Nissa Elisabeth Bredesen

So this is my best friend ever Nissa Elisabeth Bredesen. And this picture sums up our friendship in a nutshell. and yea.... not really photography but she needed to make an appearance. :) Love you girlie.

Final Media Arts statement

Capturing the perfect photo is like perfecting a move in sports. It's impossible. All we can do is try to get as close to achieving that goal as possible. Even though we will never reach it. I have never come near to that goal but I know people who have. They have come so close without ever touching it. We strive and strive to be the best but always come up short.

I have gained much in the time i have been in this class. I have learned how to make a great composition and to not press the shutter until I have the picture I want. Or to press it repeatedly hoping to get the shot. I learned to Use photoshop tools and to download fonts. I have learned about the paint bucket tool, the blur tool, the font tool and many others. They have been very useful in helping me achieve my work in this class.

When I take a shot, there are a few things I think to myself before I snap the shutter. This includes will this being interesting to some other person, how will I edit this picture to make it one of my best, and lastly do i have the right shot? Would this look better from another angle? Maybe. But I take the shot anyway. I will never get my perfect shot, but I can sure try.

Typography Slideshow

Take an Adventure

This is my sister on a canoe trip in the Arctic. She went up for 40 days and she may not be there anymore but she still has the memories and those will last her a lifetime.

Retro Photography

Boxing at the Beach

Flapper

I photoshopped my face in here and used photoshop editing tools to smooth over the original photo to make it less pixelated.

Retro Airplane

I used photoshop to put my friend Nikki's face into this picture of a retro airplane. I used the blur and smudge tools to blend her face to make it seem more like it wasn't photoshopped.

Artist statement

Artist Statement

Photography and emotion are interlaced. You cannot have a good photo that has no emotion behind. If there is no emotion it can’t be thought provoking for others. If there’s no emotion it’s just a picture. I try to put as much emotion as possible into my photos so viewers will have a lot to think about.
Street photography is a public photo with a great composition taken where other people might go. I tried to think about a photo before I took it. To see what kind of photo it would turn out to be. Will it have a great composition and how will I be able to edit it so it turns into an amazing photo?
I really wanted my photography to be colorful with good contrast when I was done editing them and I believe I did that. I like that the color in my photography is very bright and very different from the other colors within the photo. I had very limited tools at my disposal when I was editing my photos. I had just the paint bucket and adjusting the color tones and brightness.
One photographer I really admire is Richard Avedon. He is a great fashion photographer. I cannot even compare my work with his. He puts forth so much emotion in his photography it’s incredible. I wish I could capture photos like he can.
I believe the emotion I put into every photo I work with comes out onto the page and that makes me joyous.

Street Photography Slideshow