welll its the end of the road for junior year digggg....

so i feel like ive learned a shiii ton this year....hahahha wow. but soo true. i know im not suppposted to talk tech.ly. but im gonna for a second. i feel like ive learned a tonna skills i can use throughout my photo life, and my focus has come a lonnnnng way. and ive learned how to white balence! so i feel that it is a major accomplishment...
as a photographer i feel like ive grown a lot too...i feel like ive just gotten better then last year in the big picture. but like at the beginning i was noticing i was doing a lotta stuff differently...i liked it. its more what i want to do. i mean im still growing a ton i havent learned completely what im going to do with photography...but im willing to continue to search... but so far ive finally found an emotional tie to photo that i wanna run with...i also found the lighting i was fond of after a long time of waiting to discover... after all this that ive learned just from these last months its the most ive ever learned. i am so much more ready to learn, and i have a new like appreciation for photo ive learned that i have a passion for it, more than i had last year.
i cant wait for the new experiences!

forever and always
boomerang.

finalllloverdover

alright...so im more happy at the end result of this than i thought i would be, thank god. this assignment is different than anything ive ever done. its hit me emotionally....which is weird. im not an emotional person, im in fact the strongest willed in my family. this project just got me to think. finally my project was the women that influence me throughout my life...throough the generations... my family has such a tight bond, i wanted to capture how much they mean to me and what make them as well live their life how they do...



this is my sister...i am a big influence one her.. this is something different then ive done..but i love it. i like the idea of how young children are an all seeing eye..i feel that when i see this photo. melissa is a very important part of my life.






i loveeeeeeeee this photo. although i am very close with yiayia...mel and her are two peas in a pod. i love showing the connection of the two.






wellllll this is pretty much repping my mother...this explains her life. pharmacy. its what shes investerd her life on to make things possible for me and my sister.






not my fave photo...but this is the priest that everyone knew and loved in rock springs...he was very close to my papou and yiayia...the town fell apart the day he passed away... this photo is just remembering him. i think it has deep meaning.







love this picture....this is our little church..on a sunday. the church my family has invested and known all of their lives. this is proof that all of the greek generation has passed. this church on sunday used to be FULL and now only my yiayia and her best fried hope attends...






this is something id take before...i love the backround...and i love that she isnt looking right at me. i like this photo...






awww my little goddaughter evyn. hahah shooting her was a pain in the...ass. she is the funniest little girl with theeee best freaking facial expressions...but i couldnt capture them well... but i got her at the best time...hahah eating her beloved mandms. this is the youngest generation that is in my life. she and i have such a close bond. and i lvoe that...her parents have allowed us to spend more time than most godparents spend with their godchildren. even though she lives in rock springs i love watching her grow up and see the changes in her life occur. she was the last child to be baptized by the local priest father lukas that passed away. i think her and i should be blessed because of it! love her






MY FAVORITE. i love this...it jusst defines my yiayia so well...the outside of our little church that she loves so much. i love that the church isnt a typical greek orthodox church that you see aka this one isnt extravagent like they are now. i think its a touchy subject because this one is so old and you can see that throughout time they focus on like rediculous things instead of the simple things.







best focus in my series...i like it. good ol streets of wyomin. my yiayias stompin ground.


my thea gracie...she is the hardest working woman i know....sorry mom youre next...but i wanted to like portray her hard working which i think i did aka streeeesss... and like how far shes come...the big city in the backround her big diamond necklace. im so proud of her!






so techniqually...wow i cant spell..i think i did alriht.. i mean i miss my tripod HELLA. but i feel like ive been consistant with that and it isnt that bad so no reason to get down you know. uhm... i loved putting together the panos they were supper easy hahha im really happy about that. i loved that i chose to present in black and white i feel like it brought so much mmore emotion across and of course that was like my whole goal!

overall i love it. i feel like ive accomplished a whole new level. i feel like ive broken down my personal barrier. i didnt think the photos would back up my actual story well enough but i did! i love that this assignment broke into a more sensitive emotional place that ive never been before... it was really great to shoot my yiayia. i love the fact that i will always have this photos to look back on they are precious to me. and i know they will be very special to show my family. i love that i showed alll the generations, that was a big one for me to do. and i loved spending this qualitiy time with my family, going to rock springs with my yiayia on a random weekend, i usually hate to go there because i find it depressing but i loved that weekend trip so much and ill defff have memories from it. i wanna continue doing stuff like this, i feel like i have a lotta new ideas not. i cant wait to see what the future has to bring for my beautiful family, i love them so much. and i feel like ive accomplished my goal. bring it on pattttttttt.

final.....

welll i dont know what i am going to do...
i loved shooting portraits but the downside is that it was my lowest grade for an assignment...so i kinda scratched that idea... i loved shooting monochormatic but i dont know how to incorporate that into something that is interesting....

I LIKE THESE PANOS

i like these landscape panos i wissh i could do this buisnesss!

PANORAMA MAMA

sooooooo panos!
ha i am partial to these..i haven't found my love for them, and i havent found a true hate...
techniqalitiies, and poor subject matter....i felt like i used the whole time to shoot these i mean i kept going back and back over again to get something that i didnt before...i dont think that was very efficient. i just wish i did things right the first time...
my big problem this time was finding inspiration! like i loved shooting the vertical ones like i just find it so fun and like a vertical pano is truely something you cant get in one shot you know. like i liked finding things that you need to tip your head to see... i thought they were more interesting to look at and thats why i got those done so quickly. then the computer problems acted up. like it was just a long process but after you do one you know how to do it well! the one of the flag was a paiiiin because my computer wouldnt load it.... that was a pain and took a big chunck of time. i feel like my vertical tells a better "story" because they represent people...the flag speaks for itself and my church as well...
horizontal just plain sucked. i couldnt find anything that caught my eye...i wanted my panos to telll a certain story and not just be a photo... and i kinda do not feel like a accomplished that...that isnt tearing myself down im just saying i didnt exercise my full potential. buttttt my landscape is my backyard...i was dreading shooting cuz i thoguth it be boring but i think it looks really pretty actually. i love the light. the ones of the books i feel that like is just different...i loveed the long wall of books and thought it would be kinda a cool photo...i think i was right hahah its different... and thats what i like


learning experience....i found light i like! i like that overcast light! thank god i finally figured that out i was starting to get worried..but when im shooting up close object i like vivid light... i love that im starting to make my own decisions in what i like!!! yes

lets start this final project bizz!

WELCOME NEW TERM.

so im excited...lets start.


here are some cool phootos to celebrate!

MINI FINAL

so this is probably like the photo that you ask why does she even like this! haha but i feel that is super in focus you know, and i love the color of it. they arent pink yet red. i really love it. i think it was a cool concept. i cant really explain further why i like it i just do!


complimentry colors favorite print. the reason i like this photo is because the colors are so vivid, and i didnt even mess witht the colors in lightroom. i also as you know love shooting shoes! so this was fun to mess around with.



this is my first real successful reshoot. this photo is proof that i learned something from color balancing, i shot my blue cups then reshot these white plates and made them really really white. it makes me feel like i have actually solved my white balencing problem.


rachel brunner....my hero. she was a bomb model. i love this photo particularly because she isnt posing like any of my other photos.... she also shows me emotion. i love this photo because it is close up, i didnt have to deal too much with her body its just a true portrait.


favorite portrait assignment. i love this one of alexsa. i love the light. all term i really havent captured tthe light i really enjoy yet. this photo actually does it for me! i like it because it shows her acting natural compared to the rest of my photos when she is smiling and posing. getting her hair and face tone to be normal was a chore. but i love love love it.


i love this photograph. i took this for the cemetary extra credit, but this is a better portrait. I love the look of the model her eyes are stunning. the model i think makes this picture, the intensity she gives me is beautiful. she is the best model i have ever used for pictures. i love the darkness on the bottom and the bright light at the top. it is a good balence.



the term summed up!
so i think i have learned a tonn this term... i learned how to do this color buisness...
i have learned color balence is a key factor when shooting. i also learned to stay positive. like i had some tough times already but i stuck it thru and i finished every one of my assiggnments with little to no problem. also the model you use is an important factor. my focus although not sharp at times has improved. dont wait forever to shoot. keep trying to find the right light because that is my weakness. free shooting sucks that is a main thing i learned also to keep photograph ideas written down!. ive tried super hard this term, ive really given it a lot of work, time, and patience. i hope my work reflects it. let's start next term!