This was the final of my charcoal paper bags. Overall I'm happy with the outcome of this piece-I feel like I certainly put enough time into it! As I continued to work into this piece it became more and more fun&soothing :) Although there are some parts that need to be fixed I started to understand how to depict shapes and shades to show the delineation of line. I'm happy to say that i understand this process better-I'm SURE this will help me a lot in my work down the line.

Despite the observation being tedious it still remains therapeutic for me...this is really important for me because I felt like I lost that for a little through out the semester because I was so weighed down with work I couldn't enjoy anything or do any artwork for myself.

PS. I really like Merium's most recent upload. The color and culture is so outstanding and striking !

This is a picture of the notable author, Greg Mortenson and his adventures in Afghanistan...his book, Three Cups of Tea, I found very inspirational. After reading this book, and listening to to Greg Mortenson speak at our school I feel as though I better understand the merit of this photograph.

The photographer was able to capture a strong narrative as well as to properly depict the personalities of the three subjects. I always try to portray the personalities and innate nature of my subjects but I often find this difficult...especially because once people see you have a camera in your hand they begin to act instead of just live in front of the lense.

I hope I can recreate the lives and personalities of those closest to me one day. I would really love to capture my grandparents and their relationship-which is disgustingly adorable !!! After 57 years of marriage my grandpa still opens my grandma's car door :) I think this will be a little assignment I'll do over winter break

I took this picture while I was in The Ohio State Library.
I found the architect's obsession with glass very interesting.
It was used in a very elegant and impressive way-it highlighted the massiveness of the building in a more modern way.
In this photograph I captured the glass of the stairs going up and down, the glass wall in the main part of the library and also the glass used as the ceiling in the main entrance of the building. The reflective elements are truly impressive in person!
This made it appear more "homey" and inviting for the viewer. I could tell the architect was concerned with this because there was a very strong element of comfortablity. There were fun couches and places to study all over !

I this one day when I was just messing around with my camera...I went on this little spree of shooting normal things around me to attempt to abstract them. So I shot things on my desk and all around me. This is a candle that I happen to have lit. It means a lot to me because it was my first attempt of abstraction at the time. I just really like the reflective qualities of the glass. When looking through everyone else's blogs I really like Lauren Foreman's fall folliage picture...it has so many elements so it's interesting.

So I am having trouble my original solution but I'll get it promise !

Kristen's piece is the piece that ultimately motivated me to abandon my original piece...her's seems so raw and emotionally stimulating and I wanted to reach the same level or conceptual stregnth. I am very happy I changed my idea because it really was coming out forced. But I am also greatful because it allowed me to explore different aspects of Photoshop that I probably would never have learned such as distortion and perspective [which PS it's rediculously cool !!!]

I am comfident I will play around with this is the future as well...so pretty much everything I learned during this project I know will be useful at later dates.

I really enjoyed doing this project for mulitple reasons. I found it easier to work with a subject that I know so well because it is so personal to me. I loved this project because every single person in the class really put themselves out there and opened up about tramatic experiences that have occured and influced them. I think this was a great assignment because it allowed people to express themself in a healthy way and also allowed our class to connect on a more personal level. I know look at every individual in the class in a different way...& stronger.

Okay so I tried to upload other scans I have but for some reason they are not working =/ I'll try again later...I really enjoyed using the scanner because it added the new element of a source lighting as well as a more detailed texture than I've never worked with before. I think this will really come in handy for future photo compilations I do as well as better understanding and emulating textures for paintings !

I really like the paper bag's texture and the way in underlayed on the skin is absolutely awesome when zoomed in...it looks like a desert.

I can't wait to do further experimentation with this ! I want to scan cloth and celephane