Brainstorms! (In an effort to expand, improve, add complexity, and push your final projects further, please pick 10 of the following to discuss.)
- Ideas sometimes grow out of irritation. What is a negative thought you are having about your project? What is the opposite of this negative thought? How could you implement a change in your project so that this negative thought will subside?
This project is seriously irritating on top of the fact that it's the end of the year and I'm not really into doing anything. I'm not sure what to photograph and where to photograph How people should be positioned and lighting. I've done a lot thinking on this project and as I started to take pictures the idea developed more which has helped in making this peice more fun.
- What is the “opposite” of your final project? How can you rework your project to include the “opposite”?
The opposite of my project would be people in their clothes where you see people in clothes not just clothes without people I thought about includeing the people still in their clothes but I'm not sure if I like it thoguh.
- What is a consistent theme/visual element in your project? What would be the opposite of this? How can you implement that into your project?
- Type twenty words or phrases that relate to your project.
Clothes; action; feeling; movement; lose; bright; positioning; identity; environment; how we view others; time; emotion felt not seen directly; type of person; what we wear everyday; a double-check; colors; pride; standing out; being above; self-espression.
- At the deepest core, describe why you like this project. Dig deep!
What I like about this Project is the photoshop work I really get to challenge myself with it and try things I may not have fully grasped in photoshop. Plus it interested me when I first started.
- Expand your project. If time, money, materials, etc would not affect you, how would you expand your project?
If money and time wasn't an issue I'd be going everywhere to get different back grounds frrom far away places like New Zealand or the Rockys and I'd fine the most outragous outfits and photograph them. I'd use different color lights and effects make the image really pop.
- Contract your project. What would it boil down to if squeezed and contracted to its simplest form?
- Look at one of your images. Redesign it entirely.
- Divide your project into three components. Rearrange and reassemble them in your mind.
the three components would be depression; excited; and work; when I divide the pics up the depression pics could be a broader subject because depression has many forms and same goes with excited.
- List your assumptions about your project. Reverse these.
Simple; easy going; thoughtful. It may look simple but has alot of complexity in how it is photoshoped and lined up; easy going in how it makes the viewer feel but has many different emotions; and finally the meaning behind the series.
- What would your project look like 100 years ago? What would your project look like 100 years in the future?
- Remove something from your project. How does it change?
When I remove the element of the human figure the picture changes dramatically that the image loses its meaning that is was originally meant to have it just truns into a scenery pic instead of a image with a story.
- Persuade the reader that your project works well and is the most amazing project you have ever completed.
- Persuade the reader that your project stinks. Then, persuade the reader that you will make changes so that it no longer stinks.
- Think of one of your most memorable dreams. How could you add elements from this dreams to your project?
I don't really have a memorable dream but I have an idea of a person walking a girl in a long sleeve dress carrying books in a huge garden. I could take a picture of a person walking to class and photoshop them into a scene with a garden add a sunny day to it the dress in optional depending on if I find a dress I like.
- How would you convert your project into a narrative? How would you remove any narrative from your project?
To make my project more of a story I would shot the scenes in a scequence so that the subject is going about their daily life and it shows what is being done around the subject.
- How would you connect your images physically and conceptually? How would you make them disconnected physically and conceptually?
- What would happen if you demolished your project and reconstructed it physically or conceptually?
- Name an artist/photographer/designer/videographer who would love your project. Why?
- Name an artist/photographer/designer/videographer who would hate your project. Why?
- How would you make your project more edgy, saccharine, provocative, empty, revealing, concealing, funny, sad, mysterious, blunt, honest, disingenuous, fast, slow, playful, austere, hateful, lovable, bold, subtle, long, short, big, small, connected, disconnected?
I chose Lewis because his work isn't in focus it was different and from a distance the girl gives off a mystical feel which I really like and the lighting and the way the colors look fit well together. The little bit of fire along the base of the wall just awesome.
What drew me to Molly's work was how simply beautiful her images are the color scheme here is so mellow toned that its relaxing to look at.
Grace Oh's work is just wow the use of lighting and positioning of shadows make this image very interesting And from the looks of it the image appears to be a CGI image a 3D model of a reflective circle. Its a piece that I'd like to see more of.
In Mitchell's work the colors seem to be all the same and at first look you don't see the vehicle that's in the scene because of the colors. Also the way the image is set up with only having the very front and very end of the truck being used and fitting it in the aisle the whole scene just makes me uncomfortable with how the truck sits in there.
With this piece the emotion captured is powerful to me the lighting in it really emphasizes it and being in black and white helps with emotion better than if it was in color.
Tetro's works is mind boggling with it being mirrored the affect is just so well executed that the piece draws your attention. Plus the two orange lines help you up and down the image.
Ah Albert I chose him immediately I'm a sucker for cloud and sky images they're my favorite. And Albert's pics remind me of my own cloud series they're just out there. 
I think this scene I'd use barbie dolls and dress them in night gowns then use my barbie living room set and use the chairs and couch and find a little. For lighting I'd use my orange light which would help give it a lighting more similar to the original.
I really like this one its simple yet mysterious and messmerizing I wouldn't know how to remake it I just thought it was awesome
For this one I was thinking of still using the video/book store but replace the people with action figures Maybe croped/ photoshoped in. 
