Final Project

I make art so I can mold the world around me into whatever I want.  I enjoy having a great deal of control in many aspects of my life, and photography is one of the biggest areas of art I focus on.

For this body of work, I was inspired by both horror movies and games. I have been obsessed with the horror genre for as long as I can remember. Being able to get my heart racing without having any actual danger nearby is really what appeals to me most.

However, because of my infatuation with horror, my nervous side of my mind always likes to make me frightened for no reason. This set of pictures really embodies my own irrational fears that have stemmed from an overdose of spooky stuff. 

These pictures are all shot in first-person and without other people in frame to give the feeling that the viewer is alone when the set is looked at. When I am alone, that is when my imagination tends to really pick up and make me think scary things are going to happen.

Contact sheets:

Final pictures:

  

Hanging order:

EDIT:

some extra spooks

 

 

Mystery bag Project

Contact Sheets:

Final Pictures:

emulation project contact sheets and finals

Contact Sheets:

Final Picks:

Lighting Activity edited pictures

Thank you to Nani for supplying me with gourds

 

contact sheets for class lighting activity

Class activity: Photoshop cutting and pasting

Quick selection tool

Magic wand tool

Lasso tool

Making new compositions:

Amalgamate: photoshop activity

Todd Hido

(none of my photos) 

I am emulating Todd Hido for this project because of his neat night photos of streets. After doing a bit of research, I found out that he also takes pictures of homes and apartments at night, when the lights are on in the windows. He also occasionally takes portraits and shots of interior spaces. All of his photos have dramatic lighting and simple, yet vibrant, color palettes. Most pictures have some fuzzy aspect to them, such as fog or diffused shadows, so more attention is focused on a particular element. In his house photos, it is usually the lit windows. 

I am going to be focusing on emulating the dramatic lighting and limited color palette aspects of his work. I am going to take shots of places at night and perhaps even some portraits. I hope to get better at using limited color schemes by the end of this.