Wk 10 Photo Challenge: Nothing

This challenge was probably the most simple challenge but yet the most had challenge we have had at the same time. Shooting nothing seems so easy, but how would I make nothing look good? This question ran through my mind constantly. I brainstormed different ideas on how to shoot something that is nothing at all. I tried a couple different ideas but nothing really appealed to me. I then decided I couldn’t just shoot anything. I would have to photograph something. This confused me for a while until I looked up. I was staring into the night sky one night while taking a break from my work. I than began to think that space and time…is nothing. It’s matter and we all know that it is there, but it is nothing that we can reach out and grab. Thinking like this brought me to the conclusion that I would photograph the sky. I wanted to add a little something extra to the image so I decided to go out when the moon looked full. I thought to myself that the moon is nothing as well. We can all see it and are aware of what it is, but when you think about it the moon is really nothing. It’s just a big ball of space rock floating alongside our planet. It consists different elements but nothing really at all. I pointed my camera into the night sky and shot the big ball of nothing surround by the never-ending amount of black nothing 

Wk 10 EOC: Small Business Budget Spreadsheet

I thought this exercise to be very helpful. This was definitely a part of my business that I dreaded the most. Now with a little more insight to it all I feel more comfortable with this type of business material. I had some prior knowledge of Excel, but had not used it for this purpose before. It is a little much to take in all at once, but I think the way that it was described and presented in class was very clear and understandable. Of course we only scratched the surface of all of this finance work but I feel like I have a better understanding of it all. Using the program helped organize numerous numbers and math equations with ease. It was extremely helpful with adding, and subtracting different equations. I liked that it automatically adjust the information within the cells every time you make or add an adjustment to your spreadsheet. Having to do it all manually would cause an error if not many. The program prevents you from making the one mistake that could ruin it all. When working with numbers and money, I like knowing that I can rely on the program to handle everything smoothly and effectively. Excel lists your information in various colors that made it easy to find what I was looking for. It also colored certain numbers according to how a money situation is finically. The numbers of an equation will appear red to represent your loss of money, green for when you earn money. Using this helped me to organize the budget for my business currently, and for how I need to operate business in the future.

Wk 9 Photo Challenge: Food

This week’s photo challenge was probably one of my favorites all quarter. For my internship class last quarter I worked as a food and beverage photographer helping me to gain more experience and insight on how to make food look good in a photograph. I like shooting food because of its simplicity. It’s simply there for the taking. Food is just a still life object that you can manipulate and rearrange with ease, much more easier than working with people or what ever subject you may be photographing. I wanted to photograph a food dish that I like personally. Shooting warm food could be a little ore difficult, which is why I choose to shoot cold food. Cold food wont have any real dramatic effects to its over all appearance for a long time, long after it takes time to shoot. When I shoot food I try to focus on two things, detail, and color. I think detail and bright vibrant colors are the way to attract the viewer, convincing them that the meal tastes just as good as it looks. My next step was to decide exactly what it was I wanted to be shooting. Since the challenge was all up to me, I decided to pick a cold food dish that had a wide range of color. Thinking this way I came to the conclusion to shoot salad. I thought of how you walk into a salad bar and all you see is an endless row of bright vibrant colored food. I added other things to the salad such as chopped ham and corn to add a little extra to top it all off. I placed the dish on a kitchen counter using only window light to get a smooth ambient glow through out the image.

Wk 8 Photo Challenge: "Come one, Come all"

I define something news worthy as a piece of valuable information. Depending on your day-to-day activities some news can mean something of more importance to you rather than e person next to you. When we received this photo challenged it took me awhile to decided exactly I wanted to shoot. Living in Las Vegas there is a breaking news story almost every hour of every day. There are plenty of opportunities to get a good news worthy photograph of something or someone. Being a college art student, it kind of limits my possibilities of actually catching something in the act. With this in mind I began to think of something else that could be news worthy, something that I knew was set in stone that would be there for me to document. I started to take our Networking even we have to attend into consideration. I decide to relate this photo challenge to my major, something that would be considered news worthy to any photographer out there. The annual Photoshop World convention is coming next week. The convention comes to the Las Vegas valley every around this time. Adobe, the maker of some of the most sophisticated digital media editing software, brings an expo full of surprises. The event brings in numerous companies having to do with Photoshop in general. Leading names in the photography industry gave live demos of some of their valuable editing techniques. Other vendors come to see products, and equipment associated with photography.

Wk 9 EOC: Where am I going to be when I'm 40?

I have a few years to go before I reach the big four oh. Before I get there I plan on accomplishing a lot. I’m talking about goals that I have been set out to overcome for as long as I can remember. I few years ago I would have never thought I would be in the position I am in now, excelling in a subject that is very dear to me. I have given endless amounts of time and dedication to get to the level I am at now. Imagining where I am going to be and what I am going to be doing is all a fantasy that I plan on turning into reality, and I know that to get there it will take even more amounts of effort and dedication. Over time it will all pay off. Personally, I would like to be settled with a few kids of my own, and happily married to the right person. I want a comfortable lifestyle that I have earned through my hard work as a professional. Professionally I would like to be at the top of my game. I strive on getting results that are unfamiliar to the eye, and by the time I reach forty I have hope that by then I will have made a reputation for myself as a genuine creative professional in my industry. Business wise I plan on being well off. I never know what the future holds. As the last months of my college experience approaches, business opportunities are all I think about. I know already that I don’t want to be in the freelance business of photography. I am going to be in a sort of business where I am employed. Having a steady paycheck, while doing basic personal freelance jobs here and there on the side is how I see myself making it in this business. I feel as if being raised in Las Vegas has a lot to do with who I am today and who I will be in the future. It’s safe to say that growing up in the city has influenced my perspective on business and individuality. With the city I from giving so much to me, all I want to do is give back to it one way or another. Las Vegas is filled with talent. The only bag thing about it is that a lot of it goes unrecognized. By age forty I wish to be planning on or already have an art gallery up and running. My goal is to have a gallery in the heart of the city that showcases every type of art imaginable. Not by just any artists though. My gallery will showcase original works of art from elementary school level to professional. In my years growing up here I have come to realize that our desert is just a melting pot of different people, with each person unique in a different way. My wish is to show the real talent, and diversity of artists throughout the valley that normally wouldn’t be accepted as “Gallery” material.

Wk 8 EOC: Is She Fair Game?

I think the princess in the film we watched is fair game to say the least. Anybody is has the freedom of press, and people such as princesses and other royalty fall into the group of people that the press are most interested. There is no law against documenting reality. As a public figure you should already know and expect that you are being watched at all times. With that in mind whatever you do in public where others can see you is fair game for anyone who sees it. As far as emotions go, that is a different story entirely. The actor in the film had intent to use his opportunity to get the next best news story. After spending time with the princess, he lost sight of his work. He let his emotions get in the way of what he was set out to do. I liked the way that the film ended. I think it was a pretty clever way to wrap up everything in the end. I think in the end he realized that he was in the wrong doing what he was doing. Personally, I probably would have done the same thing if I were in the news reporter’s shoes. Choosing to not exploit her was probably the best decision. I think it was a fair way to end things for the fact that they took advantage of her. So yes, I would say that the princess or any royal family member is fair game.

Wk 7 Photo Challenge: Eye Reflection

To Be Continued...