Category: Story Telling

This week our focus was Film Noir, a gloomy film setting with dark shadows and expressive imagery. This is what I came up with.

We don’t really get “Seasons” in  California so shooting a seasonal photo was a little bit of a challenge. Luckily trees provide an excellent way of understanding the seasons.

In this photo, I tried to show color without color. I guess I maybe cheated a little bit but I am going to wave my right of artistic expression. The piece of wood in the center is a dying tree that formed a bridge over a nearby river. I walked across the bridge and took this photo. I grayscaled it and converted it into black and white but as I was playing with the vibrancy I had an idea. This is the end product. I really like it to me the hints of green and yellow really make the tree look so much more interesting.

 

This photoblog was dedicated to trying to express your culture. This was challenging for me as culture and identity is something I struggle with. Being Puertorican, German and Spanish it can feel like a struggle to tell people what I am. What I came up with was going back to what I believe. I am an American and my “Culture” is my own. That inspired to take this photo of an Iron boy sitting on a wagon on a rainy day. Sitting Patiently and thinking of all the things to do in a land of endless opportunity. The only Barrier to his dreams is himself.