiped your face with was my hand.
Girl, imagine: if you needed advise about some other guy, I'm the one that comes to mind.
Not tryna hear you tell nobody that I'm just a friend,
just trying to make sure I'm that body that you call your man,
and anytime you need a shoulder -- it's yours, night or day,
but what I'm tryna say is, I wanna be...

The last number you call late at night (said I wanna be),
The first one that you dial when you open your eyes.
Wanna be the one you run to,
wanna be the one that ain't gonna hurt you,
I wanna be yeah, I wanna be yeah..
Be the man making your girl jealous,
be the guy shuttin' down all the fellas..
whatever you need, girl, it's all on me:
soldier, your friend or your lover, girl,
I wanna be...
Would it be cool?
Would you mind if I called you my boo,
what if the next whip you was pushin' was the one I bought for you?
Can I be the one that meets your pops and take your mama shoppin', be the only one they like?
Have you thought about it -- wait -- really thought about it?
Maybe you should take some time
call your girls and talk about it, yeah.
'cause I done already made up my mind,
don't need no more time to know if I wanna be with you,
I wanna be...
Put me on your screen saver, all over your myspace and make me one of your top favorites,
that's where I wanna be...
The one you cryin' for (stand up for and fightin' for)
wanna be your good, bad, love, hate girl..
Cross my heart hoped to die, on everything that's good,
I'm gonna do you right, show you right, get this understood.
Girl I wanna be, I wanna be.... [sigh]
I wanna be, I wanna be...

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Mariah Carey- I want to know what love is

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I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
I can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
And I wanna feel, I want to feel what love is
And I know, I know you can show me
Let's talk about love
I wanna know what love is, the love that you feel inside
I want you to show me, and I'm feeling so much love
I wanna feel what love is, no, you just cannot hide
I know you can show me, yeah

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The lyrics I chose for this project are

"I wanna be" by Chris Brown &

I also used the lyrics to "I want to know what love is" by Mariah Carey

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I chose these lyrics because I love the words used in the song and how they are put together. I chose Chris Brown's lyrics because its a very sweet song and it was also dedicated to me from my first boyfriend before we went out. I also chose the lyrics from Mariah Carey because her lyrics makes sences and I feel like this song was ment for me and many other people that never felt love.

Social issue: "You destroy what you think is beauty"

Nearly all people have an issue with style. Money, Weight and the Expectations that lay on style causes many people to go through stress.

The majority of people stress out over the way they look, their style. An additional of people gain weight because, they eat when they are pressured by their closest “friends and families.” Many people judge a book by its cover, which smears on several of people. Critiquing one for their looks is not the best way to judge a person.

Scary Effects

Alien

Vampire

My favorite Scary Effect was the Alien because I understood how to photoshop it.

A new tool I learned how to use was the lighting effects, it was simple and easy to use.

(just pulling the adjustestment point to make it darker or lighter)

The pen tool was one of the difficulties i ran into.

I think I did the Alien picture the best.

I think I could use the skills I learned for a magazine photo, the picture could make the magazine interesting for people to read.

Critique: Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison

Walking towards a mysterious place, you could see the back of a mans head. This man carry's water in enormous quantity of bags, to an unsolved flame. The blaze is ahead of him give's a beautiful feeling of power and courage of him. The fire blur creates simplicity that captures the attention to the impenetrable man. The misty in this picture sets a mood to an open entrance in which you yet can't distinguish into. I'm assuming the man desires to prohibit the conflagration.

Photographic Effects

Portraits

1.The one portrait I thought I was most sucessful with was the Artistic because I understood the idea of the mood and I knew what i wanted with it.

2.The Artistic Portrait was my favorite, I used lighting, and I capture a depressing mood.

3.The Costume Protrait was the most difficult for me, I used a kind of romanic but with her intention on not wanting to be what everyone wants her to be. A more like I want to run away far.

4.I think my Surprise Portrait was unique because its macro, and macro takes you to a view that no one see's as offent as useual.

5.I wish I had more time to work on this project. This project was very interesting to me, its just that I wasn't so prepared for it and didn't work as hard as wanted I to.

Contact Sheet

Out of all of the Compositional Trick I liked the Macro, becuase its a cool way of looking a things up close.
I think I would use Rule of Thrids in my day to day photographs because to me it makes to photo more interesting, rather than a simple photo with the main idea in the middle.
The most difficult and my least favorite was Leading Lines because I didnt really understand the point.
My favorite picture that I took was Macro, because the picture gives me a locked feeling, as if no one can hurt or trespass me.

Compositional Trick #8 Fill in Flash

Fill in flash effects the way shadows hit one, and makes them shadows fade away.

I would use fill in flash to make one pop out more, I would use it when there are shadows.

Compositional Trick #7 Drawing with light

Light makes things stand out more.

The feeling I get when i look at my picture is a cold vs a warmer feeling. The light makes it look cold and the shadows make it look warm.

Compositional Trick #6 Framing

Framing helps composition by setting your eye to a main purpose.

I used to tree's and it help set an eye to the main idea, but i didnt have a main purpose.

Compositional Trick #5 Extreme Angles

Extreme Angles is a good compositional trick because it allows you to see things in others point of view.

I think the pencile is a great example of Extreme Angle in small views. I dislike the top picture.

Compositional Trick #4 Simplicity

Simplicity helps strengthen the main idea of the picture.

In my oppion i think simplicity is boring because your only looking at one thing.

Simplicity is an effective trick

I used simplicity using the sky as a simple as possiable.

Compositional Trick #3 Macro

Macro gives you a larger image of small things, like a Microscope.

I think it's good to know about this so that people can see the small things in a beautiful way.

Compositional Trick #2 Leading Lines

Leading Lines are lines leads you to the meaning of the picture.

I'm not so sure on how to use Leading Lines! But if i knew how to use it properly, I think I would use it to make my pictures more interesting.

Compositional Trick #1 Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is the main interest anywhere beside the center.

I would use The Rule of Thirds to make my picture look more interesting and to draw attention anywhere besides the midpoint.