QUESTION: Discuss one way in which media (photography, video, etc.) has brought positive improvement to our lives and society, civilization … One way media has brought positive improvement to our lives and society is mass communication. What I mean by this is that because we are able to capture moments with photographs and videos it can…Continue Reading
Story behind the photo: I took this photo in my grandmother’s backyard. She has this one cherry blosson tree that blooms every year. I decided to photogragh it because I like to take pictures of flowers. Then when I went to edit in in photoshop I decided to make the image black and white but…Continue Reading Exploring the editing world
I made small edits to this photo such as increasing the saturation because in the original photo there was color loss due to lack of light. Then I also increased the brightness of the photo. Lastly, I sharpened the subject while further blurring the background to bring attention to the subject….Continue Reading Processing images
Title: Self-love Project description: For my final project, I don’t have a specific message or feeling I want to convey. In my photos, I hope to show this idea of an internal battle with oneself or different feelings someone may have towards themselves. I will be experimenting with mirrors its reflections to show different aspects…Continue Reading PROPOSAL
Project 3: Space, Place, and environment Explanation: I chose to do a series of photos of a variety of places on Stony Brook University campus. I chose places that have significance to me and places that I still visit often. The Story Behind the Photo: This photo was taken on staller steps. Its somewhere I…Continue Reading My Campus Life
Project 2: Message and Abstraction The Story behind the photo: This was taken the day after 9/11 this year. People leave a flower, in particular, they leave white roses to honor their death. This rose, in particular, was left on who I consider a special person’s name. It was left on my advisor’s twin brother’s…Continue Reading The Precise and Obscure
Project 1: Portrait and Object The story behind the photo: This girl named Veronica has dreamt of becoming a model one day. She told me she doesn’t see models that look like her or have her body types and wanted to change the industry. Her biggest issue was she didn’t believe in her own…Continue Reading Project 1: Portrait and Object
Tom Hussey was the artist I chose to do a presentation. I chose him because I remember I was in high school when I first discovered his photos and became inspired to pursue photography. It was specifically his “reflections of the past” photo series that inspired me. I just thought the concept was amazing and…Continue Reading Tom Hussey, inspiration at first glance