Bruce Lee

 Mark Twain

 Theodore Roosevelt

This is a picture from a women in Burma. This picture is interesting to me because the women face is showing that she is unhappy that she is not in a healthy place and the struggle that she has to face everyday.

Photo by: Cattleya Jaurthavee

-Bryan Moua

What is Abstract?: An abstract photography is a photo that does not represent the subject in a literal way and communicates based on form, color, and curves rather than the image’s detail. It is also an instinctual art where people react emotionally, not logically.  Abstract photo can be shot anywhere that brings contrast to other photographs. There are essentials to abstract photographs from their form, color and curves. The form creates the core of the image while the color and curves add enhancements.

Color: Color grabs the attention of the viewer and stimulates the viewer’s perceptual system of the abstract. Other color methods that makes abstract look dynamic to use contrasting colors from the tonal of the color of a sun setting.

Curves: Curves add interest to an abstract object. It controls the eyes of the viewer the movement of the image’s curves. Curves can serve to direct the viewer’s attention to a color in the picture. Another way that gives the picture its curve is that the image can be intangible to the viewers eyes and deceive that the cures are not at the central of the picture. Instead, the picture  is flowing through the image in a graceful way.

Composition: The images of abstract images can be arranged to their respect to each other from the Rule of Third and No Rules. Rule of thirds help the image be on a divided line that helps the image comes to be an interesting sight. No Rules has no rules on taking a picture and doesn’t have a subject to point it towards anything.

Pop art is a design that was introduced in the 1950’s by a group called the Independent Group in London’s Institution of Contemporary Art. It is a art that used different art styles and does not criticize the art but recognizes the persuasive presence of natural art. The movement started in 1956 to the early 1970’s.

Examples of Pop Art:

Link of Tutorial: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/pop-art/

Before/After:

A Photogram is a photographic picture that an image is made without using a camera by placing objects on surfaces like photographic paper onto light.

Two artists that are famous for their work on photograms are Susan Derges and Pierre Cordier.

By: Pierre Cordier

        By: Susan Derges 

               By: Adam Fuss

An idea that I plan to do with Photograms is bring in many objects that are almost see-through and looks nice on black backgrounds.

1. Rule of Thirds: An image that’s divided by 9 squares where the positioning of the most important element is along the lines/points that it intersects. 
2. Balancing Elements: Like the Rule of Thirds, The most interesting part of the picture should be balanced with no void, making the picture feel empty. Fill it in with other, less important objects. 
3. Leading Lines: Placing lines on a picture can effect the way people looks at the picture and pulling the audience into an “adventure.” 
4. Symmetry and Patterns: These can make eye-catching composition that are not expected. Tension and focal points of a screen is another way to break the symmetry and pattern. 
5. Viewpoint: Before photographing, The photographer should know where to shoot the photo at. Viewpoint should make the impact to the composition as it results in the message of the shot conveys. 
6. Background: Use a plain background that requires the composes the shot that doesn’t distract or detract from the subject. 
7. Depth: The depth of the scene should be present because of photo is a two-dimensional medium. Create a depth using objects in the foreground, middle and background. Overlapping is also another technique that helps create more depth in an image. 
8. Framing: Placing natural frames, like trees, can make a composition isolate the main subject. It draws the eyes to be more focused on the image itself, rather than the main point of interest. 
9. Cropping: Photos can look nice, but when looking at the main subject with its surroundings can make the subject so small. Cropping around the main subject will eliminate the background and will get the audience’s attention to the subject. 
10. Experimentation: The result of experimenting many photos and deleting those unwanted photos at no cost is the revolution of the Digital age. 

CONNER…

Ready, Aim, Action.