Pastor Faye spends many of her weekend sharing her faith with men and women in Low Rider clubs. She does not expect them to come to a "building" to worship, but brings her faith out to them and shares with those who want to listen the "Good News".
Friday, May 7, 2010
Descansos - Contemporary Photography
My final project has been collecting images of roadside memorials. Descansos or Resting Places.
I started off thinking I would hear about an impromptu memorial and I would capture it before it was removed, instead all the Descansos I was able to document were sites that had been in place months or years. It was an interesting project and one I may continue - It might be nice to do an exhibit of some of the images.
I started off thinking I would hear about an impromptu memorial and I would capture it before it was removed, instead all the Descansos I was able to document were sites that had been in place months or years. It was an interesting project and one I may continue - It might be nice to do an exhibit of some of the images.
Sizzle Factor - Studio Practices
We were given a photograph from a magazine and challenged with creating a headline for the product we thought was being advertised. I was "lucky" enough to get an older man in a superman suit, hanging up his cape on a clothesline in the backyard of an older suburban home. It did not take long for me to come up with the phrase "Hang it up and Hang Out - purchase Retirement Annuities. I thought it was pretty clever - little did I know - the second step was to use that same headline and product in our own set. I was furious. How in the world did the instructor expect us - well - me to think through a scene, find a model, arrange a shooting date and print the photographs in a two week window - especially since I was still trying to create the images for the final. I that it was a poorly thought out assignment and told him so. But as it turned out - I was able to complete the assignment...
Cynthia: I really think the way you put this together was quite nicely done. The addition of the headline, and the product makes a huge difference in terms of putting this image into context. The light and setting is nice, and the subject is emoting well. I'm not sure the "Sizzle" factor is overwhelming however. The addition of the hats is the strongest contributor, while, the briefcase may be a bit more subtle. Consider removing the bar behind the back of the subject, it is a bit distracting. A few more oranges in the tree could be nice. Grade: B
I'm still struggling with the difference between capturing and image and creating an images. I never thought about actually changing the scene - I'll try to take that bar out and add oranges - Photoshop here I come :D.
Panorama_Digital Capture Workflow
Using CS4 to construct a panorama is relatively easy. Using Lightroom 2 and sending it to CS2 to construct is harder than heck. I have CS2 at home ( I am not likely to upgrade anytime soon) and I spent several hours trying to create a panorama. It was not until I gave up and took advantage of the equipment and software in the Cypress College lab that was successful.
Long Beach, California near the corder of Long Beach Blvd and Del Amo
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