J. Micheal Wiltbank.

Irving Penn

Irving Penn was a wonderful photographer know for his portraiture and fashion photography. He was born in 1917 and just recenlty died at the age of 92. He attended the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art. He worked for Vogue magazine for many years before starting his own studio. At this studio he started making new techniques that many photographers after him followed. One of these techniques was posing his subjects in a closed, small space.

If you are going to take a picture of a product, you can just take a picture of it, just the prduct. and it may sell. But take a look at these :

I don't wear makeup, however I would buy that mascara.

This is making me rethink lipstick.... Look at the texture...

The two above pictures I am in love with...

There is a lot of emotion and symbolism in light. If you have half of a face hidden it could mean you are torn between dark and light. A single spotlight can tell the story of fame, all light can show perfection,grey can be the unknown. Irving Penn understood this, and used it. This image is grey to me. It tells me- I'm not getting up just yet, and whn I do, I don't know whats going to happen quite yet, but do I really need to?
This image says one word, to me : Fame. This womans confidence is raditating off of her whole body. Sure, alot of photographers could do this and it would be a good photo... but they can't tell this story, this well.
A child doesn't know evil from pure, wrong from right. The uncertianty on this little girls face tells us this. it shows us this. This is my favorite of Irving Penn's black and white.

ASsingment 3

Before and after.. Daniel kills my soul

So the light in the original was really yellow and.. well sucked. So i fixed that up a bit and Voila! Oh, the first image is my before ...

Bringing your stuff

Slade: BRING YOUR STUFF
Stevie: {internal cry} I'm sorry, I didn't bring my camera.
Slade: Stevie, upload you photo's.
Stevie: Slade, I fail.
Slade: DIE DIE DIE!
Stevie: {exit stage... sadly}
Slade: Single Ladies, Put a ring on it... O Oh oHhh Oh ooo...
Daniel: I won a gold metal and I am awesome so ha.
Hannah: It was so freaking cold
{group mumbles}
Slade: We you not good, were you terrible.
Daniel: It was good, we were good.
Stevie:{ re-enters the scene)
Slade:Did I beg you for lab moniters yet?
Stevie: I can do it, pick me.
Slade: Ok
Daniel: NO body Loves you.
Sarah: NO body loves you
Stevie: { exit screen crying....sadly}

And that was it.

I'm reeling from the loss

Still a little bit confused about.. well pretty much everything. Boys are the devils army soilders... here... to.... kill... me... and you possibly. I would like to be a writer, can you believe it. i am not a failure, because i am in standard history... but I am not. Answer the gosh dang question, Do you or do you not love me? Gosh dangit! Why wont you answer me!!!!! Oh.... you're dead.... well this is akward... sorry about what... no problem... i ... i lo... no... no you don't. Don't trust a person who is named Hudson River, like the Green river killer, Personally I prefer the Zodiac killer, he was by far the best since Jack the ripper.... but even he isn't that good. I think if I the muffin man, I would tell you that I loved you, I would devote every fiber of my being to you. I want to give you my heart, but I don't have the key.... Free..........Freee Falling, yeah.... cause I am freeeeee....freeee free falling....THRILLER THRILLER NIGHT!!!!!! I llok like that naturally. Dale the Whale told me to tell you that American Idol is gonna be good. Black Sabbath, baby, I want you to cry baby cry... cry for me. All you did was lie, baby lie , lie to me...... And because of this, I have 14 mins left in class... what should I type about now....You're mom is superficial....He had good music, but he went weird.. He was murdered... No ma'am it was homicide, oh.... so he wasn't killed... by someone.... no ma'am I believe not. I am pleased to imform you that you have been accepted until Sept. &th 2003. Wait....
GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY>>>>>

PS- So this is love..... dun nuh nuh nuhhhhhhh So... this....is what I've been

The two Awesome Videos that we Watched

We watched two videos about photographers today. I really enjoyed the second one that talked about how photos can change memories and perception. It was interesting to see how a simple adjustment in the photo can fill your head with new ideas. It makes me want to do an assignment mean to trick the eye, just to see if I can. I, ofr some odd reason, find the idea of fooling my audience or atleast showing them a view, so this is something I find quite interesting. OK, Over and Out!