Experimental Style

In this photo, Kyle has both a unique and amusing expression. He was posing for me, and was messing around a little, but the picture still came out good.

Like the photo with Oscar next to a caption that reads "bite me", he again has an stubborn and almost irritated expression that's somehow serious and not serious at the same time. 

I think that Sadie is one of my best models for this assignment because she makes very unique and  expressions, which was what I was trying to capture in my assignment.

In this photo, Sami has a very thoughtful look on her face.

Once again, Sadie is attempting to make another weird face for me, and it turns out really amusing.

This picture is what I considered my most unique expression; it's almost dramatic.

Sketchbook

This picture not only represents the feeling of loneliness, but not part of anything, such as the world, because the feet aren't touching the ground.  

Amanda's face looks a little confused, surprised, and embarrassed, which can be awkward feelings to experience.

This picture expresses my feelings towards literature and English class, especially when we read old and hard books.

The model looks like he is sneering a little at the camera, and he looks a little intimidating. I added that caption in hope to mimic the emotion he expresses; threat.

Instead of adding a caption, I chose to let the street sign to speak for itself. The picture represents California, specifically San Francisco.

This could be looked at as an artistic and creative drawing, but it could also be translated as "Dinosaur Time", even though I'm not entirely sure what that could mean...

When I first got into Drew, my teacher kept telling me that "drew" was the past tense of "draw", which was a clever joke to him. So I decided to add all of the forms of the word "draw" around Drew.

I decided to add a kind of lame "roar" to this very intimidating and powerful dragon.

I thought Kyle's face represented how most high schoolers feel; during finals week, which is panic, stress, and horror.

After I saw pictures of beaches labeled similarly to this, I decided to label the parts of a skateboard.

Random Pics

The clouds look cool in these top two

Joel Meyerowitz Style

Imitating the style of a photographer was harder than I thought, part of it had to do with the area I was taking my pictures in, and the other part was that this isn't my style, it's Joel Meyerowitz's. For some of the photos, I took pictures of "the basics", a simpler version of photos he would take. For example, I focussed a lot on city scenes since he took a lot of pictures of New York City. I tried to imitate some of the harder aspects of his photos too, like lighting.

This photo resembles the style of Joel Meyerowitz a lot, especially how there is a darker side and a lighter side of the picture. It is also as close to a city-like photo in the Pacific Heights; it's actually hard to imitate Meyerowitz's street photos when you aren't in a real city. Having a lot of people in the picture helped imitate his style, since he often took picures of the busy streets in New York City.

This is actually a photo taken by Joel Meyerowitz during the Aftermath of 9/11. This is similar to the picture I took above because of the lighting. There are some darker spots in the photos, but each have one brighter point that really stands out (where the sun is in Meyerowitz's, the stoplight and building wall in mine).

This is a branch that fell off of a tree during the small storms. It slightly resembles Meyerowitz's style; with a city-like street. The sidewalk is also a good example of leading lines.

I took this because it really represented what a city is like. You tend to find a lot of trash in a city, typically when someone chose to leave it rather than throwing it away. Since Joel Meyerowitz took countless photos of city scenes, I chose to take a picture of a scene you would most likely find in a city.

This is a picture of a woman waiting at a stoplight. It's clear that she has a destination in mind that she is heading to (she's busy). Like the picture of the milk carton, this picture represents the city because of the busy people it holds. Joel Meyerowitz took pictures of busy New Yorkers hustling down the street, and I thought this was as close to that as I could get in the situation I was in.

Macro

The giraffe looks like it's as big or bigger than the building near it.

Two lions by a tree. To me, the lighting in this picture makes the background look foggy.

An astronaut on the moon is gazing into space.

A giraffe and a wildebeest. The background also appears a little foggy and I like how the shiny book cover makes a reflection.

In this photo, the frog looks like it is by some sort of body or water, like a pond.

The view looking up at the monster makes it look bigger than it really is.

Portraits

This is a simple portrait; and I think Sadie appears tired.

I like this one because Amanda really is laughing instead of smiling an "fake" smile for the photographer.

Amanda looks down at the camera with a neutral expression.

Sadie is starting to laugh as she tries to keep a straight face while modeling for someone else.

I like how Benji looks so thoughtful, like he has something on his mind.

Frankie's expression is really intense in this portrait as she focuses on her camera.

In this one, the visitor is just noticing that I am taking a photo of her. I like these kinds because they aren't modeling for me but are displaying their true emotions.

Cortland unaware that I am taking a picture, so he is relaxed.

Light Paintings

I like how the light in this photo is spherical and globe-like. It's blue color really contrasts against the black background, and I like how you can see its reflection on the table.

In this light picture, the model is attempting to make an "S" with the flashlight, which is backwards to the camera. Like the previous picture, I like how the color of the flashlight really stands out against the dark background.