Studio Assignment #2

I shot my best friend Daniel for my second assignment for Studio.
The assignment was very technical and I was to use lighting skills.
Half of my assignment was to use a single light source to light one side of the subject while the other side is dark.
The other half was to use that same single light source and bounce the light to fill in the other half that was dark.
Anyway, I am sure it is boring to explain it technically so here are the pictures I took of my best friend (and model) Daniel.

Wallsterpiece

I finished my "wallsterpiece"! It is a replica of this image of Yves St Lauren sketching. I kind of wanted it to be like he was designing on my wall. It was a lot of fun to get it done.

I did it with pencil first then went over it twice with black paint.

I feel that every time I look at it I will get inspired to do something artistic every day. :D

Also, in the corner I added Yves name just the way he would write it.

Note: Yes, there is a piece of wall missing on his jaw. There was a piece of glue (just like the one right next to the first design) that I tore off. I'll have to fix my wall sometime soon.

Here are some close ups:

Summer Projects

It is summer and I tend to have the week to myself to hang around and goof around with friends. So I have decided to do a couple of summer projects.

First one that is on my mind is finally painting something on this wall that I have. There is nothing on it, so I want to draw something on it. I have found the image I want to use (top secret business) but I cannot find it big enough to project. Hopefully, it all works out :D

Second is a series of images (nothing professional) of my friends standing in front of a blue curtain. The name of the series is "Blue Curtain Series" (obvious enough?) It's something just for fun to do with a flash and my camera. I tried it last night with my best friend Gracie & it was a fun success! So hopefully I actually go through with it!

Literature & Visual Influences; End of Semester

The end of another semester is coming and I will be a 3rd year in college. This makes me a bit nervous yet excited.
My latest assignment for Lighting Strategies was a visual and literary inspirations.
-For literature I chose "The Complete Stories of Truman Capote". I feel that his stories were really great, although some may have been rip offs. Capotes life story is probably what haunted me the most. His parents, best friend, success, and failures. I felt that he was definitely the latest inspiration in literature.

-For my visual inspiration I chose a few images that I shot in the new science building on campus. This semester I found one of the nicest and most dedicated professors in St. Edward's. He has helped my roommate and I succeed in his courses and has become one of our beloved friends. Since I had been spending a lot of time in the Bio lab, I decided to shoot my surroundings.