Culture Clash

1. What were the successes (what did you learn) and challenges of this project AND how did you deal with the difficulties?

My culture clash was ultimately a success because the picture looked funny and that is what I was going for. Although the photo was not as realistic as possible it looked good for me. I learned that photoshop is much easier to use than I previously thought. Some challenges in this image was when images only had like half of the full object that I wanted. But I dealt with these difficulties by putting those objects in the corners so you only saw the bit that was available.

2. Grade yourself, based on the criteria below, 1-4 and explain why: I would give myself a 3 because I followed all the basic parameters for the project. I also did a good job making sure the pictures imported fit in with the scene. However I think I could’ve added a little more to make it more realistic. I could have given everyone a shadow to make them look real but unfortunately I didn’t think of that  until it was done.

Out of the window, around the house

Thanksgiving is approaching. It's that time of the year where everyone packs away their halloween decorations and brings out their thanksgiving ones. The scary masks and skeletons become beautiful gourds, pumpkins, turkey's, squash, and other food related thanksgiving items. This is what is going on in this image. When I took it I heard the crinkle of tin foil over a cooking meal, smelled the garlic bread on the stove, saw how radiant these pumpkins looked. Then I snapped this photo, not meaning to use the flash but it happened anyway. It made it better in a way because it highlights the shiny nature of these fake decorations, making them more real.

Andy Goldsworthy project

This is my first person representation of the life on Andy Goldsworthy. I tell of his life through my eyes in a creative and engaging way. The project includes photos of his art that show how good of an artist he is.

Spooky, Scary image

I wanted to make this photo look like a child is looking over or under his bed to check for monsters like most kids do when they are little. I wanted it to be dark, hyperrealistic, and a clear view of what the subject is. I believe that the photo came out just as I envisioned it because it shows of all the traits that I wanted to show. It also shows a bit of bedsheets so it feels more like you are looking under your bed than just some other kid.

Interests/Hobbies photo

When I took this photo I wanted it to look like a really good close up of a cool subject. In the circumstance of this photo my family and I had to try to get the praying mantis upside down and then hold him there. We tried many times to get him like this and after awhile, the photo was taken and it came out better than I expected. It also looks cool because the blurred background makes you look at the subject more clearly.

David Hockney Collage

We were trying to communicate a scene of school from the perspective of the courtyard. We wanted to also have people everywhere to show a sort of funhouse effect where you see yourself in multiple places at the same time. I believe we were successful in our final product because we had all of these aspects present. One thing I learned from this is that making a collage that has to connect all photos is really hard and takes planning. A second thing I learned is making these scenes can be really creative and can have a variety of meanings and motifs. One last thing I learned is that everyone has a different view of what they want to do because everyone had a variety of different subjects and ways they portrayed a scene.

Creative Portraits

When I was taking this photo I wanted to make it look cool. I wanted to portray an action and object while it was in motion. I think it came out really well and looks cool.






When I was taking this photo my goal was to show a big personality of my brother. All he does is sleep and eat and now this picture shows this aspect well.