New Media Project Statement

This idea came to me after a trip to the Barbados Historical Museum. In one of the rooms, something caught my eye; it was a Sailor’s Valentine. These very intricate, colorful objects were created by using many shells of different sizes and colors to create a pattern. This sparked something inside of me. At first I wanted to recreate one but later moved on from that idea and decided to use the idea of a sailor’s valentine being used as something for sailors to send back home to their families or what we call souvenirs. I decided that maybe a postcard, something that we use to let people know where we have visited and when would be perfect for this project. But I wanted the postcards to have some reminisce of the sailor’s valentine. I did some research and got some information from the post office (who made some special edition stamps of sailor’s valentines). I put together some images and manipulated them in Photoshop to somewhat resemble a sailors valentine. My second idea was also based on the idea of a souvenir, but the fact that most souvenirs such as; postcards, key rings, bookmarks and other items you see in a souvenir shop, always have these beautiful scenes and photographs on them that people who actually live in the country do not relate to or encounter on an everyday basis. So I decided to take photographs of what I see everyday, garbage, abandoned and destroyed houses, lots of unkempt lawns and gardens, sheep or goats that are left for dead. I thought that this would be ordinary or shocking to see on a bookmark or on any souvenir for that matter. I put together the images in Photoshop and made them in the form of a bookmark.

Nature Photography

If you guys don't know yet, I am very interested in photography, and for some reason the photos caught my eye, whether it be the color, the composition or just because it looks pretty.

Light Graffitti and light photography, ENJOY!!!!!

I remembered the Graphic students having a project where they had to increase the exposure time on a digital camera and try to create shapes using a light source. As a result they captured everything still, except for the light source. Here are some fun examples.

Trying to spark Ideas

Well I'm having trouble coming up with a way to assemble the shells and still stick to the sailor's valentine theme, without doing an actual sailor's valentine. So like any other normal person (assuming that I am), I googled "sea shell art" and these are what came up that caught my attention. If this thing would allow me to upload the pics, this would be a lot easier. lol.

I'm in dire need of suggestions. Please comment.

 

Photos

Just wanted to share a few photographs that I took for Bob's class that I actually liked.....enjoy. (if this computer that I'm using will allow them to be seen. lol)

Heavenly Art Inc.

While searching the internet for some drawings, I came across this one and decided to share it with you guys. I found that the drawing reminded me of Tristan and his drawing style.

Fashion Photography......:)

So those who know me well, know that I want to do fashion photography, because I love fashion and I love photography. So if I'm not eventually THE fashion photographer I would at least like to do something pertaining to fashion. I found these great shots while searching around for something to blog. I find them creative and they embody the kind of lighting and compositions that I thoroughly enjoy. I should share that one of my most favorite fashion photographers is Edward Steichen. Some of the following photos are his.

 SHOES!!!!! (u all know how i get)

 Most creative to me....a little comical

Favorite of the bunch