We aren't sure which one of us took the picture, but Casey and I worked together. We used a dancer (Marina), a photographer (Ashley), and a video student (Chase). We did our photoshoot inside the ceramics cage to represent that art form. I like how Ashley is upclose and we have Chase and Marina at different levels.

Soaking Success

I read the article "Soaking Success", that featured photographer Manjari Sharma. She talks about her portraits and how she shot them all in her shower. To me these portraits are portraits because you see people in the shower, this reveals something about these people that is very intimate. You catch them in a very intimate setting, there's something unique about everyone which is important to reveal about whoever you're photographing.

nova

I named this picture nova because the background behind me is of something that's in outerspace. I created this picture in photoshop. I chose this background because I really liked it

photoshop face softening

photoshop brushes

On this image I followed a tutorial on how to use photoshop brushes. The original photo is done in a Richard Avedon style lighting. On the image above this one I also followed a tutorial on face softening. I really enjoyed working with photoshop, I found out that it wasn't as hard to work with as I thought and the tutorials weren't hard to follow either. On the photo with the brush effect i picked different leaf stencils, i wanted to give it an earthy feel.

nicole amanda

In this picture i see a beautiful girl with a big flower in her hair and a guitar in her arms. This picture is my studio lighting assignment. The background is white so you can see her shadow. I took various pictures of her that i really liked, but this one was my favorite. The picture is of her so the main focus is her. She's my sister and her name is Nicole. To me this picture represents music, music is a very big part of my life an i wanted to portray that in this picture by posing her with an acoustic guitar. I really like this picture. Thank you Nicole :)

up

In this picture i see a girl suspended in the air. She has jumped of a bench in a very nice pose. Everything in the picture is in focus, but the girl is the main focus. Her facial expression is blank so she is not really portraying an emotion. In this picture im trying to communicate to the reader a sense of suspense, because shes suspended over the air. It looks like shes floating. I really like this picture because you see evrything clearly; the girl, the background, and what shes jumping off of. Thank you Casey:)

lost and found

In my book of sequencing I feature Casey Akers as the model. The title of my book is "Ideal", the reason i named it ideal was because in this story Casey isnt "ideal". She has woken up confused and without half her clothes, that dosnt happen to your "ideal" girl, it isnt very lady like to wake up confused without half your clothes on. My work is organized as a sequence, sequencing tells a story. I like my book very much. Thank you so much Casey:)

ideal

This is the cover to the book of my sequence. I titled it "Ideal".

maps

This image is of me and my boyfriend Aaron, the reason why it says "our journey"is because i put our picture in front of a map that kind of signifies a journey. Our relationship is a journey we're taking together. I overlapped the map with our picture using photoshop. this is the first time in my entire life that i have used photoshop, i found really difficult, but in the end i created something that kinda works. I know i need some practice. In this picture i see a couple holding hands the background of the picture is map, so it looks like they're embarking somewhere together. Te amo Aaron Isaac Aguilar