Breaking the rules

Through my journey of breaking the rules i found it more challenging than i thought i was going to be. After going through the school many times thinking of ideas of what to do i came across my first picture with oliva and jenn as my models. In this picture olivia is the main focus but jenns legs make it unclear of what the focus is supposed to be and the picture is also to light. (shot with canon rebel. 5.5 and 60)

My second picture (center picture) is with michelle and vanessa and many other people in the background. this picture breaks the rules because there is too much stuff going on and the picture is too crowded. ( shot with canon rebel. 6.5 and 60)

My third picture (top right) broke the rules because it is not balanced and it breaks the rule of thirds!
(shot with canon rebel. 5.5 and 60)

Through this process of breaking the rules i found that i had to use more of the creative side of me, although    it was challenging and time consuming, i thought it was fun.

Renaissance Mish Mash

The above picture was taken with a canon rebel 18-22 lens, aperture of f1/5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/70.


Savoldo:


           Girolamo Savoldo (1480-1548) was born in Brescia. He was also known as Girolamo da Brescia. Savoldo was an Italian painter from the high renaissance. Very little is known about Savoldo, and very few knew about his paintings. He did most of his paintings in Venice, Parma and Milan. He was also part of the Brescia School of painting. When Savoldo lived in Venice he joined the Painters Guild of Florence in 1508. 


           Savoldo was influenced by Venetian style at the time and he was also influenced by Titan and Lorenzo Lotto. In this time he was drawn to bright colours, and expensive textures. Many of Savoldo paintings were night scenes when studying light in school, and religious paintings. One of his most famous pieces of art is his Saint Mary Magdalen, which shows his use of lighting. After many years of painting, no one seemed to pay attention to him, so he moved on and he and his paintings were soon forgotten.


The Renaissance: 


          The Renaissance was (from rinascere "to be reborn") was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late middle ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe.   Although the Renaissance saw revolutions in many intellectual pursuits, as well as social and political upheaval, it is perhaps best known for its artistic developments and the contributions of such polymaths as Leonardo da Vinci and Michel Angelo, who inspired the term "Renaissance Man".   Early Renaissance, mostly in Italy, the art period during the fifteenth century, between the Middle Ages and the High Renaissance in Italy. Early Renaissance matured in Northern Europe later, in 16th century. After, painters also developed other techniques, studying light, shadow, and, famously in the case of Leonardo da Vinci, human anatomy. Many artists have learned many things from the renaissance, there is more than just painting a picture you're looking at. There is shadowing, lines (horizon), shape, colour and many more. 

Studio Lighting

For this assignment i had to use studio lighting. 

For the first picture i used Michelle as my model against the blue wall. For this picture i used my canon rebel with a shutter speed of 1/30 and aperture of 6.0. in this picture i only used one light to show in the eyes that you could tell where the light was coming from. In this picture i caught Michelle laughing which makes the picture more exciting and fun! For my second photo my model is Jenn. In this picture i used a shutter speed of 1/50 and aperture of 5.6. for the lighting in this photo i used a light on the left and the right of Jenn. I made Jenn look straight into the camera because it shows that the light is coming from both sides of her. this shows with the lighting on the side of her face. for my third and final picture i have two model, Danielle and Michelle. For this photo i used a shutter speed of 1/60 and an aperture of 5.6. I like this photo because it shows them laughing and having fun. For the lighting in this picture i 2 lights one beside Michelle closer to her face and the other on the side with Danielle but this light is giving more light so it doesn't stand out as much. Through this project i found it very hard to get the right picture. I took many and could never find the right one with just the right amount of lighting in it. But i am pretty pleased with the pictures i have selected.

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Mixed Lighting.

For this assignment i had to use mixed lighting, i decided to use Danielle as my model. I decided to use Danielle as my model because her hair is brown and with the light it almost looks like her hair is glowing and glistening in the sun. For my light i used the light through the window and the reflector sheet. During this assignment i used a Canon Rebel with a 18-55mm lens with a shutter speed of 1/60 and aperture of  F6.3. The inspiration of this photo was to be happy because of the wonderful weather we were having this week!

Experimental lighting

            For my assignment for painting with light i used a digital camera. The shutter speed was f/30 and  the aperture was 13 seconds. My inspiration for this assignment was to draw something that expressed happiness and joy. The picture on the left is a picture of a star with little tiny stars in the background (blue light) as if you were looking up to the sky and see that one wishing star. The picture on the right is a smiley face. :) 

my name.

          This assignment to find the letters of my name really interested me. When I first got this assignment i thought oh this will be easy, but once you start looking for letters your mind just blanks and you see nothing. I liked this assignment because it gave me an open mind to photography and just seeing all the different things you can see in just a picture. 

Inspired.

Steve McCurry 

              Steve McCurry inspires me because he takes his pictures with simplicity and emphasis. His pictures stand out to me because they are bold and they involve more of the up to date crises's and problems happening in the world now. Steve McCurry also inspires me because he makes his pictures stand out with lots of colour. I chose the two pictures above because the colour of the boys stand out with the blue door and the man with green paint is a different colour than everyone else. I also like his photos because he takes them around the world when people are in the moments of their daily activities and when  they least expect it . One of Steve McCurry's most famous pictures called the "Afghan Girl" (in the middle) is also one of my favorites because i love pictures of eyes and how they look and the colours of them. The girl in this picture, Sharbat Gula was a 12 year old girl living as a refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. This one photo was known as the "Afghan Mona Lisa" and was also featured on National Geographic and many locals painted and drew this picture on rocks where everyone could see it. This picture catches my eye because of the story behind it, which makes me like Steve McCurry's photos even more. 

            Steve McCurry's has many photos on his own blog  http://stevemccurry.com/. He also has http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McCurry a Wikipedia website talking about how he started his photo journey and how he saw the wonders of the world. Steve also talks about how he was right there when the twin towers were on fire and how he was on his roof taking pictures for 20 minutes and seeing everything happen, as if it was a small fire. I also like Steve McCurry because so much depth when explaining why he takes his pictures, i could probably read his stories all day and then follow in his footsteps of seeing the world that he did. http://art-dept.com/photography/steve-mccurry/advertising. It is also ironic that Steve McCurry also have the same birthday.“Most of my images are grounded in people.  I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face.  I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape, that you could call the human condition.” -Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry inspires me.