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Reid is a very interesting photographer with many layers. He really focuses on a creepy, mysterious mood using different effects. I can always count on each and every one of his photographs to be one of a kind. He also tends to experiment with the most unique colors. His storylines are always a little cynical involving Carlos, but that's what makes them so enticing! I am always waiting in anticipation for his next series. He has photos thinking outside the box.

Keely focuses on close up aspects of the world. She takes ordinary photos in life and really delves into their interior depth. She makes everyday objects pop out. I love the angles she experiments with when she takes a photo of a car but part of it is blocked by another obstacle. She has a very keen eye.

Carlos's pieces are most often black and white. He has a dark humor. His photographs bring about a dark imagination. He makes eerie photos look beautiful. I love his photos of the street and empty houses, they capture a bleakness in the world that often goes too unnoticed.

Jessica has mastered Avedon style portraits, those seem to be her specialty. She is able to capture real moments that are not fake. Although she herself is a somewhat shy model, she is not afraid behind the camera. She is patient with her photography and is always there to get that one moment where the model is in their own world. Her photos are subtle in their beauty. I like how she often captures natural aspects, like soft clouds that are just so pleasing to the eye.

None of Sacha's two pictures are alike. She brings a fresh attitude when approaching each new piece, while also exploring beauty. For example her barbie doll series, which was so abstract and fun! Sacha captures many aspects of the world that are important to her. Her photographs are simple yet convey a strong message. Sacha uses vibrant colors that really pop out. She embraces life in all of her photos and each one brings a smile to my face!

Maddi takes very in the moment kind of photos because she surprises you from behind with wonderful candid shots. Many of her photos are comical with people emoting actions like roars. In all of her photos I can clearly see what the objective of the series was without even having to read the blurb, which shows true artistic growth.

Carly does a great job at following directions and really delving into the concept of the series. Carly finishes a series in such a professional manner. I think her strongest photos have been black and white with shadows. All of the shadows represent a mysterious past. She made me see the different levels of intricacy on ordinary shadows. I love the way she experiments with angles to create daunting shapes and is not afraid to crop!

Minsoo's photos are so crisp and clean. Especially his food series where I could see every detail of the tofu and where the light hits the ceramic bowls. He always pushes himself to go further and deeper going to new extremes, starting out with a basic concept and taking new risks. Like his settings with Charlie Chaplin. He always knows when to use black and white or color and I can always trust his artistic decisions. His photographs emphasize great diversity using effects to make them pop out. I love the way he can create such flow using geometric shapes and connecting lines.

Issaackkk! Welcome to Drew photography. I'm excited to see all the treasures you find in this world.

Final Draft

The musical scoreboard was challenging, but I think I was finally able to really figure out how to make the music flow. Grids and using repetition within them acted as a crutch by allowing the music to keep going. I leaned towards the more natural aspect using body parts and body movement because of the motion and detail the camera could capture from them. Even using the wind for the toilet paper, was letting the paper fly catching on the branches. My ideas all branched off from the photos of my first draft. This scoreboard goes through highs and lows and even sometimes repeating the same note or doing variations of the same key.

Light flow

Last draft

For my final draft, I really wanted to focus on creating flow in the music. I feel like in my other draft some of the lines did not last long, which cut the music off, limited to 2 squares in a grid. Toilet paper in the wind did a perfect job of communicating the natural flow as the wind pushed the thin paper in the air. The second grid of the toilet paper shows a repetitiveness, where in the song the music would go up and down and up and down. The drops of paint are also natural and not forced, inspired by my earlier draft with the lines on my palm. In the last photo the lightness represents the volume in the music. As line fades, so does the music. The lines are less uniform and more rigid to show the coarseness of the sound of the music.

Character

For this draft I wanted to incorporate people into my music scoreboard, using their body language to create flow. The paper people completed the photo and it was interesting to have such a repetitive, unchangeable thing like paper mixed with live, moving people. As I experimented more, I learned to use photos with the models showing no facial expression because it distracted from the main focus of the grids. If the model was jumping than the note would act like a staccato or end abruptly. If the people were all connected than the notes would play one after another, from high to low or low to high. The elongated Carlos represents a long drag on the note as an indicator to timing. I hope to continue to think of abstract ways that embody the idea of music being inspired from them. Having photos with unusual ideas help show that music can be found anywhere and from the most unusual places.

Salt

Colors

Grids

Photo Scoreboard

For my new series I am trying to replicate music notation, but with photographic representation. The photographs represent different lows and highs in the music. For example if a line was straight, the note would be the same, but if there was a peak in a line, a high note would be played. It is an interesting process because in my mind I have to constantly think about the music and how it will match the flow in the photograph. The arrangement of the photographs is also important as it represents the sequence of the music played.