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Self Portrait 1
Self Portrait 2
My photos were shot with a Samsung
Galaxy Note 2 and Note 4 (had to borrow my mom's phone for some of them). I
continued to the Snapseed app. To get
the “vintage” feeling in my photos, I tried to use the filters to my
advantage. I played around with
different filters, including: Retrolux, Noir, Vintage, Drama, and more. I used other features like the “Brush” to
lighten areas in my photos. I also took
pictures of vintage objects around my house, like the rotary phone. For the self-portraits, I tried to emulate
two retro figures in history (Marilyn Monroe and Twiggy).
Hi Jay,
ReplyDeleteThis is quite a collection of vintage material. Most of them a pieces that we might see at our grandmother's house, with exception of the donkey. The coloring choice, with gives the is in keeping with the assignment. It makes the vintage objects really look old. Your pictures and numbers are centered. I like the sleigh #1, the Christmas gift, the most.
Hi Jay! For your construction, all of your pictures are centered, numbered, and evenly spaced. You also have a good mixture of horizontal and vertical pictures. However, I think your pictures would have a more powerful impact if they were grouped together in a particular way. For example, pictures #1 and #20 both have pink in them and #16 and #21 both have blue in them, so it would have been nice to group those pictures together. In terms of your communication, all of your pictures can easily be read, I like the way you got up close to the objects because it allowed me to pay close attention to all of the little details. I really like picture #16 because it reminds me of the time when I was young and I grabbed the cord of the phone and called 911 and the cops came! For the conception of your pictures, your pictures seem to all be close up shots of vintage items with vintage, rustic edits. My vote for POW is picture #5 because it was the hardest picture to decipher. I’m not really sure what is in the jar. Also, I really like the way the light reflects off of the wall and creates a gleam of light in the middle of the shadow. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI thought pictures weren't due until tonight (3-28-16) at 5:00PM. I am still going through my photos and adding news ones and deleting others. There might be different ones then what you see here (at 11:00AM). I'll try to keep what Judith and Patty wrote about. I'd appreciate it if everyone else could wait til 5:00PM to review my photos. Thanks in advance!
ReplyDeleteHey Jay! Good construction. I liked that you spaced the pictures out and put the numbers on top of the picture. Makes it easier to read. As for capturing the vintage side of your pictures, you did a really great job. Some of these pictures look way older than they actually are. The way you edited this set is awesome.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is #16. The editing you did to that photo makes it look like it was shot in the 1800s and not the 21st century. Great job.
Hi Jay,
ReplyDeleteThe construction was good, everything was centered, numbered, and spaced the same.
Your communication was great. There was nothing that just plainly in sight and everything was vintage or could be a memory of yours.
Your conception was good. I liked all of your filters to give them the vintage look. You also took a variety of close ups and some a little backed off.
My favorite photo is #2. The camera is vintage and the filter makes it seem like it was taken a long time ago and has been beat up over time.
Jay,
ReplyDeleteThe construction of your photos this week are great! They are all centered and consistent throughout. You offered a variety of horizontal and vertical photos which was a nice change of pace while looking through your photos. Your communication followed this weeks topic perfectly. All of your photos gave off a vintage feel and I can tell they evoked memory in you. You were able to create pictures that early portrayed your message. I don't know if you went to an antique shop or just had the artifacts available, but you capture vintage perfectly through them. While looking through your photos the subjects you used had their own vintage feel and the effects you used complimented them well. My favorite photo is number 18! I love the angle you took and the effects you used. Everything in the picture from the hoop to the backboard to the tree branches in the background really pull the picture together. Great job!
Hi Jay - I think I just traveled through time, because these are have vintage written all over them!
ReplyDeleteYou construction definitely adds mystery to your photos because of how close up, and extreme the are.
I love the look of vintage, and your photos definitely communicate that look. Your photos remind me of scenes that are set up in museums of houses from the past. And even though the movie can't quite be considered vintage, #18 reminds me of the scene in the first Air Bud where he feeds the dog Snack Packs (good movie if you haven't seen it) when he comes up to him while he's playing basketball.
As for conception, it's clear to see that you were taking picture of the massive amount of vintage/interesting things around your house, kind of like a collection of photos of your collection of vintage things.
My favorite photo is self portrait #2. That is so awesome that you thought to model yourself after two figures in history, which you were spot on with, going off of one of Twiggy's most iconic photos.
Hey Jay,
ReplyDeleteYou did a fantastic job in the editing process of some of these photos – they look like scans of legitimately old, decrepit, decaying photographs. The ones with the heaviest contrasts and light leaks were the ones that drew my eye the most.
The way you constructed them adds a lot of mystery, and you really organized a cohesive photo set that tells a story and keeps me interested throughout the entirety of it.
Conceptually, I can kind of assume you went and found old, vintage, antique-like objects around your familiar environment to photograph, which I understand. I'm curious to see how your editing process would handle more explicitly modern and digitally-oriented subject matters.
Your second self-portrait is the most striking photo of all, in my opinion. You took the time and effort to make yourself up and really convey a vaudeville kind of persona that really made me stop and think about how else I could've approached my own self-portraits.
Hi Jay!
ReplyDeleteform - They all are centered and I enjoyed both vertical and horizontal photographs.
content - Now I know you do know lots of places having old/classic stuff! That's what you have done so far since this blog got started. All objects are great, of course, but now I am wondering what if you took more pictures of today's stuff and made them something having vintage atmosphere like #13 to #15. Sorry if I was wrong, but from what I read on our prof's blog, each object was not supposed to be stuff from long time ago. I can see your talent as a photographer and that's why I expected more from you though I am not a professional artist or art professor lol Sorry for being selfish lol
impact - All of your pictures have vintage atmosphere. You are very good at editing pictures. Other than filters what do you use to edit your pictures?
I like your self-portrait#1. Your natural beautiful smile made me happy! :-)
Hi Jay,
ReplyDeleteYour photos this week are very impactful!
The construction of all of your photos is on-point. The framing is nice, the filters are used effectively, and probably most importantly, the subjects are all relevant to a 'vintage' theme. That's also extremely useful for the 'communication' aspect. I love the pattern going on in photo 6 with the vintage comic books.
The concept you used in self-portrait #2, the Twiggy-style one, is very nicely done. I think it's the best photo of them all. You had a concept and you followed it through all the way. Cool!