February 23, 2024 Bridge 1 consisted of a combined effort between Studio and Seminar. In Studio, we chose between artists to act as our creative mentors. Below is a slide deck depicting the process by which I researched different artists and executed the recreations and new artwork in Studio. In parallel to the Studio aspects…Continue Reading Creative Mentor
Gesture
February 23, 2024 People’s gestures can reveal part of their personality. Using either available light or daylight, make a portrait emphasizing a gesture particular to them. The last two portraits I took aren’t fully gestures, as we discussed during crit that these were more action-driven rather than a habitual motion. ^ f4, 1/250, 47mm, iso100 ^…Continue Reading Gesture
Woodshop Exercise
February 15, 2024 ASSIGNMENT: Create one purposeful design with the following elements – I chose to build a cricket bat leaning against wickets on top of the 4×4 base. Below is my initial sketch. With this plan, I went to the woodshop. Using scraps from the shop, I was able to use one piece of…Continue Reading Woodshop Exercise
Light & Mood
February 16, 2024 Make a natural-light-portrait of a person at two different times of day – at least 3 hours apart but it doesn’t have to be the same day. Show how the light and portrait changes by the times of day. (Canon EOS 6D) ^50mm, f22, ⅛ shutter speed, iso100, 2:30PM ^105mm, f5, 1/80…Continue Reading Light & Mood
Orthographic Projections & Linear Models
February 5, 2024 Our first project was based on observational and technical drawings of an object of our choice. I chose a plush, stuffed kiwi as my object, and started with contour line drawings (below). The end goal of this project was to create a structure for our object with linear materials, such as wire…Continue Reading Orthographic Projections & Linear Models
Depth of Field
February 9, 2024 Using one light source, make a photograph of a FACE with shallow depth of field (f.2.5 – f5.6) and deep depth of field (f11 – f22). All shot on Canon EOS 6D. SHALLOW: (above details) f4.5, iso2500, 1/50 (above details): f4.5, iso2000, 1/40 DEEP: (above details): f11, iso100, 1″3 (above details): f14, iso100, 0″5…Continue Reading Depth of Field
Portrait of a Room
February 2, 2024 Using daylight or existing artificial light, study the details of a room carefully, the lighting’s direction, intensity and color, make a photograph of a room that shows us a great deal about the person/s who live/s there. Photo 1: f4.0, 80/100 (canon eos 6d) Photo 2: f4.0, 30/100 (canon eos 6d) Photo…Continue Reading Portrait of a Room