Friday, December 18, 2009
Helvetica Movie
When you speak of one of the most famous fonts on the face of the planet, you think about Helvetica. Helvetica is not only a popular font, but it is also timeless. Edward Hoffmann came up with the idea of Helvetica, and his son Alfred also helped. The name Helvetica originated from the latin name of Switzerland, which is Helvetia. It emerged around 1957 and influenced Swiss photographers/designers of idealism. It was created for modern designers to be clear, and orderly. Helvetica helped step from 19th century font styles to modern font styles. Helvetica letters are smooth, classic, and cool.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
MJ
This is my Michael Jordan pick. It was my first attempt so it wasn't as great as I expected, but I feel as if I did a good job. MJ was one of my fav. players, so in this pic I;m paying homage to him!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
My ARTIST STATEMENT Street Photography
Artist Statement
Photography is a newly developed passion of mine, stemming mostly from my ambition and love for the arts. Photography is an art form that has been present in our world/society for more than a century. The importance of photographs is that they help capture moments of importance and they essentially give us memories that last for a lifetime.
While taking photographs, I attempted to not only capture an important or interesting moment/instance, but I aimed to make it aesthetically pleasing and more or less make a picture that tells a story beyond just an initial look. I tried to get up close and personal with my objects, and I tried shooting my photos from the hip. By editing my pictures I was able to attain the goal of telling a story. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and its for that reason that a that I tried editing my pictures to be somewhat different than normal. Some of the tools I used in editing were the gradient tool, and the paint bucket. The gradient tool helped me to achieve the effect of a gradual color change, which made the photo more aesthetically pleasing. The paint bucket tool was the first tool I used, and it was pretty straightforward. You would select an area you would want to paint a certain color, and the paint bucket would paint that area for you. The paint bucket is a magnificent tool that helps make a photo stand out, especially because it brings vibrancy to the photo. Desaturation was another tool I used when editing my photos and it somewhat had the same effect. However desaturation not only made the photo stand out, but it helped draw focus to a certain thing or object, which created a focus point on the photo. One tool that I found interesting was the liquefying tool. This tool created an effect of exaggeration, because it caused solid objects to become liquefied. These were the way I tried to tell a story, with the help of Adobe Photoshop for editing my pictures.
In essence photography as now developed and become a lens into the outside world. Along with the ability to edit a photo (to put our distinctive style upon it), we now have a lens and insight into other countries like never before. Through my photographs I tried as much as possible to make an effort and create a distinctive style of my own, just like other street photographers like Helen Levitt, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, the father of modern photojournalism. Cartier-Bresson worked exclusively with black and white photographs, and I tried to emulate his style by having a desaturated photo.
Photography is a newly developed passion of mine, stemming mostly from my ambition and love for the arts. Photography is an art form that has been present in our world/society for more than a century. The importance of photographs is that they help capture moments of importance and they essentially give us memories that last for a lifetime.
While taking photographs, I attempted to not only capture an important or interesting moment/instance, but I aimed to make it aesthetically pleasing and more or less make a picture that tells a story beyond just an initial look. I tried to get up close and personal with my objects, and I tried shooting my photos from the hip. By editing my pictures I was able to attain the goal of telling a story. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and its for that reason that a that I tried editing my pictures to be somewhat different than normal. Some of the tools I used in editing were the gradient tool, and the paint bucket. The gradient tool helped me to achieve the effect of a gradual color change, which made the photo more aesthetically pleasing. The paint bucket tool was the first tool I used, and it was pretty straightforward. You would select an area you would want to paint a certain color, and the paint bucket would paint that area for you. The paint bucket is a magnificent tool that helps make a photo stand out, especially because it brings vibrancy to the photo. Desaturation was another tool I used when editing my photos and it somewhat had the same effect. However desaturation not only made the photo stand out, but it helped draw focus to a certain thing or object, which created a focus point on the photo. One tool that I found interesting was the liquefying tool. This tool created an effect of exaggeration, because it caused solid objects to become liquefied. These were the way I tried to tell a story, with the help of Adobe Photoshop for editing my pictures.
In essence photography as now developed and become a lens into the outside world. Along with the ability to edit a photo (to put our distinctive style upon it), we now have a lens and insight into other countries like never before. Through my photographs I tried as much as possible to make an effort and create a distinctive style of my own, just like other street photographers like Helen Levitt, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, the father of modern photojournalism. Cartier-Bresson worked exclusively with black and white photographs, and I tried to emulate his style by having a desaturated photo.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
" FEU SILENCIEUSE"
"Feu silencieuse" meaning silent fire in French, was one of my first photos, but it is also one of my favorites.
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