Category: Storytelling

This week I depicted a self portrait. “Where’s your face Alex!?” Well, I chose to put the camera in front of my face because I liked what it implied. I really liked having the camera place emphasis in front of my face, because I want other people to think of me as an artist first. Maybe some people do, but I hope I’ve made a good enough impression on people at Freestyle over the past 2 years.

This week I depicted storms. I used a tree as a way of blocking out the sun as if we were in a storm. I really liked how all the elements of the piece worked together, with the roof having some leading lines towards the subject, the sun. I liked having the sun be eclipsed by the trees, but also peeking out because I liked that metaphor for hope, especially considering our current situation.

This week I depicted Gluttony, one of the deadly sins. In this shot, I chose to feature a lot of sugary sweet foods. I also chose to put the nutrition label in focus. I wanted to emphasize that when people eat these foods, a lot of times the disregard how healthy it is for them.

This week I depicted Film Noir. I really liked this seeing hatch on my door, it reminded me of the barricaded doors in those movies with the big hatch, and a pair of eyes looking into it. I decided to roll with that, but I also chose to play with light. A key part of Noir is how light plays in the scene, and the absence of light as well. I think that the light coming through the hatch could be interpreted as freedom, which is supported by its jail-like frame.

For this weeks photo-blog, we had to share a modern convenience we couldn’t live without. I chose to show my phone, and a few camera accessories. I wanted the layout to be like something you would see in a commercial, and I think I achieved that pretty well. The story I’m trying to tell with this photo is that my phone is an essential part in a photographers tool set.

The theme for this weeks Photo-blog was to show color without color. I kind of broke the rules a little bit by masking out a bit of this pole to show color, but that was with intention. My message by making the reflector the only part with color was how it grabs your attention if you were to bike past it with a light. The point of the pole is to keep bikers safe and on the correct side of the road, which the reflector accomplishes.

For this weeks Photo-blog, our theme was friends and family, and telling a story. I chose my friend Anastasia Yankovskiy, who is a high level fencer (the one on the right). Her story is a very visual one, because her struggle as a student athlete can be symbolically shown through her fencing. She’s currently doubling down on practicing to be able to compete on the national team globally. This is one of the local events she went to to increase her rank.