Isolation

For this isolation assignment, I had a few different ideas of what to do, but I ended up not really doing any of the ideas that I had. This was due a few weeks ago, and since I had it in the back of my mind whenever I was out, I ended up with a variety of images that I thought showed isolation. 

The city picture and the palm tree picture were both taken with film, and the other two with digital. 

Expected/Unexpected

I enjoyed this assignment, and had quite a few ideas of things to photograph. I ended up sticking with the idea of using frosting as the main subject of the photos, one in which the icing is on a cupcake, and the other in which frosting is used as toothpaste.
I uploaded the color pictures as well as the black and white because I personally preferred the color images for this assignment.
I plan on continuing work on this theme, but I have to figure out exactly what I want the pictures to look like. I am also planning on playing with the toothbrush picture in photoshop and making sprinkles come out of the sink in place of the water.

Shoes and Chairs

I almost gave up hope on this assignment.. 

I had a few ideas for the shoe picture, and ended up sticking with an idea of the large pile of shoes and bare feet. I like the way that it turned out overall. 

For the chair picture, I had some cool ideas but nothing was working out. The day before class, my friend and I went exploring and ended up at this community farm somewhere in the city. There were a few old chairs there and I saw it as a perfect opportunity to complete my assignment. I loved the location and will definitely be going back for more photos. 

Objective/Subjective

In this assignment I wanted to use an object that had a lot of meaning to the owner, but looks like nothing special in anyone else's eyes. 

My friend has a friendship ring with one of her best friends from back home, so it is special to her and she treasures it. In the objective shot, there is no sense of emotion. In the subjective shot, there is still not any sense of emotion, but it's a more artistic shot, and you can see part of what the ring says.. "Nemo Nisi Moris" which loosely translates to "nothing but death shall part us". 

In the narrative picture, it is apparent that the ring has some kind of special meaning to the person wearing it. 

Visualization Assignment : Fear

For this assignment, I wanted to show the feeling of fear more so than a fear of something specific. I had my roommate, Katelyn, model for me. I asked her to sit in the corner of our room and I used our desk lamp as a sort of spotlight. As I was shooting, I started to visualize the fear that I wanted to show. I  had her take off her shirt because it made her look more vulnerable. I wanted her to look like she was scared of being exposed or "found out"-- not for anything in particular. 

I also liked how the second picture turned out because her actual face is hidden, but you can see her face outline in the shadow. I found that it went well with the first one because it looks like she is trying to hide herself.