Final Portfolio

Final Emulation

Instead of the stop-motion, I chose to do a final emulation project. I decided that a week was not enough time to make a thoughtful and quality stop animation, although it seemed more interesting then doing another emulation.

For my emulation, I took a look at Maja Topcagic's collection of redhead portraits. Among these redheads that she photographs is Asima Sefic. I took a strong liking to her because of her bright blue eyes and lighter red hair. This project became personal to me because I have bright blue eyes, and I've always wanted to be a natural redhead, which I am not.

My favorite photos of her include the following:

I was inspired by the focus on the intensity of the eyes, and in some of the photos where the lips were highlighted too. I decided I would do self portraits, which is unusual for me. I wanted to reflect the image of self-beauty onto myself, and especially wanted to focus on the fact that I have blue eyes too,

I also like these photos because they highlight, rather than hide the imperfections on these women's faces. Many redheads are born with lots of freckles and imperfections on their face. Regardless, these women are still stunning.

Here are my emulations:

I really liked the use of red lipstick for drama, so I put some on. I also used those really bright lights that are used for photo shoots and displays (I'm not sure what they're called). I put extreme emphasis on the eyes when editing. In the second photo, I feel like I put too much, but I enjoyed experimenting with it. I really enjoy these photos of myself, because I know they aren't perfect. They show flaws (sloppy lipstick and mascara, freckles, a scar on my forehead), and overall vulnerability. It says "hey, this is me. I took photos of myself for the world to see, because I am comfortable with myself."

Project 10 Pre-work

Our project 10 is suppose to be a video that represents our personal dystopia and utopia. The utopia video should be bright, and include a lot of plants, people, or animals doing positive things. The dystopia should have a darker theme, and feature typically more man-made things.

Utopia. Copyright © 2012 Jeff Lynch Photography

Dystopia. Mika Suutari

Project 10

Since I am sick a lot of the time, and spend a lot of time in my house alone, I decided to do this project on my own home.

Utopia:
All of my Utopia is just plain film of my animals, or friends. There isn't a lot of things in my house that makes me happy besides my cat. Everything in my house becomes repetitive to me, so I just tried to capture the non-repetitive behavior of my cat.

Dystopia:
I have a lot of annoying things in my house. I also have a pretty nerve-wracking basement/under the house area.

Project 9

My magazine was a kind of "feel good" magazine. I've never really read magazines, but I know there are some liberal magazines that talk about body issues and things that are going around in politics. I tried to replicate that with a magazine that covers "beach bods", bi-sexuality, and the transgender/cross dressing movement. In the end, I had a hard time making it looks "magaziney". I am proud of the first 6 JPG versions of this magazine, but then I am very disappointed with the cheap look of the last three JPGs. They look like a twelve year old made them, but I just couldn't figure out a background that would match the overall color theme of the whole magazine. The rest don't really have backgrounds, instead they're just full pictures, so I had trouble trying to put multiple pictures in one large page, and still look professional.

Our goal was to put all our editing techniques and show them in an emulation of a magazine.

Commercial Portraits

I took these photos on senior skip day (see I wasn't just slacking off). These photos didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted them to. My friends were nervous about being judged for fake modeling...so their facial expressions and poses aren't as natural and happy as I wanted them to be. I have been waiting for a day since so that I could either take them or my boyfriend back to redo them. Alas, it hasn't been sunny on a good day for any of us and a trip to Sauvies is a lot harder than I thought it would be.

Project 8 Fine Arts

Fine Arts portraits.

For the Fine Arts section of the portraits, I wanted to focus on the face and facial expression. I have been taking interest in gender identity lately, because I want to be able to further understand trans people. I don't quite understand the meaning behind my pictures, it's suppose to be confusing, and I hope others can find their own meaning. Also, shoutout to my boyfriend for being so flexible and putting himself in a vulnerable place. It's hard for men to wear feminine things or act feminine, so he felt pretty uncomfortable. He refuses displays of affection while he's dressed up, for the fear of me falling for girls instead of men. (An inside look beyond the photo). On a side note, he looks better in makeup than I do.