For my final project I will create create cyborgs from different models. I will use people in the class as the models. Each model would be posed differently and I will photo manipulate different pat of the body of each model. Light will be focused on the body parts I will be focusing on. I will take pictures of mechanical pieces to incorporate in these body parts. I will take pictures of metal textures. The purpose of this going towards my portfolio is to use it in any campaign or posters. To also show the other skills that would be useful in other designs.

I love photo manipulation and i have always been fascinated by Greek mythology. So i decided why not combine the two of them. With the help on my classmate Tera Cunningham i will transform her into the mythological beast Medusa. The intended use will be a graphic design fan based photo shoot. Im aiming to get the feel of danger and intrigue. So it will be mostly dark lighting to give that feel of danger. I’m thinking three set photos, a full body shot, an extreme close of her eyes which will over lap the snakes in her .The next god will be Aphrodite the goddess of love.The lighting for this will be natural  lighting so its defused. Most of the props will be just clothes everything else will be photoshoped in. The photos will be used in my Graphic Designer portfolio because even thou my major is advertising i really like the graphics side of life.

Questions:

Topic: Jewelry

I intend to communicate luxury.

The intend use would be to sell a product.

This is going to be an advertising campaign that will involve some graphic design as well.

Subject Matter:

I will shoot rings and maybe necklaces.

Style:

It would look very fancy and luxurious.

I’m planning to achieve the desire point of view by using light and high contrast. The emotion will be of excitement. My images will show the product and the ads will have some context on them as well that go with the product.

Example:

Light: the lighting or this project will be bright. Also, create dramatic shadows of the product.

Props: a regular person

It will reflect my advertising techniques and how I can implement them in a product and I want to highlight my design thinking.

Marielos Osorio

Questions:

Topic: Jewelry

I intend to communicate luxury.

The intend use would be to sell a product.

This is going to be an advertising campaign that will involve some graphic design as well

Subject Matter:

I will shoot rings and maybe necklaces.

Style:

It would look very fancy and luxurious.

I’m planning to achieve the desire point of view by using light and high contrast. The emotion will be of excitement. My images will show the product and the ads will have some context on them as well that go with the product.

Light: the lighting or this project will be bright. Also, create dramatic shadows of the product.

Props: a regular person

It will reflect my advertising techniques and how I can implement them in a product and I want to highlight my design thinking.

For my final project I plan on taking portrait photos cropped in only on the face from the forehead to the chin of multiple people, I would like to have a male and female and different people with different ethnic backgrounds. Then after I want to manipulate these photos to make them seem like they are not from this world, sort of like a creature from the movie avatar. I think this would be a great peice for my portfolio because it would show that I can take great portrait shots and use good lighting and show off my photoshop skills. Also I think it would be good that all the shots I use would show diversity and not the same kind of portrait over and over. In the end show the before and after.

The first exhibition we visited at Aperture Foundation was “The Chinese Photobook”. The wide variety of photobook publications is organized chronologically, beginning with post-World War II era works up to the present. At that time the style of photo-book was limited. Many of the earlier Chinese photobooks were used in political propaganda magazines and posters for Chinese Communism as well as posters promoting the virtues of industriousness. Many of the photos were edited and printed in vivid colors to give views positive images of their political and industrial policy. Later works on display from the modern era use a wider variety of artistic or journalistic styles. As freedom of photo publishing has gained ground, the subjects have been more diverse and sometime more personal. Through looking the passage of photobook in China, I see a part of histories and culture of the country.

Jimmy Nelson’s photo exhibition features photos of several different native tribes in the world. His works were overwhelmingly powerful and those subjects look resolute and strong; however, at the same time, the images are also peaceful and calm. Some of those were medium shot, some were wide/long shot with beautiful nature as a background, and a few were close up. Their native costumes and body/face paints symbolized their pride and dignity, and those were very interesting to look at. However, what fascinated me the most was their expression, especially their eyes. I felt those eyes spoke of their pride. It was innocent and strong. Most of the medium and close up shots use shallow depth of field, focusing on the subjects’ faces. The wide and long shots use deep depth of field showing the subjects in the context of their environment. Their posing and attitude are also represent their poise.

The last exhibition we visited was “Public Eye” at the NYPL. There were all kinds of style and media of photography through this 175 years in the U.S. There were landscape, portrait, aerial photo, commercial photo, street photo for publication purpose to private memories.
I was especially liked the collection of black and white printed photographs of pastoral landscape in America around 1930-40, such as Walker Evans’s works. Those works captures the beauty in people’s everyday life. Those works has documentary style but at the same time it was poetic. I think the uses of natural lights made those photos make dramatic, even though that subjects were clippings of their ordinary life.