So I've just been trying to experiment with different types of music and trying to find unique setups to represent this. When I say types of music I don't really mean genre, but more so Happy, Sad, Love music. I've taken a few pictures of a couple of setups and I plan to do more with my friend's speaker. I want to focus more on party music this week since I've been more focused on the calm side of music.
For this week, I decided to work on working on thinking of ideas, I came up with:
-take a photo of a cat or my cat in a pan or wok
-take a photo of me lifting weights
-me next to a nice car
-Asian dish with a fork
I also took some photos this week of double my identity with Asian makeup and outfit on one side and American on the other
Here are some projector photos that I said I was going to show. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten around to doing the mask photos yet but will definitely have them to show for when we meet up this week. I have included some thumbnails.
Hey everyone,
Time management was hard this weekend, but I managed to get two more sets done. I am focusing on getting things edited from last and this week to show on Thursday when we meet up again.
Until then here is one of the sets I did with a pie...
This week I found more stereotypes through videos and peers, if you can think of any visual photography ideas for these following stereotypes that would be great!
stereotypes:
For this chapter, they talked about portfolio reviews and why one should participate in one, and what to expect. I found it important that they said: "to be realistic on where your photography is at." This is important for both people who think too high or too low about their work. I was interested when they provided the literal websites for the grants, I will definitely look them up!
I haven't had much time to shoot this week due to personal things and work. So I've been focusing on the content of the box and try to make sure they translate more. For the pandora box, the box that had to do with sickness. Just for a refresher, Pandora opens a box and releases all the sickness into the world. My idea is I want to represent the opposite. My original photo and idea contained Clorox and cleaning items. I went through my medicine cabinet and found these items and was thinking I could use the items photographed below instead. So this I'm going to try shooting that box.
Also for the Medusa Box I was able to find these little figurines. I wasn't able to find snakes yet, but I have plans to go Walmart this week and look for some. As well as Items to create my box for Thor.
Hey guys I know I'm a little late haven't been feeling well, but after we had met a few weeks ago. I went to thrift store and dollar store and was able to find some gift boxes and a new sheet to use a back drop. My plan is to reshoot the Medusa and Odin with the gift boxes and see how they turn out. I'm realizing I may have went overboard with the blue.
In chapter four, the author talks about portfolio reviews and what to expect when participating in them. Some things that the artist should consider beforehand is the quality of the paper, the image size, the presentation and the pitch. Another part of the process that is discussed are the leave behinds which are "marketing materials to leave with each reviewer at the end of the session" (p. 97). Another topic that is mentioned quite a bit is crowdfunding which is raising small amounts of money in large crowds of people.
I wasn't really able to work on any more concepts that I have. I took one more setup, but I plan on taking more photographs this week. I actually got some advice from my Senior Show class to listen to music while I take pictures to see what emotions I feel. I was also told to take a walk and listen to music and something might stand out so I plan on taking this advice and incorporating it into my plans for this week.
For the project this week, I made a goal and narrowed down a few food setups so I could finally get shooting again this weekend. I did have some success at the thrift store and found a few items. Greta also loaned me a couple of items that will work with a few setups.
I don’t have any final images to show as I have been multi-tasking this weekend and haven’t downloaded the images yet to the computer. I am wanting to attempt one more set this evening before I do that and spend the week editing them. However, I figured I would show a sneak peak of the root beer float I just finished capturing.
I will say that jeez ice cream melts fast under these lights
As usual I found this part of the book informative. The portfolio review is something I had never considered outside of the academic setting. However, it makes sense and perhaps something I could look into in the future, even though the idea right now is intimidating. I was glad to read about funding and grants. I know this is a big thing in fine arts and even tried for a student level one time (was denied), but as expensive as projects can get, I believe it will be necessary in the future to help achieve goals.
Overall, I am thankful Greta selected this book for us. It was a nice read and easy to follow as the information for the most part is up to date. Before I return it, I will be jotting down many of the source websites the author listed.
A lot of useful information about entering photographs into venues and galleries, along with how a photographer should correctly submit their work. I knew that a photographer could submit their stuff to galleries and everything, but I didn't realize how many places a photographer can submit their work. On page 57, it was really cool to read that various groups a photographer can partner with to create fundraisers and such. I also enjoyed reading about the contests section because the thought of entering a certain amount of work for a contest sounds really fun. There's just so many possibilities and opportunities when it comes to getting out there and start getting known which I think is exciting.
I don't have anything new to show for this week, but I have thought up some more interesting concepts and plan on pushing the concepts a little further. One that I'm excited to get to work on is where my younger self (like high school) is wanting my older self's (currently) help but current me is reluctant to help him. This kind of plays on the concept that when we are younger, we want to know how we are going to turn out as adults or something along the lines of that. Still in the process of figuring it out!
For this chapter, it was helpful to see the tips on how to write up for galleries, and how to set up an exhibition proposal to be shown. To be honest I did not know quite a bit of all the tips that were covered in this chapter, such as book publishing and including experiences from people in the same field. I found it interesting and helpful for the future was the questions that i should ask a gallery before being represented by them. All the small details became big in this chapter which lead me to understand more for sure!
Hey everyone! Thanks again for all of the suggestions from when we met on Thursday! I don't have anything new to show since we've met, but I have been pondering a few ideas. One is that while looking at my set of "stuff" I feel like it may be risking getting repetitive between the sets. So I am now on the look out for new items to add to the collection. Maybe I'll get lucky at a thrift store in the next day or so, but I did find this awesome tea cup (candle) at Micheals today while picking up a frame. Isn't it cute!
Akira, you came to mind while I was browsing and I found these objects that perhaps may inspire some of the accessories or ideas for your project.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!
Part three of the book was informative and thought provoking. To start thinking of what we want our work to be, but who our overall target audience should be as well. I really like how the author included tips on how to do write ups for galleries & book publishing as well as including insight from people with experience in those areas.
The section about calls for entry and contest stuck out to me because this is something so easy for us to access. I have done it with a few photographs and artwork. In fact, I have had work exhibited in Budapest. While the entry was nothing special, makes for a great line on the CVV! What came to me after reading this part is me questioning why I am not searching through this opportunity more often.
If you don’t already follow Lenscratch on Instagram, you should as they have open calls for photographers. Callforentry.com is also another one I have had a few interesting ones so up. Like the author said is some would cost but there are free ones.
I don't have too much to talk about.. I have just been working on a few more concepts and ideas. I worked on a few setups that came out really nice. I took several shots of each setup and I just have to choose which ones I want to keep and take out. I'll continue working on some more setups this week. I also think I want to work on some photos that have grain in them to give them an old fashioned feel.
For this week's reading, It was pretty long but It turned out I liked it because I found so much helpful information. It was great to be able to learn about how to produce an artist's statement, and what especially to avoid. It became more clear when I read the examples as well. I was glad to learn about the pricing based off of the editing or size. I feel it will definitely help to go back to this information for the future.
Hi, everyone I've been working on my boxes and try different compositions with the items. Right now I'm working on a Greek mythology box, "Pandora's Box". To give a little background, Pandora was figure in greek mythology who opened a box she wasn't suppose to, releasing all the sickness and death in the world, killing a great deal of people.
For my box I wanted to do the opposite of representing sickness and death. I wanted to do a box where it represented health and cleanliness. Currently I'm playing around with having multiple boxes in one photo or having some items not in the box. Another thing I'm testing doing a still life set up and focusing in on labels on the items. My hope is to arrange some of these photos in a collage like manner.
Hey all for this week I decided to drive to NOVA to take a family portrait, I personally like the photo for a keepsake, although I'm not sure how I feel about the photo for the project aspect. right now I don't have my camera with me, but I will show it on Thursday for class.
Although chapter two seemed a bit long, it was packed full of helpful tips to writing artist statements, figuring out the size, edition and price of the work an artist wants to make, along with coming up with a brand and website. I found the section about writing artist statements very useful because when it comes to writing statements, I always get stuck on what I want to say but I appreciate how the author included examples of both successful and not so successful artist statements. I also want to quote this sentence from page fifteen. “Do not dilute the impact of your project or series by including weaker photographs to meet a self-imposed image count.” I should take this advice because whenever I make a series, I always set a goal for how many I want instead of only including the best photos and taking out the weaker photos.
I found the section about sizing, edition, and pricing to be interesting because I’m trying to figure out what sizes I want my prints to be for the end of the semester and it’s good to know about pricing in case I want to sell any photographs further on in my career.
Hey guys! It is hard to believe its week 4 already! This past week I did have a short conversation about my project with Greta and got some pointers that I have been brainstorming on. One was how to push the images to reflect what I was trying to say. For instance, the sliced bread I showed a couple of weeks ago. The invention was about convenience and that ties it to being bought in a store. So, I decided to reshoot it in the plastic. I used a deli wrap from another loaf so that I could avoid an advertisement feel to the image.
I did do some other food, including a burger and fries, and frozen waffles. Each item does get a few different set ups, to see what works and what doesn’t. Which I’ll show more when we meet. I need to work on some editing as my lights gave me some difficulty this week, but figured for fun I would also include a behind the scenes look at my set up.
Part II contains a lot of great information. The first section “edit and sequence” had some great points about asking for constructive criticism and how to narrow down the work into a cohesive project, something I know professors, especially Greta has been working with us on continuously.
I found the discussion about websites and social media something that will be useful in the near future as we are about to start working on our websites. I am horrible about promoting myself on social media other than “look what I’ve done recently” and really need to make that effort to separate personal pages from photography pages more clearly (like the author has suggested).
Artist statements- ugh. I found her section about statements helpful. While I have seen many of the tips before from professors and other artists, I like reading it all together. I particularly found the 3 basic questions (pg 20) something that I have and will continue to use, although the process of writing about myself/work is always difficult.
The other smaller sections discussing marketing, branding, logos, email addresses and so forth was a bit motivating in a way, but it has been something that I felt I wasn’t ready for. However since they are things that can help make a stronger webpage and help grow my network of peers, it may be time to start considering and working on them.
I am enjoying this book so far…
This past week, I visited my cousin in Lynchburg and decided to bring my camera. Her apartment is pretty cool, and I had some ideas of photos I wanted to take. She has this huge window that covers one whole wall and figured I could take some night shots since the streetlight outside casts this beautiful light through the window. Here are some unedited shots that I took.
HI,
Glad to get a snippet of what everyone is doing. I like seeing the contact sheet but it is really hard to tell exactly what is going on so I think perhaps posting just a few photo might helpful.
Emily I love your start but from te contact I thought you did paint yourself. I think painting yourself is a good idea. Keep going and more ideas will come to you as the one you started with is GREAT!!! I have always loved this piece. Try googleing some terms to get ideas.
