bang: April 2012

Sunday, 29 April 2012

I seriously need to stop using the same models

BREAKIN DA RULZ

ISO 400
Ap: f5.3
Shutter Speed: 1/40
in this photo, i broke the rule of thirds.

ISO 400
Ap: f5.3
Shutter Speed: 1/40

in this photo, i broke the rule of symmetry? and that light cone thing broke the focus of the picture.

My theme is, daria is stupid. Ha ha. c:

Just kidding, alright so let's get down to business. My main goal when I started taking these photo's was to use as many of the light poles as I could, making the composition look a bit iffy, and making it as asymmetric as possible. I did take pictures along the lines of that description, however I did not end up deciding to have them as my main photos, simply because I thought that having many poles in the photo would end up looking like LINES :) a rule of photography. Back to the drawing board, what can I do, or at least try to do, to successfully break the rules. At first I had an idea that I would combine painting with light and this assignment to create a super post, and call it "Breaking the painting of rules". I tried to find a an unevenly distributed area, and use a flash and a 40 second shutter speed, in hopes to have a thousand Jwans, running around, trying to ruin the shot after every blinding flash.That didn't work out either so I had to hop on the 101 transit right back to Square One. So I thought, "Why don't I just put a lot of stuff infront of the oh my god i'm sorry i just ordered pizza and it came and it looks BEYOND delicious. Okay, so as i was saying, put a few things infront of the subject. I can honestly say that i'm not completely satisfied with these photos that i've taken. I've learned that breaking the rules isn't as simple as taking a photo of something or someone that is out of focus. With breaking the rules, you really have to think long and hard about what is it that you're trying to achieve, and which rules exactly have to be broken. Even though this is due on monday, i'll let Zanini mark it, however I will find different ways to break the rules and update this post. That's if anybody is actually ever reading this blog. Oh my god, do I even have more viewers than just Zanini and Georgia marking?? One of life's many unanswered questions, I suppose.

i luv pizza pie

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And the oscar goes to:

THE MONA DECE-A

Before we start, a simple question:

When did the renaissance even start???

It is believed that the Renaissance was in full throttle in the 14th century in Zanini's homeland, Italy.

The Renayyyysance was a super moany and grungy period in European history where everyone painted really confusing pictures, where you never understood whether the subject was happy or not, like when people smile with their frowns. A lot of different historians have unique takes on what, exactly, brought about the Renaissance, but they've unanimously agreed that it was a revival of Classical learning and the arts. A lil rumour on the block was that ever since the Plague had hit Europe, survivors and generations to come were reminded of their mortality which resulted in their greater interest in life on Earth.

A lot of conditions combined to spark the movement of that damn cERazy Renaissance, and in terms of culture, the renaissance stricken-Europe made so many significant advances during this time period that it would take 10,000+ blogs to completely say what it left behind as a legacy, but i'll try to get at least a few points down ;) .

"Okay so basically I went to this really obscure art gallery in this really underground place in europe and

got some indie model no one knows about and photoshopped her onto this super xcluse painting called the Möna"

-jwadaria

As you all may know, this painting was done by the one and only, Leonardo Davinci. What's really cool about Leonardo Davinci, was that he was not only an artist, but he was also a friggen genius. He created designs for things such as a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, and a potential TIME MACHINE (wtftwtftwtftwtf actually stop)

What legacy did the Renaissance leave behind Jwan?????

Most people believe that this very crucial time in Europe, it was the rebirth of old beliefs and thoughts and inspiration for new discoveries. Basically take everything that we have on this Earth today, and slap yourself in the face with it, because it all came from the Renaissance. I hope it didn't really hurt. For instance, you can thank the Renaissance for granting every math teacher, and student, the joy that is the Pythagorean Theorem, created by Pythagoras, which, we all know, is used in present-day math classes. You know those shitty make-shift stained glass rubber things we all used to make? You can thank the Renaissance for that too. Today’s churches and cathedrals have stained-glass windows with lead frames that were invented during the Renaissance, which brings us to Christianity. Christianity was a major major major religion during this period in history, we all know that cause Da Vinci and Jesus hung out like everyday apparently. Even Architecture used by princes and aristocrats are still used today. Through the ancient texts, Italians could start their golden age; an age of brilliance, advancements, and discoveries that would inspire later cultures to flourish as they did.

Why is the Mona Lisa so great Jwan???

The Mona Lisa is great, because it's the earliest found Italian portrait to focus so closely on the sitter in a half-length portrait. With such specific dimensions that are allowed to be painted professionally, the painting is generous enough to include her arms and hands without them touching the frame. The portrait, unlike others before it, is painted in such a realistic and proportionate scale, where everything seems just right. The aspects of this painting were so brand new to Leonardo's work, as none of his earlier portraits displayed such breath-taking beauty.

Da Vinci Trivial Facts

His other famous works include The Last Supper, and the iconic diagram of the Vitruvian Man.

So why is he so great Jwan??

Because even after 10 billion years of him pushing up dandelions, people are still talking about him. After all this time, i'm being forced to write an essay about him, and after all this time people are still wondering if Mona's smiling or not. He left a vast legacy behind, and was so brilliant that there are conspiracy theories surrounding extra-terrestrial interference with his work. Why were his engineering ideas way way WAY beyond his time? Why is it that there are so many mysteries concerning the mona lisa and her damn smirk. Many say that he found a woman and simply painted her, and many say that is the reflection of him, and she's smiling like that because she has a secret, just like he did. What was it about this man, and his ideas, that inspired Tom Hanks and his receding hairline to go on a 149 minute journey to find out, we'll never know, but at least we have Ron Howard to guide us through till the end.

MONAAAAAAAA

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

"What do you want me to do?!"

Shutter Speed: 1/60

Aperture: F4.8

"I've never hated grabbing a thousand light boxes more, but I love the result of all my hard work and Indiana-styled ventures. " -Jwan

At first when I was getting ready to take this picture I was upset because I thought that strong and vibrant sunlight would be the holy grail of mixed lighting photos, so I threw a Jwan fit and listened to really angsty lana del rey songs, but I then realized that it's not about what you get but what you make of it. When it comes to mixed lighting you can't depend on what the natural lights like, but you can definitely accept whichever level of light you're given and enhance it with a little thing us mere folk like to call electricity. If this had just natural light rather than mixed lighting, it wouldn't have been as nice as this photo is, and p.s i'm not gloating i'm just saying that personally I think it's a nice photo.

As you can tell the light was on the left hand side shining on my pretty lil Bosnian cherub Daria. I wanted shadows to be a prominent aspect of my photo because I think they're amazingly perfectly wonderfully breath-takingly (and whatever adjective you see fit) beautiful, and as per usual this photo was candidly taken, cause dats how i do. I loved this assignment, and mainly this unit, because we'd just been given the opportunity to do whatever we wanted to do, and express ourselves rather than following a set guideline, which is seriously appreciated.

Cheers
p.s.

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Tonight:

Wow the amount that I loved painting with light is unreal, HOW CAN A SINGLE THING BE SO COOL.

It's really just the chase, which is why I like it so much. It's so hard to accomplish but I keep coming back for more. So these are lil tidbits of what I ended up doing (like the coolest of cucumbers). I can honestly say that making these ugly little paintings took me 2 hours but you heard it hear first: I LOVE EM.

Mainly I used a longer shutter speed because i'm incompetent and couldn't actually do anything in under 10 minutes, but I hauled bum using 40-30 seconds for the majority and 10 seconds for one of them. I'm really happy that we got the opportunity to do this because to be honest the forbidden fruit had to be tasted. These types of photos were such a mystery, I would see pictures of light painting and I thought it was black magic, which lead me into a bout of depression, but not actually.

Shutter Speed: 40

Aperture: 8

This literally took me 8 gazillion years to write, I name it

"Da Constellation"

Shutter Speed: 10

Aperture: 8

This one is so friggen cool I love it, it makes me think that if I slide down in it i'm going to land in one of my movie posters. I name it "Da tunnel chyeah"

Oh my gosh seriously though hold my hand and jump through this tunnel to Hollywood with me please.

Shutter Speed: 30

Aperture: 8

I name this "Yeah+wot"

Obviously I thought that I could make this but ended up making this but whatever yolo.

Until next time,

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My Name is Little Wayne, and dis is my crib.

*Please do look at all the links in this blog post, they relate to whatever i'm talking about and help you better understand what's going on

*Lighting was played around with the entire time to find better ways to emphasize shadows and etc.

The model used in this shoot was none other than Bibbit, formally known as Holly Kay. I would just like to clarify that all these photos were taken candidly over a 45 minute conversation that Holly and I had. All these emotions are real because I would feel uncomfortable for the rest of my life if I asked people to formally pose for me. This is just a personal opinion and not one to disrespect anybody else, I do believe genuine moments make the best photos and that taking formally posed photos are, quite frankly, boring and don't give the viewer an opportunity to feel the authenticity of the moment.Now I know what you're all thinking, "Wow Jwan why don't you just become Richard Avedon", and to that I say: I thought Zanini's drawer Avedon was named after an avatar or an underground brand of condoms, and I thought the picture of that white-haired bastard Richard Avedon was Donald Sutherland, Suferland, Suverland, I don't know. So this was purely coincidental. For these pictures I tried to stick to profiles because i'm obsessed with David Bailey and his profile photos, death before no Bailey xo.

"Holly you're actually the biggest choncho i've met in my life"

"hahahahahahhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahha(laughter)"

SO I know the lighting equipment in the back might be a bit of an eye sore, but not really at all. When I showed Zanini this picture she said the equipment at the back was, and I quote, "Some Annie Leibovitz S**t", which is exactly what I was going for, and she spotted it so cheers Zanini you lil Sherlock Holmes you. (I'm not being sarcastic I'm being dead serious) (And that wasn't sarcastic either, seriously.) Wow even I'm getting lost in my sarcasm . So just making sure my statement was NOT sarcastic.

Shutter Speed: 1/60

Aperture: F-5.6

Lighting: 1:2