October 2014 – Anna's Art

Blog Post #5

http://woodyfarris.com/index.html

Woody Farris’s acrylic on canvas.
This man is an artist who worked in Austin for many years but now lives in a smaller town outside of the city. He has been painting his whole life, his work changing and evolving over time.
His gallery inspries me mostly because of the colors. I chose three of my favorite works that I saw to post.

Blog Post #4

I absolutely loved the TA’s blogs. Not only were they professional, but they were unique.

Something interesting that I found the week of 9/22 was an elephant statue I bought with my hilltopper tender at Hea restaurant

Blog Post #3

As, you can see, I have uploaded many photos for my Visual Studies 1 class; there are two photos that I wish to specifically discuss though.

The goal of the assignment is to take photographs of south congress that express Gestalt’s concepts. I tried to capture proximity, containment, repetition, visual orientation, shape and color. I used aperture priority to show visual space and depth of field. A main focus in my photos are capturing the lines, like wires, bushes, clouds, and cement. The series of photos of the boys playing basketball have a brief story behind them, and I tried to capture the basket ball bouncing using slower shutter speed, though it wasn’t fast enough.

What is the strongest aspect of this work? The strongest aspect of the work was my ability to capture a moment in time, a story. I was able to capture the depth of field in many of my pictures, show movement, and focus on colors and lines.
What is the weakest aspect? the weakest aspect of my photos would be the fact I didn’t know they were suppose to work together. I tried my best to take unique photos, each with the purpose of expressing one of gestalt’s concepts.
How can the composition or form be improved? By taking photos that all convey the same concept instead of trying to cover every single concept.
How can the project be strengthened conceptually? By adjusting exposure and taking the photos at sunrise instead of focusing on sunset.
How can the project be strengthened technically? By editing my photos.

Blog Post #2

The most interesting thing (that I have a photo of) from the week of 9/8 is my roommate's personality. She is so fun and I was able to make new connections and a stronger friendship that week. — The most interesting thing (that I have a photo of) from the week of 9/8 is my roommate’s personality. She is so fun and I was able to make new connections and a stronger friendship that week.

Time Tracker

White Balance

This was the cloudy setting in WB on my camera. It resembles the previous photo though, the image seems brighter in a different way. photography information: date: 09/17/14 IOS: 80 aperture: f/4 shutter speed: 1/250 — This was the cloudy setting in WB on my camera.
It resembles the previous photo though, the image seems brighter in a different way.
photography information:
date: 09/17/14
IOS: 80
aperture: f/4
shutter speed: 1/250

The WB U used on this photo was shade, even though it was a very sunny day. The result was a bright, white washed photo. photography information: date: 09/22/14 IOS: 800 aperture: f/3.5 shutter speed: 1/200 — The WB U used on this photo was shade, even though it was a very sunny day. The result was a bright, white washed photo.
photography information:
date: 09/22/14
IOS: 800
aperture: f/3.5
shutter speed: 1/200

Unfortunately, many of my attempts are White Balance couldn’t even be seen on my camera; they all just look white or exactly like the auto. The photos that I used the Day light setting and the florescent light setting look nearly identical, and with other students jumping in and out of the picture to jokingly ruin my photos I felt they did not need to be shown.