Thursday, March 26, 2015

A Camera in Every Pocket Response

Photography is dying because be able to take photographs have become easier than ever before. Photography in its beginnings was a very complex and time consuming process that would take photographers hours, even days to have a final photo. "Though the first successful picture was developed in 1827 by NiĆ©pce, it took 8 hours to expose." Today almost everyone has a camera because they are built into almost every single electronic device. This not only allows everyone to take their own picture but it has caused the industry to die because photographers aren't as needed as much, because people can do it themselves. Social media apps, like Instagram and Facebook have sparked interest to those who seem to be interested in photography.  At a concert, football game, or even school, you will find that everyone has their cell phones out in front of them. "Which brings about another good point, we also have cameras on everything even our phones, the media in 2011 would rather pay nothing for a rubbish photo from a camera phone over a licensed professional image. This too has driven down the price to rock bottom for stock photography(Wilkinson)." I believe that all of this has made photography less special because anyone believes that they can be a photographer, I don't  think this is a bad thing because it is encouraging people to be creative and share what they view around the world, but for those interested in making it into a profession definitely have something to worry about.

805 Index Print


Friday, March 20, 2015

5 Movements

Impressionism- small brush strokes

Pop Art- bright colors, simple subject

Cubism- geometric

Color Field Painting- thick brush strokes

Surrealism- dream like

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

History of Modernism Quiz

Section 1:
Artist 6- Vincent Van Gogh, painting #1: The Church at Auvers
Artist 2- Edgar Degas, painting #2: Dance Class
Artist 3- Henry Paul Gauguin, painting #3: Nevermore
Artist 5- Georges Seurat, painting #4: Young Woman Powdering Herself
Artist 1- Mark Rothko, painting #5: Sotheby's
Artist 4- Lucian Freud, painting #6: Reflection

Section 2:
Artist 1- Henri Matisse: Fact #2
Artist 2- Paul Cezanne: Fact #7
Artist 3- Willem de Kooning: Fact #8
Artist 4- Paul Klee: Fact #6
Artist 5- Lucian Freud: Fact #5
Artist 6- Pablo Picasso: Fact #4
Artist 7- Mark Rothko: Fact #1
Artist 8- Andy Warhol: Fact #3

Friday, March 6, 2015

Formal (Symmetrical) Balance

Rule of Thirds

Framing

Informal (Asymmetrical) Balance

KT Effect

Radial Balance

Rule of Odds

Wednesday, March 4, 2015