Gretchen Garner

Eileen Cowin

Color on the Couch/Color Psychology

"The Yellow Wallpaper"

Andy Goldsworthy

I like this picture because I like how the green color is added in the background. I also like how the smaller stones in the front are blurred so when you look straight ahead you see the sculpture of the rocks. Goldsworthy always used what he found outside and these rocks were in my yard so I decided to make a sculpture close to what he would do, but a smaller version.

With these two pictures, I couldnt decide which one I liked more. I like the one on the bottom because it sort of gives you a more realistic look because if you look past the garage part of the picture it looks like these rocks were put on a lakeside. I stacked these rocks like this then put some of my mulch from my garden around it to give it some color. I also like the one on the bottom because the position the shadows are casted are directly above or below one another.

I really like this photo the best because the long grass makes you focus on the rocks. Although this picture is like snake formation picture because with the grass in between it makes a pattern similiar to that. I like the tones of the rocks because it varies tan, gray, and white throughout the line. But the thing I like most about this picture is that the grass is so bright. Andy Goldsworthy took things in nature and made them his own. I took the things that were already put outdoors and created an image to go along with his theme, not to copy his sculpture style of photography.

For this photo I arranged rocks in a sort of snake formation because Goldsworthy liked to take pictures of things with patterns. Also he took a lot of pictures with rocks of different colors, formations, and directions. The shadows coming off from the rocks stick out making the picture more interesting. The formation of the picture leads your eye off into the grassy part behind it all. I like how there are little stones around the larger ones, making the emphasis on the lighter colored rocks.

Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy was a British sculptor and photographer, who lived in Scotland. His art was created by the things he found in nature that could be used to create a more enviornmental look. He incorperated flowers, leaves, mud, snow, thorns, ect. into his artwork. Builing these sculptures were not as easy as he made them out to be. Andy Goldsworthy used not only his hands to make these beautiful works of art, but also tools he found around and sometimes his teeth. When he was younger he worked on a farm at the age of 13 and used his farm tasks to get ideas for sculptures. For example, he used the repetition as inspiration. Goldsworthy used photography as a way to capture the artwork if it were to ever die.

Attractive & Repulsive #2

For my second attractive picture I took a photo of a dandelion and a purple flower. I think they balance each other out because the dandelion is a weed, yet still beautiful, and the purple flower adds a little more color to it. I put set the purple one above the dandelion so it looked like they were growing next to each other to make a very pretty scence. This picture is also accented with the greens of the grass and leaves around each flower.

For my second repulsive picture I decided to take a picture of a dead worm. Since it was raining and really humid the day before, I thought it would look a little gross if it was dead because then there would be other stuff on it and it might be in pieces. I like the way the yellow line on the concrete balances the colors so they are not all dull. I think it makes the picture pop a little more and makes your eyes focus on whats below it. The little rock in the photo leads your eye to the worm because it is directly across from it.

Attractive & Repulsive #1.

For my first repulsive picture I decided to do something that I personally think is very disgusting. Cigarettes in general are gross, due to the smell, they are very unhealthy and kill your lungs, and they are a waste of money, seeing as how they cost almost or at least seven dollars. But the fact that people just throw them on the ground after they suck the nicotine out of them is even worse. It's not helping our enviornment at all. I thought this was a good photo to take because of all the standpoints people have on smoking and cigarettes. Also, to show that something so disgusting can compose a beautiful picture.

For my first attractive picture, I decided to do something that you see everyday. People don't pay much attention to the little things in life. I used something as simple as a small plant surrounded by grass and sticks . Even the simplest things around you can be beautiful, it all just depends on how you capture them. For the composition of this picture, I layed in the grass next to this plant, using the close up tool on my camera, and took many different photos at different angles until I found one that was attractive. I changed the style of the picture so that it was black and white, then layed it over the original copy of the photo.

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson's photo's are not very exciting. Most of them are of everyday scence that he doesn't change much. Although I do like this picture because the shadows make you want to look closer at the car, which then leads your eyes up to the beautiful night sky which sticks out the most in the picture. The car is sort of pointing down the road which leaves you wondering what else is down there. There is an aspect of a broken pattern from the windows beacause only a few of them have lights on and the rest are dark. Line would be the dominant element due to the telephone wires and the lines down the road.

Digital Montages

For my first montage, I took a picture of my boyfriend walking away, down a path. Then on top of that I put a picture of me holding onto his hand, trying to get him to stay. The message of this montage is that you shouldn't let go of something that makes you happy. No matter how hard things get, if you keep going further down that same path, things will get better with time. This is important to me because I tend to give up on things that mean a lot to me. I never give it the chance to make me happy. I just assume that I should get out of the situation.

For my second montage I decided to go with a fun theme. I first took a picture of my boyfriend swinging at a playground with a really happy look on his face. Then I took a picture of a toy truck that was in the sandbox. I chose the theme that inside of everyone, there is still a little kid. You don't have to grow up right away, there should be room in your life to always just remember the things you did when you were a child.

FIRST MONTAGES.