Nothing

Nothing can be of something that has no importance or something that is none existing. Most think of when nothing is said that means absolutely having not anything around like in possession or it can be that someone has nothing like in their personality. Nothing can either be an object or emotion. To photograph something of nothing I decided to shoot at my condo. The bedroom is the room where I decided to shoot for my nothing. I put my Olympus E-420 camera on a tripod at the door entrance of the room and pointed it towards the window that is in there. I had opened up the blinds just a little bit to get some light from the outside to come inside. I did this shoot around the time of 2am early morning or late night. The shutter speed that I used was at thirty seconds and the f-stop was set at 3.5 which is the most open aperture. For editing I only decided to desaturate the photo to make the light coming through the window looking more like a white color than the yellowish color that was originally in the shot. This photo has a very mysterious feel by making you want to know where you are looking in to. Also what is in the image and is there anyone possibly in the photo that might be staring at you. The feel is mysterious and also creepy at the same time because you never know what could be lurking in the darkness of the image. I also like how you can see the window because of the light coming through but like more how the light coming from the window shines to the adjacent wall and makes it look like there are two windows in the room that we are looking into. This photo makes me think about the paranormal activity stuff where I feel like if I were to look at this for long enough something odd would appear in the shot.

Food

There are some many kinds of food out in the world with there being fruits, vegetables, meats, and more. There are foods for all ethnic groups as well like there is Chinese food, Mexican food, and many more.  Mostly all food can be eaten alone but people will combine different kinds of food to create a meal. Like someone may have a steak with some potatoes, mashed or baked, and some vegetables to go with it. Some of the food that is prepared all around the world can be appetizing or disgusting to different people. Everyone has different tastes to all the different kinds of food around. I am one of the people around that is super picky about what kind of food I eat and have. I don't like lots of foods and when I do like something I usually have to get it a special way because I don't like what they put with the dish. Cookies is one of my favorite foods and dessert. My favorite kind of cookie is chocolate chip and I love it when they are just made fresh because they are just so soft and just melt when in my mouth. I don't drink milk but I thought to add the glass of milk because many people who have cookies like them with milk. So I thought that the plate of cookies would look more appealing to others if the milk was in the photo. This was shot in a studio with two lights one on each side of the cookies and milk. I used a table mat and blue plate that I put the cookies on and then set everything on a small black table. I used a blue colored plate and glass because of the orange colored table mat which makes them greta opposite colors and go great together. The background in the photo I used was a white backdrop sheet and I used my Olympus E-420 camera on a tripod.

Newsworthy

                                             "Killer Honeymoon"

Photographers always try to capture the photo that will sell big and have a great story behind the photo. Just like in the movie Roman Holiday where a reporter and his photographer friend go out one day in the city with the royal princess and take pictures of her without her knowing. With some of the photos it shows her doing the activities that people go do like going to the statue that will supposedly cut your hand off if you tell lies. Also there was a photo that they got of her fighting with the police and she bashed one of them in the head with a guitar. The photos that they took they put great captions with them to put if they were to of sold these images to like newspaper or magazines. So I decided to shoot my two dolls, Chucky and Tiffany, from the movie Chucky's Bride. The idea behind this photo is to shoot that she has been abusive to him or even murdered him on their honeymoon. The reason for them being on their honeymoon because she is in a wedding gown with the hair piece. I choose to have Tiffany be the violent one is first, Chucky has cuts and stitches all over his face like he has been beaten up and second, it seems to always be the men who are the bad ones when there are women who are just as bad as men or even worse. The location is inside at the front door at my place and I am using a floor lamp I have that has six separate lights on it. I set it to have only three of the lights shooting down on the dolls. Then in Photoshop I increased the contrast, increased the clarity, and brought down the exposure a little bit. After that I put a gradient with it going white to black starting from her face going far past the image so that Chucky's face can still be seen. I shoot this at late night around probably midnight with my Olympus E-420 camera on a tripod.

Self Portrait-Eye

Seeing yourself in someones else eye can be a self portrait of you without getting a clear view of how you look. In the person's eye you can see yourself taking the photograph of their eye which is also taking a photograph of yourself. So I thought of taking a photo of my son's eye because he is a a part of me. Thought would be cool to shoot someone's eye who is blood related to me because it is like you are shooting into your own eye. It is like getting a self portrait of your eye and your body inside the eye to get a feel of a regular self portrait photograph of you facing towards the camera. Did get about one picture that was the best out of all of them but don't think it was the best choice to pick. So then I decided to shoot my younger brother's eye. We look a like of course because of being siblings so thought this would still work for my idea of shooting myself in my own eye. This worked out better than my son because my brother isn't a baby who likes to move all the time. Can view the picture with my son's eye in the gallery. I liked the one with my brother because you can see me in his eye great. Also like how the lens of my camera is right where his pupil is. To me this photo makes me feel like I am looking straight into my own eye. I feel like this is myself taking a photo of my own eye but of course it isn't. I shot this outside with the sun being my light and had the sun on his right side and it was around 5pm or 6pm in the late afternoon. I used manual focus because having it set to auto focus it wasn't taking the photos and I used my Olympus E-420 camera.

Paparazzi

The paparazzi photographers everyday get out to try and capture the perfect photo of a famous celebrity or icon. A famous photographer in this field of photography was Ron Galella who got many great photos of famous people. To get some of the images that he got wasn't easy by getting punched in the face and being sued and going to court for it. The person the I used is someone I work with to be my model. The reason I choose him was because he is in a band trying to get famous so I thought he would be perfect in doing this where he might know kind of on how to act and play the role. Also thought he would enjoy doing it since maybe one day he will become someone famous and have the paparazzi all over him and his band. One day we went to Caesars Palace after work so that we could go on the strip. I picked the strip because there are people there and wanted it to look like that he was someone famous with others looking at him like they know who he is. Though this didn't end up working to well with everyone looking at us and giving me looks like why am I taking their photo. The photo that I choose, along with others in my gallery, was one where I was behind him like I'm following him to his car. I like how he is looking back like he knows I'm there and trying to get away or doesn't want people to know what he is doing or has been doing. The time of day was in the late afternoon like about 6 o'clock pm. The light that I used is just the sunlight coming in from the left side using my Olympus E-420 camera.

Painting with Light

Painting with light is such a fun way to shoot with a camera. This kind of photography is a great way in trying to create abstract forms of light where people may not know exactly what it is. You can create an image with just using different kinds of lights and making a light painting. With whatever light that you use to create your image can be of words that you write or of pictures like a heart and other stuff. When I get the chance to do this kind of photo, I enjoy it and get very excited to shoot this kind of image. By doing this I set my Olympus E-420 camera up on a tripod in a dark room, with no kind of light coming through, having the camera pointing towards a wall and a wall that had a window on it with blinds while having the blinds closed. To create the blue light, I used a pen that had a laser point and blue light put into the pen in it. The shutter speed I had my camera set to was BULB with an f-stop 5.6. The first of my photos I took I had my camera shooting towards a wall in a dark room writing words and making designs with the laser point and blue light. I was writing my son's name in the laser point and then I was making dots with the blue light and tracing the outside of the blue circles with the laser point light. I had tried many different ideas but didn't like them a whole lot. Then while I was shooting I saw my blinds moving slightly due to the fan being on. So then I thought it would be cool to shoot those with making designs on the blinds with the two lights I had been using. The photo I choose was one when I was shooting towards the blinds and then used the blue light to make it look like lights on the blinds. I like how the blue light on each blind makes it look like it is a light pole on them with the light shining down. The photo looks like it could be of a street with the light poles on the side of the road during the night time.

Wedding

Weddings are meant to be a special day for the man and woman who are getting together to spend the rest of their life together. The day is most special to the bride because it is her day to shine. The bride on that day is the one who needs to be happy otherwise nothing and no one will be having a good time. The day of a wedding is showing that two lovers are getting together and becoming one with having families come together, money, and other stuff in some cases. So I used my mother's cake topper that she still had from the wedding of when her and my dad got married. She still had it up in the attic along with other items from the wedding but I went with the cake topper. The reason is because it has two birds with a ring. A wedding has all to do with two people coming together with their families and lives and become connected with the ring that they both put on each others finger. When thinking of a wedding I think of two people or two of anything representing the two becoming as a whole. The cake topper helps show this because the two doves are the people getting together and are being brought together by the ring they each hold. I did the shoot indoors with a floor lamp that had the energy saving light bulbs which I think are the daylight ones. The lights are a pure white or blue color when on instead of shing that yellow color. The background is a white sheet that had light gray stripes on it and used an open aperture with an f-stop of 3.5 to 5.6. I had to set my camera on a tripod so the photo would be clear and not blurry because I had to use a low shutter speed. For the shoot I used my Olympus E-420 camera with the original lens that the camera came with.

Competitive Analysis

http://www.mgstudio.com/
MG Studio is a multimedia company that shoots photos and video. It is a creative business that has been around since 1998 that has worked with many clients such as Tiger Woods, the Mirage, and so many more. Photography is not the only service that they provide, they also do film and video production, sound recording, and web and print design along with a few others. They are successful with having many clients currently and in the past. Also with not being just stuck to one type of service they have more than one. Also they offer internship positions for photography, graphic and web design, sales and marketing, and line producer. The MG Studio is a real business with using their website.

http://www.richardbrian.com/index.html
Richard Brian is a photographer located here in Las Vegas. He has had stuff published in small community newspapers and in People magazine. He is a successful photographer by working as a sports editor, staff, and contributing photographer. Also has a studio that is called Shutter Addicts Studios that is open for photographers to rent and use. The website shows some of the stuff he has shot but I don't think that he has everything up. The only photos that he has up on his website are photos he took at night. I think that he should have more of a variety in his portfolio. The website I think is more of a glamor site to help get him out there and know by others.

http://www.sagephoto.com/#/home-page/
Diane Sage is photographer who love shooting weddings and has a business called Sage Studios Photography. The website has many photos that she has done shooting weddings, boudoir, and many portraits. Also you can get photo books of the event that was shot and can buy calendars, photo note pads, custom t-shirts, and other stuff. The website shows lots of the work she has done and the stuff you can do with these photos. Diane Sage is a real business and very successful and loves what she is doing which is shown in the website she has for herself. The website is also to help get her name out there and show her talent of what she can do to shoot you or an event.

http://www.kimjew.com/
Kim Jew Photography is a Albuquerue photography studio that started in 1976. The business started by the famous portrait photographer Kim Jew. This studio has about 10 photographers and 35 employees that focuses on senior and family portraits in New Mexico. They have shoot many other things such as presidents, celebrities, and fashion along with others. The website is nicely put together showing a nicely built portfolio and services they have. Kim Jew is a very successful business with probably a lot of clientele and this website is great to help get out there and more know.

Sport/Action

Playing any sport or being involved in outdoor activities is always fun to do when you want to get out of the house. When being part of these activities there are rules on how the game or sport is to be played. Also there is some kind of court that needs to be designed or in place to know where not to go and so you don't go out of bounds. Going outside in your own backyard or in the front on the yard or in the street always have been more fun to me. To be able to play an activity where you don't need to follow some kind of set rules is more fun to me. This is because I like doing what I want and being able to go where I want and what I want to do while playing the game and/or sport. Though I never like being unfair during this activites. So I decided to capture someone playing some kind of game or sport that I enjoy, such as tennis, with not actually playing how it should be played but just hitting it around for fun and having a great time while doing the activity. That is how I have always enjoyed playing any kind of sport or activity. The model who is the one playing with the tennis ball and racket is my boyfriend. I had him throw the ball up and try to hit it to capture him hitting the ball around for fun and playing the sport freestyle. The location is over at his parent's house in their backyard and around the day I had taken this photo was on a cloudy day before it rained and was taking around five in the late afternoon. Using my Olympus E-420 camera with the one lens I have and just used the natural light of outside from the sun for my light source.

Crime Scene

This is a crime scene where a young woman was strangled to death with barbed wire in her own backyard. She struggled for her life and fought back as much as possible but just couldn't stop her attacker from finally finsihing her off. Now I got my idea from watching the many television shows that are on tv about crime scenes and solving murder cases. My model is playing the dead victim and I put fake barbed wire around her neck and wrists to show that she was tied up and strangled with it. She did her make up to look like she had been dead by putting white powder on her face and purplish brown colors of eyeshadow around her eyes and neck. The location of the shoot was in my mother's backyard on the patio. We put fake blood on her neck and on the ground to show the barbed wire had cut into her skin. Also there is fake broken glass on the ground to show that a window was broken in the process of the struggle between her and the killer. I did some editing on Photoshop by changing the colors and other things. When I first was editing the photo I was going to make it a black and white image but the colors such as the blood and the model's hair seem to give it a better feel to get a murder from the photo. The model's hair with a streak of turquoise and the blood are great contrast colors sinc ethey are opposites of each other. So I decided to have the photo be desaturated to about 70% so that a hint of the colors were still visible in the image. Also I went up on the contrast about 50%. The black vignette around the model was from the camera flash not done in Photoshop. The time of day that I shot was around 7pm and I used my Olympus E-420 camera with an on camera flash.

Self

A photo containing many rubber duck toys that are all similar except for one. Being unique and having stuff different from others is who I like to be. At first I had a bit of a hard time trying to decide on what to shoot for something to represent myself. Then someone gave me an idea to shoot a bouquet of flowers that are all the same color and have one be a different color. That seemed like a great idea but flowers just didn’t read me because I am not a big fan of flowers. So then I thought what if I did rubber duck toys because for one I like ducks they are one of my favorite animals and two I’m still a child inside and out. Still watch cartoons and play with toys is stuff I enjoy doing. So I put a few ducks together that were all the same and then had one that was different from all the rest. The different duck in the pack is to represent me being an individual from others around me. To do the shot I did it at my condo with window lighting around the time of three in the afternoon. For the background I used a black blanket that I had laid on the couch and hang down to the floor. I used my Olympus E-420 camera with the lens that came with the camera.