Gel Medium Transfer

For my second alternative process, I wanted to make a gel medium transfer. Since Ms. Zanini said you can make it into something I got really interested in this process. I decided to make a wallet. A wallet is something you use bascially everyday, so I wanted it to show something I love and something that I would actually want to carry daily. I decided on transfering four cameras because I love photography, and carry my camera almost everywhere with me. Two of the cameras are shown on the outside and the other two are shown on the inside. Using water colour paints, I painted to cameras blue and two cameras pink (my favourite colours)!

Silk Screening

For my first alternative process I chose to make a silk screen. I knew the perfect picture to take once I decided on this process. I wanted to make the shirt look somewhat like Pop Art by adding the four different coloured sunglasses (blue, pink, green, and purple), but the same black dog for each print. The original picture on my dog, Duke, actually had sunglasses on him. This made it easier for me to make the two-registration picture in photoshop. This silk screen is portraying my dog, and how much he means to me! It represents him perfectly (clearly he's super easy-going)! I also made an identical shirt for my brother for Christmas because he was jelous of mine.

Breaking the Rules

This photograph was taken as a decisive moment. Cora, the model, was not very impressed. This photograph breaks the rules of line and merger. The line of her leg contradicts the parrallel lines on the floor, however, her leg leads your eyes back to her face (which is the most important part of this picture... it makes me laugh). Also, The people in the background of the picture look almost as if they're coming from her head, hence the merger. This also adds more curiosity to the picture, and makes the viewers more interested.

This photograph was of my dog, Ray. This picture took me quite a while to take because Ray is a puppy and wouldn't cooperate very well. This picture breaks the rules of line and rule of thirds. Ray's paws are slightly off center in this picture, which breaks the rule of line. It adds more to the picture because its not perfectly aligned. Also, rule of thirds was broken because Ray is set in the middle of the picture. Personally, I think this works better with this picture, because the legs are slightly angled, so they lead right to the middle of the picture... Right back to Ray!

This is a photograph of shoes. I love shoes! I took this picture not really focusing on "breaking the rules". This photo breaks the rules of line, merger, and view point. The lines of the laces and the lines of the seems on the shoes all face different directions. This is acceptable here because the main focus in the picture is the socks and the top of the shoes, the lines just add detail. There is a merger in the picture on the left side, where there was a backpack, it almost looks like a shadow. This adds contrast to the main focus in the picture. Also, the vantage point in this picture was slightly angled and low down. This creates a different perspective to think about when looking at the photograph.

Mixed Lighting

When trying to capture mixed lighting, I was stuck! Mixed lighting is defined as multiple illuminants with different colour/temperatures that can further complicate performing a white balance. After reading this, the colour wheel inspired me to try and display the mixing of light and colours together. For this photograph, I placed a red light and a blue light on either side of Stephanie. This forced the two lights to mix and create purple light in the middle. My favourite part about this picture is Stephanie's shadow. I thought it was so cool how her shadow is red, even though the blue light was pointing in that direction. Overall, mixed lighting was not as hard as I had put it out to be, and my photo was successful!

Painting with Light

Painting with light was such a fun assignment! I thought it was going to be impossible, but it was actually quite easy. In this photograph, I got Stephanie to pose as if she were holding someone's hand. With the light from my Ipod, I traced someone else holding hers. I was having a bit of difficulty lighting Stephanie up enough as the picture was taken in the darkroom. So, using her Ipod, we taped it to the wall in front of her in order to create enough light to see her as well. This effect created a better outcome, as Steph is lit up the same colour as the person I traced with the light. In this painting, I was trying to create an innocence to Stephanie. I tried out many different pictures, but this was definitely my favourite!

Royal Winter Fair

At the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, there are many fun family activities. At the petting zoo there are over 160 different animals from goats to llamas to ducks just waiting to be fed and pet! There are also many animals at the Royal to compete. There are many different contests and awards including cattle, poultry, horses, rabbit, and more! They compete for best size, coat, or even over all amimal! In the family fun zone there are many different activities to enjoy! Not to mention many different shows to watch, including everyone's favourite, Super Dogs. There are so many things to do. 

In the picture above, a llama was poking his head up waiting to be pet. All the animals are very friendly, but very selfish as well! They always push and shove each other in order to be the first at the food! However, this llama was definitely posing though. This llama in particular was quite confident and soft to pet too. The animals all interact with people very well. Such a great experience!

Renaissance

This work of art is called “Young Woman with Unicorn”, painted by Raphael Sanzio. This painting is important to the Renaissance era because it has amazing realism. Raphael's artwork was so amazing because he always added emotion and expression to the subject. This lets the viewers understand his paintings better as they have something/someone to relate to. Not only is this painting so realistic, but it compliments the subject in the artwork as well. The lighting and shadows on this lady’s face are very flattering. This lighting is also visibly seen, and thus gave me the ability to repeat it when photo shopping Laura’s face into the painting.

Raphael, the artist who painted this picture, was very influential in the Renaissance era; he was known as the "genius" of high Renaissance painters. Raphael was the greatest designer of the Renaissance, and he was thought to be one of the most detailed painters of all portraitists. By painting emotional themes, Raphael made people think of personality when they looked at his paintings because he put realistic emotions and expressions into his paintings. Raphael has inspired painters up until the 1900s because he used perfect use of color, balance of composition, and sweetness in the subjects of his paintings. Raphael was one of the greatest painters in the Renaissance!

In French, renaissance means "rebirth". This historical age spanned throughout the 14^th to the 17^th century. In this era, artists looked back on the times before them, improving the different styles from their past. Creating a sense of space was a major innovation of the time, as was perspective, because it was a clever device that causes your eye to see in three-dimension. Art during the Renaissance was mostly made for commissions or religious reasons. The rebirth of this period also included classical learning and a rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greece, as well as beginning of human spirit and creativity.

 In this photograph, I photo shopped Laura's face onto a famous painting by Raphael. I chose this picture because of the unicorn! I thought this portrait was very unique, because it wasn't your typical Renaissance portrait painting. I asked Laura to be my model because she has a lot of character, and I wanted to change the feeling of this painting by adding different emotion. The lady in the original painting was quite serious, and I wanted to change this picture to a humorous and light-hearted mood.  Laura definitely helped me achieve this!