Into the Virtual Abyss

Mid-Term Exam Simen Johan

2010-10-27T11:15:00.000-07:00

I think these photographs are very successful. The position and composition of all the pictures are just perfect. The colors come off as really crisp, it gives a lot of the pictures a surreal feel that I have fallen in love with. I'm assuming photoshop was used to create a lot of the images showcased in the gallery. It looks like the artist took pictures of the same subject at different moments, kind of like our intention assignment, and then composited them together using cut and paste, and it almost seems like there was some play with color correction, or at least some color play involved. Specifically the white moose looks like it had some color involved. I don't know if white moose actually exist, but if they don't, then the picture is very successful in showcasing a white moose. I am overall very impressed with the pictures by Simen Johan.

MId-Term Exam Composite Image #2

2010-10-27T11:14:00.001-07:00

Mid-Term Exam Composite Image #1

2010-10-27T10:49:00.000-07:00

Answers to Questions from 10/6

2010-10-06T10:20:00.000-07:00

1. When you did the Intention Exercise this week what did taking a random photo of what was behind you, make you think about?

It made me think how things behind me can be so random or similar. I had instances where what was behind me was very similar to what was in front of me, but in other instances what was front of me was wildly different from what was behind me. So I guess it made me think about perspective a lot. Perspective can change a lot about a picture.

2. What do you think the author is referring to when he says, “Alfred Hitchcock said that he never considered content when making a film.” Did this exercise help you to have an ‘open’ attitude to taking a picture?

The whole article was talking about intention and then how many others work on the idea of just working with little intent and just do things on the spot, or on the fly, or to just improvise.So when Alfred Hitchcock was mentioned to not consider content, the idea is the same here. He didn't have an actual intention when he created his films, they sort of just came together. This idea was prominent in most of the article. I have always had an open mind or attitude on anything, so I guess this didn't really change much for me. Heh.

Light Image in Color Mask

2010-10-06T10:17:00.001-07:00

Merged In Photoshop

2010-10-06T10:15:00.000-07:00

Intention Photos

2010-10-06T10:10:00.000-07:00

Portrait Assignment

2010-09-08T13:03:00.000-07:00

I was unable to obtain a partner, so I got no pictures. Unfortunately.

Image Test

2010-09-01T12:12:00.000-07:00