Assignment #2 Critique

As I printed my photos for the critique I was kind of shocked at how red they all looked! I've learned to change my camera's settings from Vivid to Natural. That was my only huge concern as we started talking about our results.

When asked, I wasn't sure which picture was the "strongest" one. I'm not too sure on how to critique in photography yet, because it's a whole other beast compared to my drawing studio classes. So I went with this picture of my sister, Victoria.

I chose it because of the movement within the branches of the tree and her gesture of laughing. Even though the class wouldn't be able to view it personally, I felt it captured her essence and that made it strong.

I was dawdling between this picture and the one below - probably for personal reasons - but also because this photo of Richelle came out very dark and red when it was printed.

I love this picture and it really is the strongest of Richelle, and was viewed as the strongest in my assortment during the critique. Here on my blog it looks a lot better than it did when it was printed. Mostly because you can tell the difference between her hair and the backgroud! Technical difficulties aside, I didn't have to change this picture in any way for lighting or cropping, and I'm really proud of it : )

Self - Portraits

This coming assignment is definitely going to be an interesting one.

It's always a strange thing to look at myself and categorize how I act and who exactly I am. What makes me...me? Explaining in words is probably infinitely easier than explaining through a photograph, which is why I'm nervous to begin thinking of how to go about shooting myself. I'm even more anxious to shoot the alter-ego, not because I'm some depressed emo or anything, but because I have to convey something that no one knows about me...but what?

I think the easiest way to go about explaining myself would be through a list of words and phrases, because I'm not going to tell you my life story, I'm going to tell you my personality.

happy                      witty                      confusing                   
optimistic                 creative                  looked over
strong                      unyielding               appreciative
blunt                        random                  proud
sarcastic                  responsible             respectful
unsympathetic         considerate             daring
mellow                    exciting                   fun
oddball                   doubtful                  safe

People usually see the easy-going and excited happy me, but I'm fairly sure that what they don't realize is my safe side and the fact that I can be quite serious. I'm still generating ideas on how to put myself in a photograph...but I'm getting there. And I think it'll be fun.