Brave

This is the substitute for my brave photo.  I decided to take nudes, full frontal for my actual brave photo.  I am not brave enough to show them to anyone though.  Not even my husband.  Maybe someday.  Anyway, so I was also thinking about what I'm afraid of, and aging is definitely something that scares me.  I created this image with aging in mind, as well as my hatred of my feet.  I wanted to imply the female form as well while keeping the image vague and abstract.  I want the viewer to be able to have his or her own interpretations, but also wanted my concept to be clear enough that one could understand it if they studied the photo enough.  

Self-portraits under different light sources

These photos are for a different class, but they are self-portraits, so I thought I would share them here.  The assignment was to take a portrait under daylight, tungsten and fluorescent lights.  It was a lot of fun to work on, and I'm happy with the results.  

Psychological Self-Portrait

  For this particular image, I really wanted to create conflicting imagery.  I took many photographs of my face under a spotlight in the dark to create drama.  I then added color casts using curves in Photoshop to add contrasting colors to the image.  I used green and magenta.  The small portion of magenta helps to highlight a small part of my face and brings attention to detail.  I had a lot of fun creating this image.  Working in Photoshop is one of my favorite things to do.  I love layering images and changing opacity to create the effect I want.  This is a psychological self-portrait showing the many layers of a person in turmoil.  The week I made this I was very sick and was struggling to make my body do what my mind and heart wanted.  I created this image hoping to show this.  

Self-Portrait Number One

First Entry

This blog is dedicated to the class Self As Subject at the Academy of Art.  It is taught by Connie Begg, one of the best professors ever!  I'm very excited/ nervous about this class.  I know it's going to be a challenge and I'm going to grow so much as a person and an artist this semester.  I'm really looking forward to creating more work!  I think I'm still going to stick mostly to digital for now.  Hopefully I can get my darkroom set up in my basement so I can experiment a little more with that.  Also maybe try some multi-media/ collage/ photo montage stuff.  I think this is going to be a great semester.