Photo1Q4.30: Pre-ITSO Photographer Research

"Tears", Man Ray / 1932 I love how close this portrait is, and the diverse array of messages that it can give off. On one hand, one can simply interpret it to just be "crying". On the other hand, analyzing it further, the photo could be interpreted by the tears themselves. They're actually glass tears, and they're so perfectly shaped that it must mean something more. I personally interpret it to mean something along the lines of faking something for the sake of someone else to pity you. It's...

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Photo1Q4.29: Group Album Cover Art ITSO iSpy

Thumbnail only; not the final image The group album cover art project that we were inspired to do ours in the style of was of iSpy, by KYLE featuring Lil Yachty. We intended on doing one of the succeeding ones, though, we believed that this was a better balance of difficulty and ease as some of our previous selections were either too challenging or too simple. They include Anderson .Paak, Bryson Tiller, Rich Brian, and Childish Gambino. Our backups just in case the iSpy cover was too easy...

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Photo1Q4.28: Doing Things

Oh no, it's allergy seaso--ACHOO! When you see your homies at work When your boss says he'll give you a raise if you listen to his presentation For the above group images, I worked with Eldon, Rylen, Kris, and Noah. To achieve the expressions to match with the person acting it out, we had to think more about what exactly the person is doing with the rest of their body, and the context clues in the photo that were needed to help make the image's message obvious and clear. For our photos,...

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Photo1Q4.27: Q4 Photo Goals

Overall, up to this point, I believe that my skills in terms of camera control are still at the same level. I feel that I've reached a ceiling in terms of camera control since I work all the time in manual. Though, of course, there are definitely different things that I could add on and learn about such as 2nd curtain photography or color profiles. If anything, I think that my camera body should be upgraded in order to further my knowledge in photography without using old technology (my current...

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