these are a handful of the final images

Assignment #6 the last one!

For my last assignment I took photos that were similar to that of my first self portrait. The images we of friends wearing yellow ray ban sun glasses. I think that it turned out rather well. Better than I expected. Professor Buckius stated in class that it was interesting because all of the subjects were wearing glasses that I wore in a self portrait and I think that what this translates to in this project is the idea of shared identity. That although we are all very different what makes us all very different for the most part, or what we share with others that makes different is in the end very superficial.

Project #4 second response

Ok so I guess I never did make a follow up statement about the 4th project. So here it is. I think that my photos for the 4th assignment were some of the best that I have made so far. I am really proud of them. I was surprised that the class liked them as much as they did I did not expect them to. I think that similar photos could be a good direction for another project.

Question #24

Write a detailed description of your “motivations” for your final self-proposed project. Why are you interested in this subject? What do you want to convey? How do you want viewers to respond? Why are you inspired to make these images/this project? Do you want to evoke emotions in viewers? Shock viewers? Make them laugh? Make them think? Inform them? Reveal something about how you see the world? Reveal something about yourself, a person, a place, a feeling, a memory, a moment in time?

So I think that I am interested in the aesthetic of the snapshot photo because it seems so reversed and backwards from the progression of photography. I want my portrait snapshots to be interesting. I don't know how yet though. I want them to be captivating for their colors yet people to love them for their subject and aesthetic. I feel like I need to still think out why I want to make the photos the way that I do. But at the same time I don't know if I could ever make out a good reason for them, they just are they way they are for the reason that we are the way we are.

Project #5 response

After hearing class response I feel like both works could use some refinement. I think that I should definitely spend more time working of the fluidity of the video in final cut and that possibly it should be re-shot. Also the success in snapshot photos is in numbers. So the more the better. A bunch of photos of the wedding would have made it more successful.