Artist Statement

My digital photography portfolio has many different projects that I worked on in class. It starts all the from the beginning of the semester. These projects were crucial in my learning in this class. They helped me develop my skills one bit at a time. As you can see the way my recent projects came out.

I feel like this portfolio was a unique way to show my masterpieces. They seemed to come out really good. I also had some feedback from my fellow classmates and Miss Cook. They helped me to adjust and think in different ways on how to do my things. Overall the portfolio was a great way to hear people’s opinions and learn from my mistakes.

I have learned many things over the course of this semester. I had the chance to use some of my skills from the first two quarters. Some cool and new things that I had the chance to learn were Shutter Speed, ISO, and Metering. By using these new techniques I was able to enhance my photos into coming out better. I feel like if I was the most successful with using the ISO. It’s a great way to bring light into the picture.

I had many struggles with my photos. It’s just the thought process that I have a hard time with. There are days were it is hard to come up with different pictures and ideas because of the environment. But there are many other times were things just pop up in my head and make them a little easier. But other than that I feel like if I have mastered most of the things in Photoshop.

What influenced me the most was trying to make my pictures a little bit more unique but to also capture my personality. I have seen the growth in my picture taking abilities and the angles I take my pictures in. Being in this class has made my picture taking skill to another level. Seeing the feedback from other people has made me learned. Having this portfolio just showed me how I progressed.

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Self Portraits

I wanted to express the type of person that I am. My ideas did change a little but most of it stayed the same. What makes my self portraits creative is that I came up with them from the top of my head. The color of all my self portraits makes the pictures seem more dramatic. Doing this was a bit difficult but not as much as I thought.

I specifically set up all of my pictures. I felt like if I was a photographer in a way. None of the pictures were taken on accident. I actually for once came up with all of them. I tried to use the rule of thirds a lot but there was only one picture were I made it more dramatic. I think my Light portrait was the best because it has great lighting and its very unique. I wouldn’t change any composition on my pictures.

I think my photographs craftsmanship came out perfect. None of my pictures to me seem too blurry or too dark. I did not use any of the camera settings that we have learned because they came out perfect. The strengths of my craftsmanship has to be the type of settings and lighting.

I believe my portraits came out just fine. I’m happy with how they came out. I did well in the overall settings and moods of the pictures. My favorite shot has to be the light portrait. I liked the mood that it gives you and I am sure people can relate to that. I didn’t have a least favorite. I would give myself a good grade simply because of how my pictures make you feel.