Angle Assignment-Period 4

Reflection: Within my angle assignment, my group and I went around the school to find some good scenery to portray the school as an interesting place to be at. There were a lot of scenes where we shot at and our pictures came out better than we had expected. My group and I shot this photo near the art rooms where the dinosaur mural was displayed. I decided to use this photo because it was an interesting photo to use due to the light that was reflected on Mark. In addition Mark putting his finger inside the T-Rex's mouth with sharp teeth. I find this hilarious since he is using his imagination to believe that the dinosaur is actually real. I also chose this photo because it brings out the inner essence of the child as people get older. I would enjoy if I could do this again and I probably will in the future. This assignment, I believe was a success because I was able to understand how to look at a scene and use a stronger angle to portray a better emphasis of the subject.

Portrait Assignment-Period 6

Reflection: Within my Portrait Assignment I used a regular point and shoot camera, however I used a light card to get that glimpse of light on Mark's face. Since I didn't have a camera to use during the break, I had to use a camera at school to take a picture of the subject. This portrait assignment felt like another assignment that was given to me without much explanation, however the experience was somewhat interesting. The photo isn't really a portrait because of the people that were in the background, but I consider it as a portrait. I like the glimpse that hit the right side of Mark's face. I understand that the photo I took wasn't really a portrait, but I wanted to display Mark's originality and essence, however the task was incomplete because I didn't have enough ideas to express that. I would like to do more portraits in the future but with a better camera and background. This was done intentionally but now that I think of it, the photo isn't what I expected. My work was unsuccessful because I wasn't able to display Mark's essence.

SDSCPA Arts Group Project-Period 6

Elegance of the Arts

Reflection: Within the photo "Elegance of the Arts", me and my group used a shutter speed of 250 a f-stop of 8. We decided to use this title because it expresses the radiance of the photo and it also has diversity as well. This assignment with the strobe was exciting since I've never done it before and the experience was worthwhile. At first I thought the strobe box would be hard to assemble and disassemble, but after asking my group I was able to refresh my mind in order to figure out what to do with the strobe. We had a difficulty taking the shot because the plug that was connected to the box to the camera kept on falling off and getting the models to get in the right position was difficult. We decided to make the dancer the focal point because we felt that by doing so the picture would turn out more elegant. The rest of the arts were painting, photography, and instrumental music. These arts represent our school and make it worthwhile. The best part that I like about this picture is the photographer focusing his camera on the dancer, this displays that the dancer is the focal point of the photo. In addition the dancer's pose set the photo into a great picture. We wanted to display the models into this position in order to make the photo more elegant. This was done intentionally because we wanted to display a good perspective of the arts at our school. Hopefully in the future, me and my group will be able to experience the moment again, but with a different subject.

Response To Manjari Sharma's Work!-Period 6

Photo was taken by Manjari Sharma

Response: Manjari Sharma's work on the portraits she displays are interesting and they seem to influence you. In addition the people that are used seem to be natural and have a blissful feeling. Her subjects are in their normal status as they're able to freely move around and be themselves. As Manjari takes the photos, her subjects are calm and radiant. The scenery she uses in her bathroom is also appropriate and the lighting is superb. Her breakout series is one of the most influential portraits I have ever seen, everything seems to be in focus and the feeling is dramatic as well. In our next assignment I hope to do something close to as what Sharma is doing, nonetheless her work feels too beautiful. But I'll take an opportunity to do a portrait to portray how great Manjari Sharma's work is.

6 Week Progress/Mural Project- Period 7

During the first six weeks of the semester, I have helped research some of the things that were going to be put on the wall. In addition I have created a stencil, but I haven't finished it and I have created a sketch for the theme we were going to do. I made a tree and thought of the idea of having masks as the bark of the tree.

In RoadTripNation, I have finished all of the lessons, 7 out of 7.

I haven't enrolled in San Diego Community College, but hopefully I'll remember to do it.

Soften Face Assignment

Brushes Assignment- Period 6

Reflection: Within the "brushes assignment", I had a difficult time getting my composition to be what I wanted it to be. The thing was that I didn't exactly know what I wanted in the picture. I knew that we had to make ourselves the focal point, but getting the right amount of colors and the specific type of brush was the difficult thing. During the process, I believe I got the hang of the brushes, but I still had trouble getting the supportive colors and brushes. I decided to use green and black because the colors seem to have a great mixture and the contrast seemed to go along. My idea was to get some circles that had repetition so I decided to use green circles in the middle and black circles on the bottom. Afterward the top of the picture seemed too plain so I wanted to get something that would support the focal point. Using the ink brushes, I felt like that was the best part of the photo, even though the focal point is supposed to be the best part. After putting a couple of ink brushes on the top, I decided to use the eraser to remove some of the ink that was used in order to portray a blackish smoky substance on the top. By doing so, I was able to make the photo somewhat dirty. Overall I had a difficult time doing this assignment and I felt like composing the photo was chaotic. In the future, I would definitely like to do more of these assignment because by doing more, I would get a better idea of composing my work and will most likely help me in the future.