MagicWorld

HW~Week 4

2007-05-27T19:22:00.000-07:00

I think that this photograph has two-dimensional composition to transform the subject into graphic design. The thick stalk in the middle and other small stalks are coming out from it, is beautifully curved along the main one, and they are going into different directions, has formed a graphical appearance of it.

HW~Week 2

2007-05-27T19:19:00.000-07:00

This is one of the Yousuf Karsh’s portrait photographs I really love, because I adore by the story behind it. The way these hands posed and the strong, powerful feeling of love between them, is really telling viewers that how much love they have for each others, and they are willing to spend the rest of their life together forever. The female hand is place on top of the male hand, seems like she is comforting and supporting him that she will be right there for him whenever she needs him. Both hands are full of winkle and tiredness, but gentle; seems like they have been experienced many many years of happiness and sadness together. This is really an inspiring photograph of love. I think the photographer used low-key portrait lighting at both hands’ right side. Because the lighting only showed on the right, and the shadow is pretty soft, so that makes the whole scene created a soft tone.

HW~Week 1

2007-05-27T19:03:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite photographs that I have taken recently. What I like about this photo is the long curve depth of it created by the edge between the sand and the ocean, leans viewers to read from front to end. And especially the bright blue color in front, which are those two little girls, is really brighten up the whole greyly mood and automatically tells viewers the main focus is them. Also says that in this greyly atmosphere doesn’t affect them to enjoy what they are doing at all.

Jeff Wall Comparison

2007-05-26T07:25:00.000-07:00

After looking at the real works of Jeff Wall at MoMa museum, I really think that a successful photograph is a powerful path to communicate with people visually. Compares to the assigned photograph “The Floored Grave” 1998-2000, I chose “A Sudden Gust of Wind” 1993; because I felt that they have several similarities just by looking at these two great photos.
First of all, “The Floored Grave” is one of Jeff’s success photomontage works. The setting or background of this photo is at the cemetery, which created a pretty wide, lonely, peace feeling of it, and the blue-grey sky color that really brings out the lonely mood. Obviously, the main focus is the floor grave filled with colorful sea lives. And the grave looks like newly dug, because the plastic cover and the soil dust are at the side of the grave; inside the grave is full of ocean’s living creatures, which created a strong contrast between the lives & death; plus the farther side is kind of peace and the closest side is in active, which are the grave during construction and those living creatures inside of it.
The second photograph, “A Sudden Gust of Wind” is another great work of photomontage. The background setting is at countryside or some farmland that is far away from city; the land is pretty wide but you can still see the crowded buildings at the far side, also it is not summer, seems like a thunder storm is coming soon. And of cause the main focus is the closest side, which is the wind blew everything away from people. The movement of papers, tree, and cloths were blown to the same direction; the facial expression of those four people showed that the wind speed is fast and strong. Each of them were doing different things, two people who dressed causal farmer clothes were holding their hat and themselves steady against the wind; however, the other two who dressed formal clothing were obviously not from around there, because they totally unaware of the sudden wind. The woman in front was covered by her scarf and all of her paper works were blew away up to the sky; and the man in the middle was worriedly looking at his blew away hat by the wind.
I think the similarities between these two photographs are of cause they are photomontage and the same method of printing. Besides that, both of the background atmospheres is pretty wide and lonely; and the actions are happening at front. Also, both of them have water in it; I believe water is considering a kind of living sign. But the first one is more like focusing the grave and the rest of the cemetery, not much of the negative space; the second one is more depth and more negative space because it is focusing how the papers got blew up to the sky.

Happiness 101

2007-05-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

This is the image I shot for Farrow Robert as a photographer. We took place at the classroom, and with one of our classmate wrote "This course will make u Happy" all over the blackboard indicated that school makes people happy, and education make them feel great. And this is the angle he wants to have, as the cartoon image he showed me before.

Final Project

2007-05-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

For the final project, I am thinking to shoot a series of photos from my home, Elmhurst, Queens to CityTech, since the choices of theme are unlimited for us to decide. I was thinking to get off at each stops to shoot whatever interested things I saw; then I realize from my home to CityTech have so many stops and some of them hasn't any interested things attract me. So I will pick something interested from any main stops and along the road.

Happiness 101

2007-05-04T12:25:00.000-07:00

My idea for the artical of "Happiness 101" is going to use one of my happiness doll, "Le Petit Prince" as the instructor of a school; standing infront of the class and instucting his students happily. I believe students could easily impected by the any atmosphere that instuctor created for the class; that's why I chose "Le Petit Prince", because his facial expression always are full of joy, which makes people happy.

HW~Week 6

2007-03-19T10:46:00.000-07:00

"Zidane's exit from World Cup Final" - The 1st prize from the Wold Press Organization. I chose this image because the angle of this photo is really good snap shot, and is full of energy, actions, emotions... are all show on it. The image is focusing on the two main chareaters, because you can tell by how the photography setted the camara which blur the minor chareaters on the background. The emotion showed clearly on Zidane's facial expression.

HW~Week 5

2007-03-13T20:39:00.001-07:00

This is image that I think is the best one I shot from the past two weeks in class. It was shot with one spot side light, without tracing paper. Personally, I like how the spot light brighten up only the left side of the flower, draken the other side; which created the softness of the whole image. It also brings out the detail of the flower; the petal and the leaves are beautifully twisted.