911

When 911 happened, I was in 7th grade. We had two classrooms right next to each other connected by a series of windows, so you could see into each classroom. One room had a t.v. and the other did not, I was in the classroom that did not have a t.v. The other teacher came into our room and said something in private to our teacher. Our teacher then made us all get in the room with the t.v. They turned on the news and one tower had already been hit. I really don't think I understood what was going on exactly. I knew what the twin towers were and have been in them before but I had no idea why these planes were flying into them. We sat and watched until the second tower was hit. The teachers were crying and I knew it was something serious. A few people were on there phones calling people. I remember there was some concern because  one of the students could not get a hold of their parents but I am pretty sure they ended up being fine. After that it is a blur. I remember perfectly the t.v being put on but a few hours after that I don't remember my reaction at all.

Social Narrative Landscape

What is a social narrative landscape? I could not tell you. This was my idea of it. I decided it had to be a landscape that could tell a story. My first picture of a boy texting, I really liked the landscape he was in and I thought it could tell its own story. We do not know who this boy is texting or what he is waiting for in that chair. The second picture I took was under a bridge. There was graffiti all over it and also million of nip bottles. I figure this landscape in its self could tell a story. The third one, I just really like the symmetry :)

For Fun

This weekend I went to Emery Farm to do some face painting, I work with the organization Community Partners and they asked me to come down for this event. I took a few photos of the landscape and pumpkins, I realized I really like to take pictures of landscapes. I love to use the sun as my light source, I feel like my strongest images are ones that have a strong light source.

Why do people photograph

I think people photograph for all different reasons, I think photography is a personal thing. Some people might want to convey a message, some might want to capture a moment that they will never forget it. Some people might just love the photography process and the technicalities of it. So to be honest, I do not know exactly why people take pictures; if you were to survey a bunch of people I bet you would get a broad range of answers. Some people want to show off their photos, some do not show them to anyone, it could be a personal satisfaction.

I started taking pictures in the 9th grade when I first got a digital camera. At first it was for memories, I wanted to remember every event from high school and every night with my girlfriends. I was known as the camera girl because I had pictures from everyday. I would upload on a live journal so everyone could see. I also liked the satisfaction of everyone wanting to see my pictures. Now that I am older I take pictures for other reasons, I still take them for memories, but also to capture beauty in the environment. I like to take pictures of landscapes and sunsets. I like to remember the natural beauty of the environment and capture it.

Creative process

My creative process varies from subject to subject. If I am not interested in the subject matter I have a hard time sitting down and working on being creative. This goes with photography, painting, scrap booking, anything hands on. If there is an assignment that I am intrigued by normally I start picturing what I want to do in my head right away, and I normally always stick with my gut feeling. I will also start it right away so that way I have time to change things if my original idea goes wrong. If i am not interested in it, I try as hard as I can to be creative but sometimes it just does not work and I accept it and move on. I do not like to dwell on my failures, just to take it as it is and wait for the next assignment that is going to inspire me. I do not like to push inspiration, I just want it to come from me.


I do not really know a lot of photographers because painting is my concentration so I have not really gotten to know any photographers specially but I can share with you who inspires me to paint. First in high school it was Andy Warhol

I really loved his use of color and color has been my main focus in painting always. Color is my inspiration most of the time. A new artist I found has become one of my all time favorite and every time i look at her work I end up doing a reproduction. I just did one yesterday. Her name is Francoise Neilly

The painting below is a quick reproduction that I did yesterday by Francoise

Seven Deadly Sins

The seven deadly sins was quiet the challenge. It was very hard not to be cliche. At first I was just going to do portraits with different back drops and harsh lighting. Then I realized if I tried to do it inside I would not like my images. Outside is my strong point. I decided I wanted to use my own paintings in the pictures to help represent the sins. I had ideas for lust and sloth but I made up the rest once we got outside at Dover Point. Once I got there I started using my resources and surroundings to come up with new ideas. I was pretty happy with the results. My favorites would be my lust and envy photos. My least favorite would be gluttony because it is kind of an awkward picture.  

Kingsbury

Flenaur

I really enjoyed this assignment because it was suppose to be poetic; a lot of things can be poetic so I felt a lot of freedom in this assignment. My first couple pictures were from Hampton beach, makes me sad because it was the last beach day of the year and I am glad I got to capture it. I really liked a lot of the pictures I took that day but the first two defiantly had the best composition and color. The rest of them were from Newmarket, me and my roommate went for a walk and found some great pictures. I really wanted to capture the color of the fall trees since they will be dying soon. I think I captured that and also got some great angle shots.

Artist lecture #2

       I went to the UNH Art Gallery to hear Suzanne Schireson talk about her paintings and drawings that were displayed. I've had Suzy for two studio classes, both of my intermediate painting classes so I've already seen some of her work before it was exhibited. Although i saw her painting of the bubble in a slide before it was exhibited, i was completely taken away by it. Its the first painting you see in the exhibit and i was drawn in. I think i starred at it for a good 15 minutes. 

       I am in love with all of her works, I can say she is one of my favorite artists, and favorite teachers. She is new to UNH but i don't think anyone thinks of her as new. She is great at what she does. I feel like she does not limit herself. Most teachers here do not want you working for photographs, which Suzy can always tell when i work from a photograph but she still does sometimes and uses observation also. In her painting of the bubble, some was from a picture, some from memory, and the rest from observation. I also like that she doesn't limit herself with tools. One of her favorite things to do is use a squiggy to whip out blocks of color which i think is a great idea because pieces tend to get muddy after working on them for awhile, and you can get a fresh start. 

      I also love that most of her paintings have a narrative, that is mostly what she talked about. Her big bubble painting was inspired by her memories as a child. Her mother use to take her to a lake house and they would make giant bubbles, and she wanted to recreate that. Her painting of the dead man in a bathtub was her way of having a funeral for her friend that passed away. I never saw this painting before but she told me about this man. So i felt like i knew more about the narrative because i knew of their relationship and how she painted him every Friday. I have seen other painting that she did of him before.  So it was sad to know he passed and she worked on making a painting in his memory. 

     She also had a painting of her and her boyfriend, i loved the perspective and the composition. She said they use to sit for hours for each other while they painted each other. I loved how she was peeping through in the background too. Overall I'm glad i went to see Suzy talk because i love her work and there is always something more to say about the paintings that i did not know before.