Portfolio Practice Pictures

Reflection Questions:

1) Central Idea of Photo: The main perspective that I'm trying to unravel in these photos is the innocence within a childhood. Children spend a lot of time using their imagination while having the time of their lives with no worries in their lives. But as they grow older, their imagination begins to dwindle as their worries begin increasing dramatically. I want to show children using immense amounts of imagination in these photos as they use their environment to spread their imagination throughout their "childish time span." I used lighting effects on Photoshop to emphasize the importance of our childhood. In these photos, I either put the children on the right side or the left side to draw attention to how there is a gap between our childhood and adulthood.

2) Progression an Development of Theme: My images contribute to the development of my theme because it allows the viewer to understand the importance of children and how they are affected by their environment, it also permits them to view how our childhood is something that truly affects us even when we turn into adults. My idea did not change during the process of creating these images, however, in the future, I do believe that the process will change whether it be the composition or the lighting effects I employ in my photos. I believe that I will try to work harder in order to have a stronger emphasis on my portfolio, a specific attribute that will catch the viewer's attention with just a look.

Proposal for Photography

Portfolio Proposal
Proposed By: Brian Le
Project Title: Serendipitous Children

Senior Art Studio / Photography 3/4

Ms. Miles

Project Due Date: 01/31/2011
Project Description
My portfolio/project will be focusing on the surprises children have when they're having the time of their lives, the uniqueness of how children can bring out the miraculous characteristics of how anyone can be childish no matter how old you are. This style of photography will consist of the children that basically use their surroundings to have a good time, no matter what happens, they're still able to have fun. From the things that appear on the floor all the way to video games, children, overall are able to spend quality time with others in order to bring out their innocence.
Concept
The concept I am trying to apply is to demonstrate the how significant our child lives are, we take it for granted, in order for me to portray this, I'm trying to capture the miraculous effects our inner child self has on us. I would like to illustrate how our innocence as a children is what makes us who we are, a part of our mind that allows us to have intriguing moments. Moreover, our childish characteristics have been neglected as people live in a world where they believe money is the important factor in life, however, our inner child allows us to have creativity and a sense of imagination.
Inspiration
My inspiration was when I realized that children have been maturing much faster than other generations as they spend more time indoors instead of outdoors. I wanted to portray that our inner child is what is truly important because it creates another world for us to explore. My other inspiration was Sally Mann, she took pictures of her children when they were doing random things that appeared to capture an interesting point of view.
Equipment to be Used
35mm Digital Camera, Regular Point & Shoot Camera, Photoshop
Presentation
My presentation will be introduced in huge photos or a photo album that portrays our inner child, in order to so, I plan to get paint and utilize finger painting methods. I also want to try to make it have ribbons and stamps to emphasize on the idea of how important our inner child is.

Sally Mann-Biography

Sally Mann was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1951. Mann graduated from the Putney School in 1969, and attended Bennington College and Friends World College. Moreover, she began to start her photography skills in Putney and started her photography debut due to the influence of her father. After her graduation, she started to work as a staff photographer at Washington and Lee University in Lexington. Her collections of books: Second Sight, At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women, and Immediate Family, all portrayed controversial and miraculous photos of adolescent girls, and her three children. Her children were her models when she took photos of them, Mann's primary idea was to capture the essence of her children. The photos she took was when her children were doing something intriguing, she also took photos of her children developing into young adults. After her children grew older, she began taking photos of landscaping, producing another collection, Still Time. Her three other books consisted of her greyhound, landscaping, and her husband which suffers from a disorder. Nowadays, her photographic works are now included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, and Sculpture Garden, and the Whitney Museum of New York City, and many more. 

Furthermore, Sally Mann is a photographer that is best known for her immense black and white photographs, starting with her children, and then pictures of landscapes that consists of decay and death.