SHOTS

My concept of fashion in nature was portrayed here especially the nature part. I decided to combine two images together to make this image as one. I had to crop the picture because it seemed that a plant was coming out of her hair, but it was the way she posed like in the other image. If sometimes i take better landscapes i can keep pasting images of my models used and they will look like different shots all the time because of the location. I also liked the face expression my model used and thats why i chose this one to paste it.
Since my concept is fashion in nature i made sure my model did her hair and that you can aslso still see the trees in the back. I decided to make it a close up so you can catch more detail of her face and to make it more about her top. The only thing i would have changed were the angles i shot of her and her face expressions just to make it seem more model like.
Since my overall idea is fashion i think this image shows my concept very good.To represent nature my model is by these really green trees. Her dress represents very fashion like and the way she is posing also shows us that she is modeling the dress to show fashion. To develop my concept more im going to make sure my models pose more model like.

For my central idea i wanted to do fashion in nature. This represents that fashion in nature because she is by the grass which is nature and also the dress she is wearing shows her outfit being put together. My theme will keep progressing by keeping shooting dresses and in the areas i chose to represent fashion.

8 SHOTS

This photograph on top contributes to my theme of fashion in nature because i set my model out by the trees and you can also capture the beauty of the sun as being with nature. What my model was wearing shoes that kind of fashion but her hair could have been fixed and that what have made my shots preetier. For next time this will help me make sure my models are done with make up, hair, and outfit.

This image also contributes to my theme of fashion in nature because to represent nature i decided to put her by the trees were you can see all the lines. The only thing i had to fix this time was to make sure i was capturing the trees and not the ground. This time my model was dressed up with make up, hair and her outfit. From here on im going to remember to make sure i get all the space above and not the ground as much, because that space above can also be  considered as nature.

EXTRA PHOTOGRAPHS

For my extra shots i really didnt use a theme but i had a concept that i used in all of them which was the use of photoshop. In this image i decided to really let the colors brighten up and show. The picture had  a natural glow and i just wanted to enhance that and the colors more by using photoshop.
In this image this pict ure contributed to my concept because i also used photoshop in this one because i used photoshop to make sure the blacks were black and by using levels. I also decided to add a little bit of texture to the skull just to show its edgy side. I could have worked more on the skull with photoshop and i think that would have made this image pop more.
This photograph of george in the skull fit in with my idea of using photoshop to add effect or try new things. I decided to clone the skull and put it on his face also. This was a fun one because i got to use photoshop in a fun way.
When i photoshoped this picture i wanted to also add a background and i thought she looked very city like so thats why i decided to put her there and add brushes. I started going back to what i learned last year but that way i added more stuff to the layouts this time becaus ei wanted to experience more with it.

When i did this picture i decided it would fit into my concept if i used photoshop to focus on one thing and make the edges darker. I could have also developed the use of photoshop more by making this image a little softer maybe or something like that. So my whole concept for my extra images was the use and development of using photoshop to edit my images.

PHOTO #2

In this piece i was trying to portray fashion in nature. By having the trees in the back i wanted to show nature and also by showing my model is pregnant it embraces the whole beauty of it. What i decided my model to wear was showing the fashion i was trying to portray. Her dress looks a little elegant by the fabric we chose. This contributes to the idea of embracing mother nature in any kind of way. My idea hasn't changed it is just another way of representing fashion in nature.

BIOGRAPHY

April Day

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Photography

 

Mary Mattingly

 

            What I most like about Mary’s work is the themes she does. My inspirational theme from her is the one of Humans and the relationship with the environment. Mary was born on 1978 in Rockville, Connecticut. She lives in New York now, were she had studied in a school of design. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.

            In her work, she likes portraying themes such as home, travel, cartography, and human’s relationship with each other, with the environment, with machines, and with corporate and political entities. She is most recognizable for creating photographs and sculptures and representing futuristic and obscure landscapes, also for making her sculptures wearable. She is also aware of the environment and you can see that she portrays many ecological messages for example when she did the Waterpod in 2009.

            What you can notice in her work also is how she provides a vision of the future. What Mary also does though is she takes her time to plan a future sort of scenario. Either way her work is always environmentally and politically concerned involved because that is what she actually focuses in her life. Many of her finished work also are the result of her personality, through her products being used, whether she shows it through the clothes, cultural stamps or some other decorations that she has decorated.

            In an interview, she was asked about the process she goes through to complete her work. She said that first she begins with a specific or general story that she has the feeling she needs to say. Than, she begins to create a sculpture or collect images to create something physical to fill in the composition-a new place. After she does that, she begins to choose a natural background. From there, she makes them perform out and she photographs. Choosing her backgrounds of nature comes from the inspiration of her trying to live very humanely, with her interactions with others, with animals, and with nature.

            Seeing her work as how she connects nature with fashion and how she is trying to talk about the environment is also, what I am trying to do. Mattingly uses the fashion and sculpture as an element to add onto her composition. She decides to use a nature background because that is her theme; it is always based on nature. Seeing the way she can compose these to, I know in order to make a good photograph I have to make sure that my models interact with nature and capture the moment.

 

TEST SHOT: FOR FINAL ALSO

I couldnt decide which one to use for my final image since both of these work alot for me i couldnt decide on only one. My idea is to do fashion in nature to show the escence of natural beauty. I think my model did a good job of showing this. I captured her when i felt that she interacted with nature the most. She has very light make up on to show the natural but still a little glamourous. The light coming up from above was a good idea and it works alot for this image and it captures the whole out door theme. Since i couldnt think of which one to use for my final image, you can help me decide on which one to choose for a final image to turn in.

Landscape

I shot these landscape pictures in different places at school and in Acapulco. The ones from Acapulco came out better i would say becase there was more sight seeing then at school.

Photoshop helped out a lot for the ones from Acapulco because they brought out the colors such as the highlights the midtones and the shadows. Photoshop also helped me in fixing the horizon line for the ones showing a horizon because at first they were cricket. Now i know that it is very important for the horizon to come out as straight as possible to make a good picture, and also to make sure all the colors shine as they should. I also think in landscpae it is very important to work with making intresting compostition since there is no people in the shot, and thats what i also tried to include and will make better for next time.