Self Portrait

Self Portrait Assignment #1

 a.  Describe whether the artist is 'part' of this piece or the 'main subject' of this piece.  

     b.  What does this piece tell us about the artist?  How?

     c.  What emotion does this piece of art evoke?  What elements of the art cause this?

Renaissance...

1.The artist is the main subject of this photograph

2. It shows he likes to sketch his pictures and he draws with more simplicity than others.

3. It shows the emotions in the artists face that he is focused and in deep thought.

Women...
1. No the artist is not the main subject of this picture, there are 2 other objects that are focused on but the artist does stand out more because she is the one painting.

2. It shows she is sociable with friends, and loves to paint and enjoys it.

3. It has good emotions attached to it because the artist is smiling in the picture and that shows she is enjoying her company and her hobby.

Painters at work...

1.Yes the artist is the main focus of this picture.

2.It shows that he is possibly a very simple man but as for his work he is very detailed when it comes to painting.

3.It gives off a professional formal feel from this picture because of how he is standing and what he is wearing.

Viewpoint

Symmetry and Pattern

Rule of Thirds

Leading Lines

Framing

Sky Lines

Depth of Field

Cropping

Balancing Elements

Background

Perspective

Capturing Verbs

Jared Lemon gets a lead with one foot off the base during the championship game for Babe Ruth, Little League baseball.
Dannah Lemon sings Zipadee Doo Dah during a Choir performance in Disneyland, Anehim California.

Four friends enjoy a cold ice cream on a windy day at the beach in Pismo California.

12 photos with cutlines

A group of young actors come to view the first screening of The Dark Knight

National Champion, Chuck MacGhilleseatheanaich, cuddles with his award winning puppies in the Iditarod Alaskan Dog Sledding competition.

Alicia Joung walks her dog skip during one of the last rains of this year.

Tire plantation goes on strike in downtown Modesto in hope they will get less hours and more pay.

Professionals evaluate a new kindergarten teacher and her different techniques.

Over 400 people lined up in hope of getting jobs after the huge job loss boom.

"Emergency workers tend to a worker injured in a construction accident on Highway 99 near Atwater on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. "

First game of the year, Pitcher Michelle Christianson, strikes out first batter.

George Michael helps Craig Jackson try on new equipment during Saturday's training.

Josh Parker learns the different parts of technology in his Tech/Autoshop College class at UC Merced.

Christopher Rodriguez, with many others, is given information about the Tulare police department hiring system, and what is required of an individual.

High school students learn about what they love to do in their ROP classes.

Piper Gray, left, and Amy Lepley at Economy Candy in Manhattan. The owner has increased his orders. “We have been wiping out of inventory,” he said

Courtney Paris says 

if Oklahoma does not win the national title, she will not feel as if she has earned her scholarship.

In 'Detective Agency,' Africa never looked so good

Brazil's president says he's been invigorated by crisis.

Six essayists take on populism and discontents 

`1. Summer day. Bergen, Norway.

2. The blow up whale is the focal point of this picture. That and its shadow.

3. The fact that the shadow is way bigger than the actual boy and whale itself makes it look cool and the fact that the shadow becomes bigger and bigger towards the bottom of the picture.

1.At the death bed, Bergen.

2. The person in bed dying makes the photograph more interesting and the lady holding his/her hand. This shows the affection between two people and that one is mourning over her soon to be loss.

3. The person who is dying has there hand up on there chest and there expression is blank, also the light coming through the window and the sheets on the bed stand out even though everything is in black and white.

1.Flaming Lips in concert, Norway.

2. The bubble he is in and the hands touching it make it more interesting. The hands in the air and his expression on his face show a lot of energy at a concert.

3.I like the angle it is shot at like he is above the audience, and he is reaching towards them with his hand on the inside of what he is in. I also like the different colored lighting coming through the ball.

1.Leftover ordnances are still maiming and killing people in Vietnam. In Quang 

Tri Province in central Vietnam are there still many accidents every year. 

Nguyen Thanh Giang lost his left arm when he played with metal scrap

as a child. Now he is preparing for the shot put competition 

in the Sout-East Asian Paragames.

2. I really like the shadow in this picture it shows a perfect form. He is in uniform which shows he probably is in a tournament or competition and is doing shot-put.

3. the way this is shot if from an above angle and really shows his form of throwing the ball.

              

                         1. Peace activists were arrested after a demonstration againtst the Lebanon war.

2. The guy on the ground and the emotions on his face is interesting, and the fact that the police stepped in the middle it makes you want to know more about the situation.

3. Because it is shot at ground level, it shows what everything looks like from the boy on the ground's point of view and what he sees.