tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11275036256070528512024-03-13T07:23:07.716-07:00Monica Tormassy's PhoblographyThis is not an art gallery, but an experiment in different genres, styles and photographic techniques.Monica Tormassyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378197590362057535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127503625607052851.post-13099385712674863202012-01-13T13:00:00.000-08:002012-01-13T13:00:19.887-08:00A recap of the last three months - Commercials, workshops and fashion<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Finally, it's</span> <span class="hps">time</span> <span class="hps">for some blogging</span> <span class="hps">again</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have had so</span> <span class="hps">much to</span> <span class="hps">do in</span> <span class="hps">the past months. T</span><span class="hps">he</span> <span class="hps">blog</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">became my</span> <span class="hps">absolute</span> <span class="hps">last</span> <span class="hps">priority.</span> <span class="hps">Much has</span> <span class="hps">happened</span> <span class="hps">lately</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">various</span> <span class="hps">projects</span><span>, workshops</span><span>, three</span> <span class="hps">exams,</span> <span class="hps">work and</span> the <span class="hps">holidays</span><span>.</span> <span></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">this summary</span> <span class="hps">must be</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">divided</span> <span class="hps">into several</span> <span class="hps">parts,</span> <span class="hps">as there</span> <span class="hps">is too much for</span> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">to write about</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">just</span> <span class="hps">one post</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I don't want you to get bored! </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">In October</span> <span class="hps">/ November</span><span>, we had</span> <span class="hps">a number of</span> <span class="hps">tasks</span> <span class="hps">involving</span> <span class="hps">advertising</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> very <span class="hps">first </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">advertising </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">assignment</span> we got <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">an optional one</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">It could</span> <span class="hps">be for anything</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">With or</span> <span class="hps">without</span> <span class="hps">text.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">an idea for a commercial poster</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">but I didn't have the time to finish it and sending it off to my teacher </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">before the</span> <span class="hps">deadline</span><span>. So I didn't get any feedback for this one.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">My idea</span> <span class="hps">was having</span><span class="hps"> blood</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">this picture and making it sort of brutal, but funny.</span> <span class="hps">Of course not</span> <span class="hps">real</span> <span class="hps">blood</span><span>, but</span> <span class="hps">ketchup</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">tomato</span> <span class="hps">sauce</span><span> or something.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">if you do all this, what can you advertise for? </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span></span><span class="hps">Well, you</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">make a commercial</span><span class="hps"> for</span> <span class="hps">tomato</span> <span class="hps">soup!</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The brand</span> <span class="hps">I chose</span> <span class="hps">is an American</span> <span class="hps">brand and it can</span> <span class="hps">not be bought</span> <span class="hps">in a regular</span> <span class="hps">grocery store</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">Norway.</span> <span class="hps">So</span> <span class="hps">I had to</span> <span class="hps">"cheat</span><span>" a little bit</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The idea</span> was <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">using</span> <span class="hps">a tin can</span><span>. </span><span class="hps">Usually in Norway</span> <span class="hps">tomato soup comes in</span> <span class="hps">bags as powder you mix with water</span><span class="hps atn"></span><span></span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">We don't eat soup out of a can. Therefore</span><span>, I decided to</span> <span class="hps">use</span> <span class="hps">an </span><span class="hps">American brand</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I got a</span> <span class="hps">tin</span> <span class="hps">can from the store that contained </span><span class="hps">chopped</span> <span class="hps">tomatoes.</span> <span class="hps">I ripped off</span> <span class="hps">the patch</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">was originally on the can and</span> photographed <span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">it without</span> <span class="hps">any</span> <span class="hps">kind of</span> <span class="hps">label.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">afterwards</span><span> (in post-production), I found</span> <span class="hps">a picture of</span> <span class="hps">the logo of</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">tomato</span> <span class="hps">soup</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">wanted to</span> <span class="hps">use,</span> <span class="hps">and photoshopped it onto the can.</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">The model</span> <span class="hps">I used</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">a boy from</span> <span class="hps">my class</span>. </span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Thank you,</span> <span class="hps">Tom</span><span>! </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span></span><span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">always easy to</span> <span class="hps">find models</span> <span class="hps">who would like</span> <span class="hps">to do things like</span> <span class="hps">playing dead</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">a picture.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">a soup</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">die for</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">Here</span> <span class="hps">is the picture</span><span class="">:</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span></span></span>It is fun to look at it now, almost three months later. I would of done it a bit different today, I guess. But I still like it. <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">do not know</span> <span class="hps">where you</span> <span class="hps">should</span> <span class="hps">place the</span> <span class="hps">text</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">an advertisement</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">or what</span> <span class="hps">kind of</span> <span class="hps">text</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">should have</span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">but in</span> <span class="hps">this assignment</span> <span class="hps">it is</span> <span class="hps">really</span> <span class="hps">mostly about</span> <span class="hps">the image itself.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The next</span> <span class="hps">project</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">was </span><span class="hps">creating</span> <span class="hps">an advertisement for</span> <span class="hps">alcohol.</span> <span class="hps">It could</span> <span class="hps">be for</span> <span class="hps">any</span> <span class="hps">brand</span> <span class="hps">of wine</span><span>, beer</span><span>, spirits</span><span>, etc.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">chose to use</span> <span class="hps">a Hungarian</span> <span class="hps">brand</span> <span class="hps">this time</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">since I</span> <span class="hps">am originally from</span> <span class="hps">Hungary.</span> <span class="hps">You</span> <span class="hps">can read</span> <span class="hps">more about</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">liqueur</span> <span class="hps">here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicum</span></span><br />
"This super bitter, bold taste herbal liqueur is mainly consumed as an apfertif before meals or a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestif" style="color: black;" title="Digestif"></a>digestif after meals."<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> - Wikipedia. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The only problem</span> <span class="hps">was that I</span> <span class="hps">did not get</span> <span class="hps">hold of a</span> <span class="hps">bottle of</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">specific liquor</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had to</span> <span class="hps">"cheat</span><span class="">" again</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Did</span> <span class="hps">about the same</span> <span class="hps">thing</span> <span class="hps">as last time</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">only</span> <span class="hps">that this time</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">the model</span> was holding <span class="hps">a lens</span> <span class="hps">bag</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and not</span> <span class="hps">a tin can</span><span>. I photoshopped the bottle afterwards.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">My original</span> <span class="hps">idea</span> <span class="hps">was to</span> <span class="hps">play</span> <span class="hps">on the positivity</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">this brand</span> <span class="hps">is using as a campain</span> <span class="hps">nowadays</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Their</span> <span class="hps">"be</span> <span class="hps">positive"</span> <span class="hps">attitude</span> <span class="hps">was something I</span> <span class="hps">wanted to</span> <span class="hps">capture</span> <span class="hps">by letting the</span> <span class="hps">model's</span> <span class="hps">hair</span> <span class="hps">stand</span> <span class="hps">up</span> <span class="hps">and some of the</span> hairlocks <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">to form a</span> <span class="hps">plus.</span> <span class="hps">It didn't end up</span><span class="hps"> quite</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">I planned</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and I</span> <span class="hps">was not too</span> <span class="hps">happy</span> <span class="hps">when I</span> <span class="hps">did</span> the first <span class="hps">retouch.</span> <span class="hps">Therefore</span><span>, I used</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">different picture.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">You can</span> <span class="hps">see</span> <span class="hps">the picture I choose to hand in here</span><span>:</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">During the holidays</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">some free time </span><span>on my hands, so</span> <span class="hps">I decided</span> <span class="hps">to try</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">photoshop</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">picture again</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I also</span><span class="hps"></span><span> had</span> <span class="hps">some extra </span><span class="hps">pictures from this shoot that</span> <span class="hps">I thought were</span> <span class="hps">good</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span>for <span class="hps">this project I already had a photo</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">So</span> <span class="hps">I tried to</span> crop some of these extra shots into regular portaits<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Here is one</span> <span class="hps">in </span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">black and</span> <span class="hps">white </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">and one</span> <span class="hps">in</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> color</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">This </span><span class="hps">color</span> photo is <span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">more</span> of a<span class="hps"> beauty</span> <span class="hps">picture because</span> <span class="hps">the model's</span> <span class="hps">skin</span> <span class="hps">and hair</span> <span class="hps">is retouched</span> <span class="hps">in a special way</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">a new technique</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">learned</span> <span class="hps">just before Christmas.</span> <span class="hps">It is a very</span> <span class="hps">finicky</span> <span class="hps">technique</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and I</span> <span class="hps">actually used</span> <span class="hps">a whole</span> <span class="hps">day retouching</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">this picture in Photoshop.</span> <span class="hps">The reason</span> <span class="hps">for this is</span> <span class="hps">because I</span> <span class="hps">zoomed the photo all the way in</span> <span class="hps">until I</span> <span class="hps">saw</span> <span class="hps">the pixels. I painted</span><span class="hps">/</span><span class="hps">brightened</span><span class="hps">/</span><span class="hps">darkened</span> <span class="hps">all of the </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps atn">pixels that were "</span><span>spots</span><span>"</span><span> and "lines" in the face.</span> <span class="hps">The shadows</span> <span class="hps">on her cheek</span> <span class="hps">for example is</span> <span class="hps">applied</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">Photoshop</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">this technique</span><span>. </span> <span class="hps">It was</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">a valuable experience doing all this finicky retouching.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">should definitely do</span> <span class="hps">it more often</span><span>, so I'll use </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">less time on beauty retouching</span><span>. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The lighting</span> <span class="hps">was not all that </span><span class="hps">exciting in</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">photoshoot</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The purpose</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">to light</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">an alchol commercial</span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">and not for</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">compelling portrait</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">still think</span> <span class="hps">that there</span> <span class="hps">were</span> <span class="hps">some good photos taken at this shoot. </span></span><br />
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We also <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">a </span><span class="hps">commercial workshop</span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">just</span> <span class="hps">before Christmas at school.</span> <span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">were divided</span> <span class="hps">into groups and</span> <span class="hps">given</span> <span class="hps">projects</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">had to do</span><span class="hps"> in a week</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">This workshop</span> <span class="hps">collided with</span> <span class="hps">another project</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">had to</span> <span class="hps">complete</span> <span class="hps">almost</span> <span class="hps">at the same as the workshop.</span> <span class="hps">Will</span> <span class="hps">tell you more</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">that later.</span> <span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">So</span> <span class="hps">we got a</span>n <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">advertising assignment that</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">had to solve</span> <span class="hps">together.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">teamed</span> <span class="hps">up</span> <span class="hps">with my</span> <span class="hps">friend</span> <span class="hps">Glenn</span> <span class="hps">(check</span> <span class="hps">his</span> <span class="hps">facebook</span> <span class="hps atn">page "</span><span>Photographer</span> <span class="hps">Lucido</span> <span class="hps">Cutamora</span><span>")</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Photographer-Lucido-Cutamora/167673816607829 </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We had to </span><span class="hps">do a perfume commercial</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">without a</span> <span class="hps">perfume bottle</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">without</span> <span class="hps">text and</span> <span class="hps">without</span> <span class="hps">logo.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> Only a photograph that could sell a perfume. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">In</span> <span class="hps">the beginning</span> <span class="hps">I could</span> <span class="hps">imagine</span> <span class="hps">a healthy</span> <span class="hps">girl</span> <span class="hps">jogging as an idea</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Maybe</span> <span class="hps">some happy colors</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">urban backround</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">A bit like</span> <span class="hps">Puma</span><span>'s</span> <span class="hps">commercials.</span> <span class="hps">But then</span> <span class="hps">we thought it</span><span>'d</span> <span class="hps">be cool to</span> <span class="hps">try something</span> <span class="hps">darker.</span> A bit <span class="hps">like</span> <span class="hps">Nike.</span> <span class="hps">My</span> <span class="hps">idea</span> <span class="hps">was to</span> <span class="hps">do</span> <span class="hps">something sporty</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">A sporty</span> <span class="hps">fragrance.</span> <span class="hps">So</span> <span class="hps">we talked</span> <span class="hps">about making</span> <span class="hps">a sporty</span> <span class="hps">and tough</span> <span class="hps">but yet</span> <span class="hps">feminine</span> commercial<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">We wanted to have</span> <span class="hps">muscles</span> <span class="hps">that shines</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">urban</span> <span class="hps">environment,</span> <span class="hps">and colors lik</span><span class="hps">e</span> <span class="hps">in the movie</span> <span class="hps">'300'</span><span class="hps atn"></span><span>.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2839449344/tt0416449</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Since</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">were not allowed</span> <span class="hps">to use</span> <span class="hps">an already</span> <span class="hps">existing</span> <span class="hps">perfume</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">we were </span><span class="hps">free to choose</span> <span class="hps">it all.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> Model, location, style, everything. We got some hairdressing help from a very nice girl called Mai. The model we used, Emmelie, was a sporty and lovely girl. For the post-production, we got some tips and pointers from Glenn's brother, Dennis. Here is the result:</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">dropped</span> <span class="hps">the dark</span> <span class="hps">style</span> <span class="hps">and </span><span class="hps">instead</span> <span class="hps">we went for</span> <span class="hps">a fresh,</span> <span class="hps">sparkling</span> <span class="hps">look.</span> <span class="hps">And as you</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">see there are</span> <span class="hps">goats</span><span class="">, palm</span> <span class="hps">trees</span><span class="">, mountains</span><span class="">, city</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">sea</span><span>.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> Cause wherever you run, you leave your scent behind you, right? It was a fun project, and it was fun to work with Glenn. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">As</span> <span class="hps">I mentioned</span> <span class="hps">earlier</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">we had</span> <span class="hps">another project</span> <span class="hps">almost</span> <span class="hps">at the same time</span> <span class="hps">as the</span> <span class="hps">workshop</span><span class="">. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">It was</span> <span class="hps">a fashion</span> <span class="hps">project that</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">to do connected</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">a fashion</span> <span class="hps">workshop</span> <span class="hps">around November</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I did this project with my friend Cecilia Månsson (check out her blog) http://ceciliamansson.blogspot.com/.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The location</span> <span class="hps">was </span><span class="hps">inside</span> <span class="hps">and outside</span> <span class="hps">a garage</span> <span class="hps">at</span> <span class="hps">Nydalen in</span> <span class="hps">Oslo. The theme of this shoot was "French New Wave</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">". We had an amazing team: stylists Lise Petersen and Isabel Solér , MUA and hair Malin Pousette, assistant Peter, and models Marianne, Elise and Tibor from Pholk model agency. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">French New Wave, or </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">La</span> <span class="hps">Nouvelle</span> <span class="hps">Vague</span> <span class="hps">in French, is a genre in French cinema from the 50s and 60s.</span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"></span><br />
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<div class="almost_half_cell" id="gt-res-content"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The five</span> <span class="hps">other images</span> <span class="hps">of this series</span> <span class="hps">were photographed by</span> <span class="hps">Cecilia,</span> <span class="hps">and you</span> <span class="hps">can probably</span> <span class="hps">see</span> <span class="hps">them</span> <span class="hps">later</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">she</span> <span class="hps">posts</span> <span class="hps">them on</span> <span class="hps">her blog</span><span class="">. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We presented</span> <span class="hps">all</span> <span class="hps">the pictures</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">our</span> <span class="hps">French New Wave series to our guest </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">lecturer</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and we</span> <span class="hps">got</span> <span class="hps">good feedback</span> <span class="hps">from him</span><span>. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The project</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">truly a learning experience.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">was our</span> <span class="hps">first major</span> <span class="hps">production,</span> <span class="hps">and it is always</span> <span class="hps">a challenge</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">you do not</span> <span class="hps">have the money to</span> <span class="hps">pay for</span> <span class="hps">anything.</span> <span class="hps">Everybody</span> <span class="hps">worked</span> <span class="hps">for free and did their best</span><span>. I</span><span class="hps">t was</span> <span class="hps">a good atmosphere</span> <span class="hps">throughout the day</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">We couldn't be</span> <span class="hps">happier</span><span>! </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">must say</span> <span class="hps">that I</span> <span class="hps">liked </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">fashion</span> <span class="hps">photography.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had some</span> <span class="hps">negative</span> <span class="hps">thoughts</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">it first</span> <span class="hps">when we started</span> <span class="hps">out with the fashion workshop</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">eventually</span> <span class="hps">it became</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">interesting.</span> <span class="hps">Do not know</span> <span class="hps">why,</span> <span class="hps">but I</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">I'm</span> <span class="hps">bitten</span> <span class="hps">by the bug</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span class="">Norwegian</span> <span class="hps">saying</span><span>)!</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">means I</span> <span class="hps">like it.</span> <span class="hps">Looking forward</span> <span class="hps">to making</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">exciting</span> <span class="hps">projects</span><span class="">!</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">At least but not last, I wanna show you something I made today. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Do not know if</span> <span class="hps">it's a</span> <span class="hps">bad</span> <span class="hps">picture or</span> <span class="hps">not,</span> <span class="hps">but at least I</span> <span class="hps">had fun</span> <span class="hps">making</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">it.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">will perhaps</span> <span class="hps">be used for a</span> <span class="hps">web page</span> <span class="hps">as a wallpaper,</span> <span class="hps">but it</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">not decided</span> <span class="hps">yet</span><span>. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TXIo4jauAuo/TxCElz3eC_I/AAAAAAAAAc8/g9YkL2vnmuI/s1600/doorholmen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TXIo4jauAuo/TxCElz3eC_I/AAAAAAAAAc8/g9YkL2vnmuI/s640/doorholmen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">In</span> <span class="hps">my next</span> <span class="hps">post</span> <span class="hps">I'll show</span> <span class="hps">some of the</span> <span class="hps">photos</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">took</span> <span class="hps">for one of my</span> <span class="hps">exams</span> <span class="hps">and</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span> maybe some pictures that are inspired by nature. Stay tuned! </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span></span></span></div></div><br />
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</span></span>Monica Tormassyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378197590362057535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127503625607052851.post-88188232610138793422011-10-18T15:14:00.000-07:002011-10-18T15:14:40.072-07:00Colors and personal project<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">A few</span> <span class="hps">hectic weeks</span> <span class="hps">have passed,</span> <span class="hps">and new</span> <span class="hps">experiences</span> <span class="hps">have enriched</span> <span class="hps">my life</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Last week</span> <span class="hps">I had to</span> <span class="hps">finish</span> <span class="hps">a project </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">I had about</span> <span class="hps">colors.</span> <span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">had to</span> <span class="hps">submit</span> <span class="hps">portraits</span> <span class="hps">incorporating</span> <span class="hps">complementary</span> <span class="hps">and adjacent/</span></span>analogous <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">colors. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">means I</span> <span class="hps">had to use</span> <span class="hps">colors to create</span> <span class="hps">harmony</span><span class="">, even if</span> <span class="hps">they</span> <span class="hps">are not next</span> <span class="hps">to each other on</span> <span class="hps">the color wheel</span> <span class="hps">and color</span> <span class="hps">combinations</span> <span class="hps">which</span> <span class="hps">blend</span> <span class="hps">well together and</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">close to each other</span> <span class="hps">in the color wheel</span><span class="">. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">could</span> <span class="hps">use</span> <span class="hps">makeup,</span> <span class="hps">clothing</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">environment</span><span class="">, objects</span><span class="">, etc.</span> <span class="hps">to create</span> <span class="hps">these effects</span><span class="">. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I also used</span> <span class="hps">Photoshop</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">achieve</span> <span class="hps">the desired result</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">One must</span> <span class="hps">be allowed to</span> <span class="hps">cheat</span> <span class="hps">a little</span> <span class="hps">sometimes</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">my teacher</span> <span class="hps">thought it was</span> <span class="hps">okay</span><span class="">, so</span> <span class="hps">I thought it was </span><span class="hps">okay</span><span class=""> too. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The first</span> <span class="hps">picture</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">definitely</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">favorite.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">so happy</span> <span class="hps">when I</span> <span class="hps">saw that</span> <span class="hps">it worked</span> <span class="hps">out this way.</span> <span class="hps">Currently this is</span> <span class="hps">also</span> <span class="hps">the front</span> <span class="hps">page of</span> <span class="hps">my new</span> <span class="hps">portfolio (printed version) that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">been working</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">over the past</span> <span class="hps">days.</span> <span class="hps">I</span><span class="">'ll tell</span> <span class="hps">you some more</span> <span class="hps">about this</span> <span class="hps">portfolio thing</span> <span class="hps">a little</span> <span class="hps">later</span><span class="">. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Anyway</span><span class="">, as I was </span><span class="hps">saying, this is</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">favorite.</span> <span class="hps">My</span> <span class="hps">teacher</span> <span class="hps">liked</span> <span class="hps">it </span><span class="hps">too</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and that made</span> <span class="hps">me even</span> <span class="hps">happier.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">To</span> <span class="hps">see</span> <span class="hps">how the</span> <span class="hps">color wheel</span> <span class="hps">looks like,</span> <span class="hps">you can click</span> <span class="hps">here</span><span class="">: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_color </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I am also</span> <span class="hps">happy with</span> <span class="hps">the other images</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">a fun</span> <span class="hps">shoot</span> <span class="hps">with a lot of</span> <span class="hps">80s</span> <span class="hps">music to</span> <span class="hps">set the</span> <span class="hps">mood</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> My</span> <span class="hps">model</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">Cecilia,</span> <span class="hps">and I</span> <span class="hps">chose</span> <span class="hps">to do a</span> <span class="hps">80s</span> theme for<span class="hps"> the images</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Much</span> <span class="hps">dancing and</span> <span class="hps">head banging</span> <span class="hps">made the shoot a lot more fun</span>, and there was a lot of <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">laughter</span> <span class="hps">in the studio.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""></span> <span class="hps">Here</span><span class="">'s the rest of the photos</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We wanted the last picture</span> to<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">be</span> in brown<span class="hps"> tones</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and the theme</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">Earth/soil/natural.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> We even used a fan, to create wind. Haha, how silly. But I think it worked out pretty good. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">Here is a different version of picture number three, with a more powdery look. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I have</span> <span class="hps">also during </span><span class="hps">these past weeks</span> been working on a special and a bit different project. </span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">is for </span><span class="hps">a class at school</span> <span class="hps">called</span> <span class="hps">'Portfolio</span> <span class="hps">Development'</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> I've had this class before, but with another teacher. This "new" teacher (he is new to me, but he has been working at school for some years) </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">is a</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">talented</span> <span class="hps">photographer,</span> <span class="hps">and I look forward</span> <span class="hps">to learning</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">from him</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">This particular project</span> <span class="hps atn">is </span><span class="">our personal</span> <span class="hps">project.</span> <span class="hps">The first</span> <span class="hps">day we</span> <span class="hps">had class with this teacher</span><span class="">, we got</span> <span class="hps">half an hour</span> <span class="hps">to decide</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">would</span> <span class="hps">do as a personal project.</span> <span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">did</span> <span class="hps">not get a</span> <span class="hps">theme</span><span class="">,</span> description <span class="hps">or any limitations</span> <span class="hps">or guidelines at all</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">We could choose whatever we wanted to do, and that was </span><span class="hps">quite</span> <span class="hps">scary</span> <span class="hps">to be honest, but</span> <span class="hps">also</span> <span class="hps">exciting.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">do not know exactly</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">was thinking about or how I was thinking,</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">but somehow I chose</span> <span class="hps"></span>to <span class="hps">be inspired</span> <span class="hps">by </span><span class="hps">art - </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">be more</span> <span class="hps">precise</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">the art of</span> <span class="hps">Manet</span><span class="">. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">wanted to</span> <span class="hps">recreate the</span> <span class="hps">feeling and</span> <span class="hps">looks of the people</span> <span class="hps">Manet</span> <span class="hps">painted</span> <span class="hps">in his pictures. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">If you have no clue on who this Manet guy is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet </span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">all had to</span> <span class="hps">tell</span> <span class="hps">each other what</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">had chosen as our personal project. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">When</span> <span class="hps">it was</span> <span class="hps">my turn</span><span class="">, I was</span> <span class="hps">really quite</span> <span class="hps">proud to</span> <span class="hps">tell everyone about</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">theme. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">my teacher</span> <span class="hps">changed that fast. He said</span> <span class="hps">that it</span> <span class="hps">would be</span> <span class="hps">difficult to</span> <span class="hps">achieve, </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">and then</span> <span class="hps">he asked if</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">was sure</span><span class=""> about my decision. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">I replied</span> <span class="hps">that I</span> <span class="hps">was sure</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">that moment</span> <span class="hps">I felt</span> <span class="hps">that I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">made a fool of</span> <span class="hps">myself</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Could</span> <span class="hps">it really</span> <span class="hps">be</span> that <span class="hps">hard?</span> <span class="hps">He</span> <span class="hps">said that</span> <span class="hps">the Impressionists</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">like</span> <span class="hps">Manet</span><span class="">, created</span> <span class="hps">light</span> <span class="hps">in their paintings</span> <span class="hps">in a very special</span> <span class="hps">way</span> <span class="hps">- and</span> <span class="hps">I had to</span> <span class="hps">take</span> <span class="hps">take into account. Wow! </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">How on</span> <span class="hps">earth would</span> <span class="hps">I make that happen</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">? I'm so new on this whole light thing. </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Alright</span><span class="">, now</span> <span class="hps">there's no turning</span> <span class="hps">back</span><span class="">. I have to make it happen! </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">So, to</span> <span class="hps">make a</span> <span class="hps">long</span> <span class="hps">story short</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">I borrowed</span> <span class="hps">books on</span> <span class="hps">Manet</span> <span class="hps">and tried</span> <span class="hps">to study</span> <span class="hps">the light in</span> <span class="hps">every painting</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I read</span> <span class="hps">about him in</span> <span class="hps">various</span> <span class="hps">encyclopedias</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">on the net and</span> <span class="hps">tried to</span> <span class="hps">understand</span> <span class="hps">how he</span> <span class="hps">painted</span> <span class="hps">his pictures</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">went</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">an inspection and</span> <span class="hps">took photos</span> <span class="hps">of different</span> <span class="hps">locations to</span> <span class="hps">create my</span> <span class="hps">personal</span> <span class="hps">mood</span> <span class="hps">board</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">experimented</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">outdoor lights</span><span>, incandescent</span> <span class="hps">and colors.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">tried</span> <span class="hps">out</span> <span class="hps">editing</span> <span class="hps">methods to</span> <span class="hps">get the right</span> <span class="hps">Manet</span><span class="atn">-</span><span class="">style</span><span class="">. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">A week ago</span><span class="">, I had a</span> <span class="hps">shoot</span> <span class="hps">with two</span> <span class="hps">girls in</span> <span class="hps">an apartment</span> <span class="hps">with big</span> <span class="hps">windows,</span> <span class="hps">afternoon sun</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">old</span> <span class="hps">furniture.</span> <span class="hps">It was very</span> <span class="hps">nice to</span> <span class="hps">get out</span> <span class="hps">of the studio</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and to go</span> <span class="hps">to a</span> <span class="hps">location</span> <span class="hps">instead.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">a little</span> <span class="hps">trouble</span> <span class="hps">with the lamps</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">I was gonna </span><span class="hps">use</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Firstly</span><span class="">, I could</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">use the</span> <span class="hps">two lamps</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had booked</span> <span class="hps">for the</span> <span class="hps">shoot</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">They were</span> <span class="hps">destroyed</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Instead</span> <span class="hps">I had to use</span> <span class="hps">one lamp</span> <span class="hps">with an umbrella</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">sb</span> <span class="hps">900</span> <span class="hps">flash.</span> <span class="hps">Secondly</span><span class="">, I didn't have</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">a cable</span> <span class="hps">to </span><span class="hps">connect</span> <span class="hps">with the unit</span> <span class="hps">so that</span> <span class="hps">it could</span> <span class="hps">use</span> <span class="hps">the electricity</span> <span class="hps">in the house</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had to use</span> <span class="hps">batteries</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">were two</span> <span class="hps">of them</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but they</span> <span class="hps">got</span> <span class="hps">discharged</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">quickly.</span> <span class="hps">So at</span> <span class="hps">the end of the shoot</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">I used</span> <span class="hps">only</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">flash</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">The plan</span> <span class="hps">was to</span> <span class="hps">use multiple</span> <span class="hps">light sources,</span> <span class="hps">in order to</span> <span class="hps">regulate the</span> <span class="hps">force relative</span> <span class="hps">to the amount of</span> <span class="hps">daylight</span> <span class="hps">coming</span> <span class="hps atn">in (</span><span class="">as long as we</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">daylight.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">dark</span> <span class="hps">after a while</span><span class="">)</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">even though</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">it didn't go according to the plan</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">, I was</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">pleased with</span> <span class="hps">the shoot. And I was fortunate enough to have my father-in-law with me that day. </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">could not have</span> <span class="hps">done it</span> <span class="hps">without him. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">These</span> <span class="hps">are the</span> <span class="hps">pictures I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">been</span> <span class="hps">chosen and</span> <span class="hps">edited</span> <span class="hps">until now</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">received any</span> <span class="hps">feedback</span> <span class="hps">from</span> <span class="hps">my teacher</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">because</span> <span class="hps">he</span> <span class="hps">had to cancel</span> the <span class="hps">class</span><span class=""> we</span> <span class="hps">were suppose to have</span> <span class="hps">last week</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Hope</span> <span class="hps">he likes</span> <span class="hps">them</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I am</span> <span class="hps">satisfied</span> <span class="hps">with the result.</span> <span class="hps">I also</span> <span class="hps">learned</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">much</span><span class=""> from this experience,</span> <span class="hps">like all</span> <span class="hps">the preparations for the shoot</span><span class="">, the shoot itself</span> <span class="hps">and the postproduction. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">For instance I have</span> <span class="hps">used new</span> <span class="hps">editing</span> <span class="hps">methods that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have not</span> <span class="hps">known about</span> <span class="hps">before. So that was cool. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span>'ve<span class="hps"> also </span><span class="hps">been printing</span> <span class="hps">a lot</span> <span class="hps">the last few days</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">so I could have</span><span class="hps"> printed images in</span> <span class="hps">my new</span> <span class="hps">portfolio. I had to buy an </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">old</span><span class="">-fashioned </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">portfolio, a real one. From now on, it is not enough with showing my photos on a screen. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Every</span> <span class="hps">week or so</span> <span class="hps">I have to</span> <span class="hps">print</span> <span class="hps">out the photos that I</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">works well</span>,<span class="hps"> and keep on building it. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The problem</span> <span class="hps">is that I</span> <span class="hps">do not</span> <span class="hps">really know</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">genre</span> <span class="hps">I should</span> <span class="hps">focus</span> <span class="hps">on. </span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">For the time being the portfolio</span><span class="hps"> has</span> <span class="hps">no flow</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">a little of</span> <span class="hps">this and</span> <span class="hps">a little of</span> <span class="hps">that.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> I</span> <span class="hps">personally feel that it doesn't </span><span class="hps">represent</span> <span class="hps">me</span><span class="hps"></span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">do not know</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">want</span> <span class="hps">as a photographer</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">So that</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">something I</span> <span class="hps">have to work</span> <span class="hps">on.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">plan to</span> <span class="hps">experiment more</span> <span class="hps">with advertising</span> <span class="hps">and commercial.</span> </span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Maybe</span> <span class="hps">that's what</span> <span class="hps">I should</span> <span class="hps">pursue</span><span class="">. I really don't know. I am confused. My portfolio teacher thinks I should focus on conceptual photography. Maybe... </span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">as if</span> <span class="hps">this post</span> <span class="hps">is not long enough, I totally forgot about my phobia/nightmare photos. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">A few weeks</span> <span class="hps">ago, I had a</span> <span class="hps">task that</span> <span class="hps">was about</span> <span class="hps">dreams</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class=""></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">It could</span> <span class="hps">be pictures of good</span> <span class="hps">dreams</span><span class="">, bad</span> <span class="hps">dreams,</span> <span class="hps">fantasies</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">fears or</span> <span class="hps">phobias</span><span class="">. </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Here</span> <span class="hps">are my</span> <span class="hps">pictures.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I have</span> <span class="hps">also</span> <span class="hps">begun</span> <span class="hps">to experiment</span> <span class="hps">with video.</span> <span class="hps">I am going to</span> <span class="hps">shoot</span> <span class="hps">a music video</span> <span class="hps">sometime after</span> <span class="hps">Christmas,</span> <span class="hps">and I need</span> <span class="hps">a band or</span> <span class="hps">an artist</span> <span class="hps">who</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">keen</span> <span class="hps">on getting a free</span> <span class="hps">music video.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="">If you know anybody who does, please contact me. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">are many s</span><span class="hps">ymbols</span> <span class="hps">and elements</span> <span class="hps">used</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">photography.</span> <span class="hps">I will not</span> <span class="hps">go</span> any <span class="hps">further</span> <span class="hps">into all of these</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but however,</span> <span class="hps">if you are</span> <span class="hps">interested</span>, <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">there is a book by David</span> <span class="hps">Präkel called </span><span class="hps atn">"</span><span class="">Basic</span> <span class="hps">Photography:</span> <span class="hps">Composition</span><span class="">." It's a simple but great book to have, if you want to take pictures. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">I got really good feedback for the last picture from my teacher. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">both</span> <span class="hps">agreed that</span> <span class="hps">she</span> <span class="hps">looked like</span> <span class="hps">a mermaid</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and that</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">silhouette</span> <span class="hps">of the body</span> <span class="hps">worked out pretty good</span><span class="hps"> and that</span> <span class="hps">the hands</span> <span class="hps">looked very nice</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I was supposed to</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">submitted</span> <span class="hps">all</span> <span class="hps">the images in</span> <span class="hps">black</span> <span class="hps">and white (I didn't know this). </span><span class="hps">I'm</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">fond of</span> <span class="hps">colors</span>, and that's why I haven't changed them. </span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Often</span> <span class="hps">I find</span> <span class="hps">it difficult to </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">crop</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">the image when</span> <span class="hps">editing.</span> <span class="hps">I've told you earlier that I'm a </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">sucker</span> <span class="hps">for the</span> <span class="hps">Rule of Thirds</span><span class="">, but sometimes it just doesn't work. It's not always easy to say what is correct and what is wrong. You just gotta trust your guts... or eyes, or whatever.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">This week is filled with new projects. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I'm gonna</span> experiment<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">more with</span> <span class="hps">light,</span> <span class="hps">and try</span> <span class="hps">out </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">lamps</span> (I've mostly used two)<span class="hps"></span><span class=""></span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">We were</span> <span class="hps">also</span> <span class="hps">told to</span> <span class="hps">choose</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">personal project</span> <span class="hps">within</span> <span class="hps">half an hour</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and say</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">out loud to</span> <span class="hps">everyone</span> <span class="hps">afterwards.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">got</span> <span class="hps">an idea I</span> <span class="hps">thought was</span> <span class="hps">good</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">eventually</span> <span class="hps">I realized</span> <span class="hps">that I</span> <span class="hps">had dug</span> myself <span class="hps">a deep</span> <span class="hps">grave.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="">now I am not allowed to change my mind.</span> <span class="hps">I've no idea</span> <span class="hps">how I'm gonna make it happen</span><span class="hps">!</span> <span class="hps">I will</span> <span class="hps">also experiment</span> <span class="hps">with colors</span> (yey, colors!) <span class="hps">and try to</span> <span class="hps">find</span> <span class="hps">colors</span> <span class="hps">that complement</span> <span class="hps">each other</span> <span class="hps">and colors</span> <span class="hps">that provide</span> <span class="hps">contrast</span> <span class="hps">in an image.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">will be exciting</span><span class="">!</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">Here is one of the test shots for this shoot. I liked it so much, I thought I would share it with you! </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">PS: Unless you have already seen this, check out my Behance page: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Monica-Tormassy-Pictures-on-tour/2023361#.Tlc2_BFckps.twitter</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span>Monica Tormassyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378197590362057535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127503625607052851.post-69908158995031898292011-10-02T03:26:00.000-07:002011-10-03T04:12:32.531-07:00Silhouettes, sequence and everyday life.<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Much has</span> <span class="hps">happened</span> <span class="hps">in my</span> <span class="hps">life</span> <span class="hps">since I blogged the last time</span><span class="">.</span> It's been two weeks! <span class="hps">Without going too</span> <span class="hps">much into</span> <span class="hps">details</span><span class="">, I can</span> <span class="hps">tell you that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">also been sick for a while now.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">I'm on</span> <span class="hps">the road to recovery</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Today</span> <span class="hps">I made</span> <span class="hps">breakfast for myself for</span> <span class="hps">the first time</span> <span class="hps">in a long time</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">felt</span> <span class="hps">inspired again! </span><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">tell you</span> <span class="hps">enough</span> <span class="hps">how much I</span> <span class="hps">really</span> <span class="hps">love</span> <span class="hps">photography.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">so</span> <span class="hps">do</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">Ahh</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and it</span> <span class="hps">breaks</span> <span class="hps">my heart</span> <span class="hps">when I think</span> <span class="hps">of the possibility</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">not being able to</span> <span class="hps">do</span> <span class="hps">it anymore. </span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">So</span><span class="">, let</span> <span class="hps">me show</span> <span class="hps">you what</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">done since the</span> <span class="hps">last time.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">is a great deal</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Again</span><span class="">, I have had</span> <span class="hps">some</span> <span class="hps">boring</span> <span class="hps">tasks</span> <span class="hps">where I</span> <span class="hps">have had to</span> <span class="hps">show</span> <span class="hps">the difference between</span> <span class="hps">using a flash</span> <span class="hps">indoors and outdoors</span><span class="">, with different</span> <span class="hps">objectives</span> <span class="hps">- and</span> <span class="hps">to measure</span> <span class="hps">the temperature of</span> <span class="hps">the light and</span> <span class="hps">see the difference</span> <span class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">the different</span> <span class="hps">temperatures</span><span class="">, etc.</span><span class="">, etc.</span> <span class="hps">Such tasks</span> <span class="hps">are not about</span> <span class="hps">the picture itself</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">do not communicate </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">much,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">we have to do them because </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">it is</span> <span class="hps">practical, and we learn a lot</span><span class="">.</span> They are only test shots, so <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">I'm not gonna show</span> <span class="hps">them</span> <span class="hps">to you</span><span class="">. However, I'll show you some </span></span><span class="long_text short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">silhouettes. </span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">It's always</span> <span class="hps">fun to</span> <span class="hps">try something</span> <span class="hps">new</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and I</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">tell you that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">never</span> <span class="hps">made</span> <span class="hps">silhouettes</span> <span class="hps">before.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">was a little</span> <span class="hps">difficult at first</span><span class="">,</span> to be<span class=""> honest</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">had a lot of</span> <span class="hps">fun on</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">shoot</span><span class="">, </span></span><span class="long_text short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">especially</span> <span class="hps">with all the</span> <span class="hps">posing</span></span> that was required. <span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">had to</span> <span class="hps">be</span> a bit <span class="hps">dramatical</span> <span class="hps">so it would</span> <span class="hps">look</span> <span class="hps">interesting.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">were all</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">creative</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">we were </span><span class="hps">finding new</span> <span class="hps">ways</span> <span class="hps">to pose</span><span class="hps">. It was a good day. </span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">I had to make a </span></span><span class="long_text short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">sequence</span> <span class="hps">as well the</span> <span class="hps">same</span> <span class="hps">week</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> We had the </span><span class="hps">chance to</span> <span class="hps">choose</span> <span class="hps">whatever we </span><span class="hps">wanted,</span> <span class="hps">and many</span> people in my class <span class="hps">chose to</span> <span class="hps">take a pictures of</span> <span class="hps">their food</span> <span class="hps">as it</span> <span class="hps">becomes</span> <span class="hps">less and</span> <span class="hps">less on</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">plate.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">chose to</span> <span class="hps">focus</span> <span class="hps">on facial</span> <span class="hps">expressions and</span> <span class="hps">took pictures</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Sophia.</span> <span class="hps">She was getting tired for sure</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">A picture</span> <span class="hps">speaks</span> <span class="hps">a thousand words</span><span class="">, right?</span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The next thing we</span> <span class="hps">had to</span> <span class="hps">do was</span> <span class="hps">to read</span> <span class="hps">a text by</span> <span class="hps">Paul</span> <span class="hps">Graham,</span> called <span class="hps atn">"</span><span class="">Photography</span> <span class="hps">is so</span> <span class="hps">easy</span> <span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">...</span><span class="">". If you want, you can read it here: </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">http://www.americansuburbx.com/2009/07/theory-paul-graham-photography-is-easy.html</span><br />
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<span class="hps">We had to let</span> <span class="hps">Paul</span> <span class="hps">Graham's</span> <span class="hps">text</span> <span class="hps">inspire</span> <span class="hps">us to</span> <span class="hps">create</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">daily</span> <span class="hps">diary from</span> <span class="hps">our live</span>s <span class="hps atn">(</span><span class="">a</span> <span class="hps">series about</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">you observe</span> <span class="hps">around you</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">you</span> <span class="hps">begin to</span> <span class="hps">see). </span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I decided</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">use my</span> <span class="hps">analog</span> <span class="hps">images</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">demonstrate</span> <span class="hps">what is</span> <span class="hps">around me</span><span class="">.</span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">learned to</span> <span class="hps">scan</span> <span class="hps">the negatives</span> <span class="hps">yet,</span> <span class="hps">so these</span> <span class="hps">images have been</span> <span class="hps">photographed</span> with my digital camera <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">manipulated.</span> <span class="hps">That</span><span class="">'s the beauty of</span> <span class="hps">analog</span> <span class="hps">images.</span> <span class="hps">They are</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">they are.</span> <span class="hps">No changes, and no possibility of deleting if you are not happy with the result. </span><span class="hps">The film that</span> <span class="hps">I</span><span class="">'ve used</span> for the color images is the <span class="hps">Kodak</span> <span class="hps">Portra 160. It gives a finer grain structure and a </span></span>natural skin tone reproduction. You can read more about it here http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/portra/160main.jhtml<br />
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For the black and white, I've used Ilford Delta 100. This is a very expensive film if you want a lab to develope your negatives and also make the copies. You can read more about it here: http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=8<br />
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I'll try to put up more analog shots when I'll have the time. The camera that I use, is a Minolta XE-7, with a 50mm f1,7.<br />
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Here is a picture of me with the camera.<br />
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So now you know how my Minolta looks like, and how my Minolta and I look like together! <br />
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That's all for now, folks! Maybe I'll write a new post very soon. Next time I'll be talking about phobias, dreams and shapes. Stay tuned!<br />
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PS: I need models every week. Please contact me if you live in Oslo, or if you can come to Oslo for a photoshoot. I don't ask for a perfect body or a flawless face, and you don't need experience with modeling. We'll figure it out! My e-mail is monica_tormassy@yahoo.no. You can also find me on facebook: Monica Tormássy, or on Twitter. Thanks!<br />
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<span class="long_text short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span>Monica Tormassyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378197590362057535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127503625607052851.post-21398391389024763862011-09-18T01:52:00.000-07:002011-10-03T03:46:14.597-07:00Portraits, portraits, portraits!<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">In</span> my <span class="hps">previous</span> <span class="hps">post</span> <span class="hps">I mentioned that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">would</span> <span class="hps">put out some pictures</span> <span class="hps">from</span> <span class="hps">the </span><span class="hps">shoot earlier this week</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">The task</span> <span class="hps">we got was the following</span><span class="">:</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps atn">1) SELF-</span><span class="">PORTRAIT</span><span class="">:</span> <span class="hps">This task</span> <span class="hps">will result</span> <span class="hps">in 3-4</span> <span class="hps">photos, and</span> <span class="hps">represent </span><span class="hps">a classic</span> <span class="hps">photographic</span> <span class="hps">approach -</span> <span class="hps">to portray</span> your<span class="hps">self!</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">PORTRAIT</span> <span class="hps">OF</span> <span class="hps">SOMEONE ELSE</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">OTHER</span> <span class="hps">PERSONS</span><span class="">:</span><span class="hps"> You go</span> <span class="hps">from</span> <span class="hps">portraying</span> <span class="hps">yourself to</span> <span class="hps">portray</span> <span class="hps">others.</span> <span class="hps">You are free</span> <span class="hps">to decide how to perform</span> <span class="hps">the mission,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">would like to</span> <span class="hps">see</span> <span class="hps">two</span> <span class="hps">different</span> <span class="hps">images.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had so much fun</span> <span class="hps">taking</span> <span class="hps">pictures of</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">brother's</span> <span class="hps">girlfriend.</span> <span class="hps">She</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">pretty and</span> <span class="hps">always smiling</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but I</span> <span class="hps">really wanted to try</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">bring out</span> <span class="hps">other aspects of</span> <span class="hps">her.</span> <span class="hps">Here</span> <span class="hps">are some</span> <span class="hps">of the pictures</span><span class="">.</span> </span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class=""></span><span class="hps">The selection process</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">tough.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">do believe </span><span class="hps">I shot over</span> <span class="hps">500 photos</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I might </span><span class="hps">post</span> <span class="hps">some more of these pictures</span> from this shoot<span class=""></span> <span class="hps">as soon as I</span> <span class="hps">get time to</span> <span class="hps">edit them.</span> They are good, and they should therefore be shared with you guys. <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had to</span> <span class="hps">take</span> <span class="hps">pictures of myself</span> <span class="hps">too.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">was a little</span> <span class="hps">unpleasant</span> <span class="hps">at first.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">Personally I feel that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have no</span> <span class="hps">control when I have to do a self-portait.</span> <span class="hps">I do</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">know exactly what I</span> <span class="hps">am taking picture of</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">These</span> <span class="hps">pictures were</span> <span class="hps">not as</span> <span class="hps">nice</span> <span class="hps">as I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">hoped for</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> Here they are! </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">My teacher</span> <span class="hps">really liked</span> <span class="hps">the last picture</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">got very </span><span class="hps">good</span> <span class="hps">feedback</span> <span class="hps">for this photo</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">People</span> <span class="hps">said it was </span></span>convincing. That it was a credible photo. <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The other pictures</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">took were pretty and all, but nothing more. I have to start daring</span> <span class="hps">a little</span> <span class="hps">more and</span> <span class="hps">try out</span> <span class="hps">alternative</span> <span class="hps">solutions to</span> <span class="hps">get it to</span> <span class="hps">tell</span> <span class="hps">the viewer something - to tell a story</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">It</span><span class="">'s so</span> <span class="hps">good to</span> <span class="hps">receive</span> <span class="hps">positive feedback, but </span><span class="hps">also criticism.</span> <span class="hps">Both</span> <span class="hps">good and</span> <span class="hps">bad</span> <span class="hps">criticism.</span> <span class="hps">I really</span> <span class="hps">really</span> <span class="hps">appreciate it</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">As long as</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">constructive</span> <span class="hps">criticism</span> <span class="hps">that gives</span> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">something to</span> <span class="hps">work on.</span> <span class="hps">So it gives me a chance to improve. That's</span> <span class="hps">why I'm</span> <span class="hps">at school.</span> <span class="hps">To</span> <span class="hps">learn about </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">techniques and everything</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span><span class="">, to get</span> <span class="hps">guidance and advices,</span> <span class="hps">to get inspired</span><span class="">, to get</span> <span class="hps">an environment</span> <span class="hps">and a network, and to</span> <span class="hps">be</span> <span class="hps">criticized.</span> <span class="hps">The same</span> <span class="hps">applies to everything</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">post here on my 'phoblography'.</span> <span class="hps">Feel free to</span> <span class="hps">comment on the</span> <span class="hps">posts</span> <span class="hps">and tell</span> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">what you think</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I want to</span> <span class="hps">learn as</span> <span class="hps">much as</span> <span class="hps">possible</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and I am</span> <span class="hps">willing to</span> <span class="hps">work hard to</span> <span class="hps">be the</span> <span class="hps">best as</span> <span class="hps">I possibly can.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Now</span><span class="">, enough</span> <span class="hps">about that.</span> <span class="hps">Let's </span><span class="hps">go</span> <span class="hps">on to the</span> <span class="hps">next task</span><span class="">, which</span> <span class="hps">was the following</span><span class="">:</span></span><br />
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<span class="hps">2)</span> <span class="hps">AUTUMN</span><span class="">: A new</span> <span class="hps">season</span> <span class="hps">is here and</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">single image</span> <span class="hps">you</span> <span class="hps">portray</span> <span class="hps">the fall and</span><span class="hps"> how</span> <span class="hps">our surroundings</span> <span class="hps">and we are affected</span><span class="">!</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Here</span> <span class="hps">we were told</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">there should not</span> <span class="hps">be any</span> <span class="hps">pictures</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">leaves and</span> <span class="hps">such</span> <span class="hps">typical</span> <span class="hps">autumn</span> <span class="hps">symbols.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had a</span> <span class="hps">brainstorming</span> <span class="hps">while</span> <span class="hps">I had</span><span class="hps"> a</span> <span class="hps">cup of</span> <span class="hps">coffee</span> <span class="hps">outside</span> <span class="hps">at a</span> <span class="hps">cafe</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the neighborhood.</span> <span class="hps">I thought about</span> <span class="hps">all the</span> <span class="hps">things that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">feel</span> <span class="hps">touches the</span> <span class="hps">theme of</span> <span class="hps">autumn.</span> <span class="hps">The </span><span class="hps">weather has changed and</span> <span class="hps">it's colder and often raining.</span><span class=""></span> <span class="hps">The nature is lovely with all the different colors and all</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and people have to</span> <span class="hps">wear thicker</span> <span class="hps">jackets and sweathers</span><span class=""> etc.</span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">is there something</span> <span class="hps">else</span> <span class="hps">going on?</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">began</span> <span class="hps">to think about the </span><span class="hps">bikini</span> <span class="hps">season</span>. That it's over<span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">and people can</span> <span class="hps">stop</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">all the stress</span> <span class="hps">related to</span> <span class="hps">appearance and flat tummies.</span> <span class="hps">My</span> <span class="hps">idea</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">to first</span> <span class="hps">find</span> <span class="hps">a shelf</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">a store</span> <span class="hps">where</span> <span class="hps">hair removal</span> <span class="hps">products</span> <span class="hps">were</span> <span class="hps">on sale.</span> <span class="hps">I could not find</span> <span class="hps">anything</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">visually</span> <span class="hps">good</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but then</span> <span class="hps">I came across</span> <span class="hps">a small</span> <span class="hps">shop that</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">two full</span> <span class="hps">shelves</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">sunscreen</span> <span class="hps">on sale.</span> <span class="hps">So this</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">the result!</span> <span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">From a technical point of view <span class="hps">the picture is not</span> very<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">good.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">What</span> <span class="hps">I could do</span> <span class="hps">in a</span> <span class="hps">narrow and</span> <span class="hps">small store</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">bad light</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">a lot of</span> <span class="hps">people trying to get pass me while I was taking pictures, was indeed limited</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> So I had to be quick, beacuse I was in the way for the customers. If I would have the chance of bringing my own lamps, and if the space would be bigger - I think the result would be better too. But I had to the best I could even though the circumstances was not the best. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Anyway, </span><span class="hps">the idea was</span> <span class="hps">good</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">result wasn't.</span> <span class="hps">You learn</span> <span class="hps">as long as you</span> <span class="hps">live</span><span class="">, I guess. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Tomorrow</span>'<span class="hps"></span>s the beginning of a new week <span class="hps">with new</span> <span class="hps">experiences</span> <span class="hps">and new</span> <span class="hps">tasks.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">am looking forward to</span> <span class="hps">the challenges</span> and I am looking forward <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">take</span> <span class="hps">lots of</span> <span class="hps">new pictures</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Stay tuned</span> <span class="hps">for new</span> <span class="hps">updates. NEW, NEW, NEW! </span> <span class=""></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span>Monica Tormassyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378197590362057535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127503625607052851.post-45971899608008626142011-09-17T15:00:00.000-07:002011-09-17T15:00:08.340-07:00A summary of the two first weeks<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Alright</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">must be the</span> <span class="hps">worst</span> <span class="hps">blogger</span> <span class="hps">ever!</span> <span class="hps">It's been</span> <span class="hps">almost two</span> <span class="hps">weeks since</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">wrote</span> <span class="hps">something</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have had</span> <span class="hps">an</span> <span class="hps">incredible</span> <span class="hps">rush,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> a lot of<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">fun.</span> <span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">is something</span> <span class="hps">very special</span> about having <span class="hps">to </span><span class="hps">adapt</span> <span class="hps">oneself</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">start studying</span> <span class="hps">again</span> <span class="hps">after</span> <span class="hps">a year</span> <span class="hps">on leave.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">this is</span> <span class="hps">a school that</span> <span class="hps">requires</span> <span class="hps">something</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">me, which</span> <span class="hps">means I</span> <span class="hps">have to work</span> <span class="hps">extra</span> <span class="hps">hard.</span> <span class="hps">However</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">fantastic</span><span class="hps">.</span> That is the way it should be. <span class="hps">I simply</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">love it</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">first week</span> <span class="hps">we got several</span> <span class="hps">tasks</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">one of which</span> <span class="hps">was to</span> <span class="hps">copy or</span> <span class="hps">be inspired by</span> <span class="hps">an image that</span> <span class="hps">already</span> <span class="hps">exists.</span> It<span class="hps"> is</span> <span class="hps">of course</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">possible to</span> <span class="hps">copy a</span> <span class="hps">picture</span> <span class="hps">exactly</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">(I definitely coudn't do it with the pictures I wanted to use). I</span> <span class="hps">chose to</span> <span class="hps">try to</span> <span class="hps">copy,</span> <span class="hps">but with</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">own</span> <span class="hps">twist.</span> <span class="hps">One of the pictures</span><span class="hps"> I</span> <span class="hps">chose was</span> <span class="hps">taken</span> <span class="hps">by Alex</span> <span class="hps">Prager</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I'm a big fan of hers</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Check out</span> <span class="hps">her site</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">http://www.alexprager.com/ I</span> <span class="hps">love</span> <span class="hps">what she</span> <span class="hps">does with</span> <span class="hps">her pictures</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and the fact that</span> <span class="hps">she uses</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">these strong colors, and that it looks very analog and 'filmish'.</span> <span class="hps">Some of her work</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">partly inspired</span> <span class="hps">by Alfred</span> <span class="hps">Hitchcock</span><span class="">, which</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">really cool</span> <span class="hps">I think. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I chose</span> <span class="hps">a picture that</span> <span class="hps">she uses</span> <span class="hps">in her</span> image <span class="hps">collection</span> called <i><span class="hps">Polyester</span> </i><span class="hps"><i>2007</i>.</span> <span class="hps">Here is</span> <span class="hps">her</span> <span class="hps">picture</span><span class="">.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Here is</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">picture</span><span class="">.</span> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">used my</span> <span class="hps">lovely</span> <span class="hps">cousin</span> <span class="hps">as a model.</span> I cropped the picture a bit different. </span><span class="st">I'm a sucker for the Golden Section.</span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"> Her dress is actually white, but I liked this light green on her. <span class="hps">At school</span> <span class="hps">I got</span> <span class="hps">good</span> <span class="hps">feedback</span> <span class="hps">from the teacher</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">who said</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">he</span> <span class="hps">almost</span> <span class="hps">liked</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">picture</span> <span class="hps">better than</span> <span class="hps">the one I</span> <span class="hps">was trying to</span> <span class="hps">copy.</span> <span class="hps">It was</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">nice to</span> <span class="hps">hear</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">pretty happy</span> with the result myself<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">It was the first</span> <span class="hps">time I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">taken pictures</span> <span class="hps">in a studio</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and I</span> <span class="hps">did not know</span> <span class="hps">how to</span> <span class="hps">set the</span> <span class="hps">lights</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">where I</span> <span class="hps">would</span> <span class="hps">place the lamps</span> <span class="hps">or anything</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">after some</span> <span class="hps">trials and errors</span><span class="">, it all finally worked as I wanted</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">The day</span> <span class="hps">after the</span> <span class="hps">shoot</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">we had our first day of a class called </span><span class="hps">'Lighting'</span><span class=""> (Lyssetting in Norwegian).</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The teacher</span> <span class="hps">gave us the</span> <span class="hps">tour of the</span> <span class="hps">studios</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and taught</span> <span class="hps">us different</span> <span class="hps">things</span> <span class="hps">about</span> <span class="hps">all the equipment</span> <span class="hps">we use in</span> <span class="hps">conjunction</span> <span class="hps">with the</span> <span class="hps">light when have our photoshoots there</span><span class="hps">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">realized</span> <span class="hps">pretty</span> <span class="hps">quickly that</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">made some</span> <span class="hps">mistakes,</span> <span class="hps">and got</span> <span class="hps">answers to</span> <span class="hps">some</span> <span class="hps">of the things</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">couldn't figure out</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">the night before</span><span class="">.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span><span class="hps">It's cool that I made it happen anyways and that I got some good pictures </span><span class="hps">without really knowing too much in advance. Awesome! </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Here</span> <span class="hps">are some</span> <span class="hps">more of the</span> <span class="hps">pictures I</span> <span class="hps">took</span> <span class="hps">that night. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">some minor</span> <span class="hps">assignments as well,</span> <span class="hps">like taking</span> <span class="hps">pictures with</span> <span class="hps">different</span> <span class="hps">lenses</span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">and look at</span> <span class="hps">how different</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">is</span><span class="">, even</span> <span class="hps">if the subject</span> <span class="hps">is the same.</span> <span class="hps">I'm not gonna post</span><span class="hps"> those </span><span class="hps">pictures</span><span class="">.</span><span class="hps"> I</span> wanna <span class="hps">use the</span> <span class="hps">most</span> <span class="hps">exciting ones.</span> <span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">also</span> <span class="hps">taken pictures</span> <span class="hps">outside,</span> <span class="hps">where we</span> <span class="hps">have used</span> <span class="hps">the environment</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">reflectors and</span> <span class="hps">seen</span> <span class="hps">the differences between</span> <span class="hps">flat</span> <span class="hps">and hard</span> <span class="hps">light.</span> <span class="hps">It's all</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">about the light</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and I'm going</span> <span class="hps">to talk</span> <span class="hps">a lot about</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">light!</span> <span class="hps">For</span> <span class="hps">that is what</span> <span class="hps">photography</span> <span class="hps">is. Light.</span> <span class="hps">We also made</span> <span class="hps">a camera</span> <span class="hps">obscura</span><span class="">, which</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">one</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">the inventions</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">led</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">photography</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">You</span> <span class="hps">can read</span> <span class="hps">more about it</span> <span class="hps">here</span> <span class="hps">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Unfortunately</span> <span class="hps">I couldn't</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">take</span> <span class="hps">any</span> <span class="hps">pictures of</span> <span class="hps">it,</span> <span class="hps">since it was the</span> <span class="hps">room we</span> <span class="hps">sat that</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">converted</span> <span class="hps">into the Camera</span> <span class="hps">Obscura</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Therefore</span><span class="">, it was</span> <span class="hps">very dark.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Another project</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">did</span> <span class="hps">was first to</span> <span class="hps">write down our very own</span><span class="hps"> plan of</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">photoshoot</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">.</span> The pictures for this shoot <span class="hps">had to be</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">staged</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">It could</span> <span class="hps">be</span> <span class="hps">an advertisement</span><span class="">, fashion</span> <span class="hps">photos,</span> etc<span class="hps">.</span> </span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We had to create</span> <span class="hps">a picture</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">a clear idea</span><span class="">, and </span><span class="hps">document</span> the work flow<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">by showing</span> a plan.<span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class=""></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">chose to</span> <span class="hps">make a</span> <span class="hps">pretend</span> <span class="hps">commercial for</span> the <span class="hps">Equality and</span> <span class="hps">Anti</span><span class="atn">-</span><span class="">Discrimination</span> <span class="hps">Ombud in Norway (Likestillings- og diskrimineringsombudet)</span><span class="">.</span> Here is the wesite if you are interested http://www.ldo.no/en/ </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">My original</span> <span class="hps">idea</span> <span class="hps">was something totally different,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">unfortunately</span> <span class="hps">I was</span> <span class="hps">not able to</span> go through with <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">it.</span> <span class="hps">Therefore</span><span class="">, I decided to</span> <span class="hps">go for</span> <span class="hps">Plan</span> <span class="hps">B.</span> <span class="hps atn">Here is the result </span><span class="">with or</span> <span class="hps">without</span> <span class="hps">text.</span> <span class="hps">If you</span> <span class="hps">translate</span> the text <span class="hps">to English, it </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">says</span> <span class="hps">the following</span><span class="">: Today's</span> <span class="hps">man</span> <span class="hps">- must</span> <span class="hps">be able to handle</span> <span class="hps">all kinds of</span> <span class="hps">tools.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">taken</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">a studio</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but in</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">regular</span> <span class="hps">building with</span> <span class="hps">multiple offices</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">The day</span> <span class="hps">before</span> <span class="hps">this picture was</span> <span class="hps">taken</span><span class="">, I had</span> <span class="hps">just bought my</span> <span class="hps">first flash ever </span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">(and</span> <span class="hps">new camera</span> <span class="hps">by the way</span><span class="">)</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">did not know</span> <span class="hps">how to</span> <span class="hps">use it,</span> <span class="hps">but I</span> <span class="hps">had read</span> <span class="hps">the first pages of</span> <span class="hps">the instructions</span> <span class="hps">- so</span> <span class="hps">therefore</span> <span class="hps">I had</span> <span class="hps">learned to</span> <span class="hps">turn it</span> <span class="hps">on and off.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">it worked</span> <span class="hps">really well</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">always</span> <span class="hps">been an anti</span><span class="atn">-</span><span class="">flash-photographer,</span> <span class="hps">and</span> I've mostly used <span class="hps"></span><span class="atn"></span><span class="">natural light</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">this was</span> <span class="hps">just</span> <span class="hps">great!</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">so happy</span> <span class="hps">when I</span> <span class="hps">saw the result</span> <span class="hps">as well.</span> <span class="hps">Earlier the</span> <span class="hps">same day as I took the photo</span><span class="">, I</span> <span class="hps">learned some</span> <span class="hps">new tricks</span> <span class="hps">in Photoshop</span> <span class="hps">at school</span> <span class="hps">that I used</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">this picture.</span> <span class="hps">When my</span> <span class="hps">fellow students and</span> <span class="hps">my teacher</span> <span class="hps">first saw</span> <span class="hps">this picture,</span> <span class="hps">they all began</span> <span class="hps">to laugh</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">It was</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">funny that</span> <span class="hps">they liked</span> <span class="hps">it!</span> <span class="hps">I was very</span> <span class="hps">happy with</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">too.</span> <span class="hps">At the bottom</span> <span class="hps">of the picture</span> <span class="hps">I put</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">logo of the</span> <span class="hps">Equality and</span> <span class="hps">Anti</span><span class="atn">-</span><span class="">Discrimination</span> <span class="hps">Ombud</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Maybe</span> <span class="hps">they want</span> <span class="hps">to use</span> <span class="hps">my photo</span><span class="">?</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">I mean the</span> <span class="hps">logo</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">already</span> <span class="hps">attached</span><span class="">. </span><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">I</span>'<span class="hps">ll wait a while before I </span><span class="hps">call</span> <span class="hps">myself</span> <span class="hps">a commercial</span> <span class="hps">photographer,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">it was a really</span> <span class="hps">fun</span> <span class="hps">assignment</span><span class="hps">. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Later this week </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had a</span> <span class="hps">project</span> <span class="hps">where I</span> <span class="hps">had to</span> shoot<span class="hps"> self</span><span class="">-portraits</span> <span class="hps">and portraits</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">others.</span> <span class="hps">This was</span> <span class="hps">the second time I</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">in the studio</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and I</span> <span class="hps">felt</span> <span class="hps">much more</span> <span class="hps">confident</span> <span class="hps">this time</span><span class="">.</span><br />
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<span class="hps">The next</span> <span class="hps">post</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">contain pictures</span> <span class="hps">from this</span> <span class="hps">portaitshoot</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Stay</span> <span class="hps">tuned</span><span class="">!</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span></div>Monica Tormassyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378197590362057535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127503625607052851.post-39148505150308051692011-09-04T12:13:00.000-07:002011-09-04T12:13:26.246-07:00Getting started!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Alright</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">Here we</span> <span class="hps">go!</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">must say</span> <span class="hps">that I am</span> <span class="hps">quite</span> <span class="hps">skeptical about</span> <span class="hps">this whole</span> <span class="hps">blogging thing</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and to</span> <span class="hps">be honest</span><span class="">, I have</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">read too</span> <span class="hps">many</span> <span class="hps">blogs.</span> <span class="hps">BUT</span><span class="">, I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">been</span> <span class="hps">advised to</span> <span class="hps">create</span> <span class="hps">a blog</span> <span class="hps">where I</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">share</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">experiences</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">whilst becoming</span> <span class="hps">a full</span><span class="">-fledged</span> <span class="hps">photographer</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I am currently</span> <span class="hps">a student</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and I</span> <span class="hps">am gonna do</span> <span class="hps">a lot of</span> <span class="hps">projects</span> in the future <span class="hps">where I will be experimenting</span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">with </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">techniques</span><span class="">, genres</span> <span class="hps">and styles.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">will </span><span class="hps">write</span> this blog <span class="hps">in English</span><span class="">, to</span> <span class="hps">make it </span><span class="hps">more international</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">The industry</span> <span class="hps">is international</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">therefore</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">should</span> <span class="hps">reach as many people</span> <span class="hps">as possible</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">My English</span> <span class="hps">might</span> not always be perfect. <span class="hps"></span><span class="">This is</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">an author</span> <span class="hps">blog,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">rather a</span> <span class="hps">photo</span> <span class="hps">blog.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">English is not </span><span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">native language, so bare with me.</span> <span class="hps">As the title</span> <span class="hps">describes</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">this is</span> <span class="hps">not an</span> <span class="hps">art</span> <span class="hps">gallery</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but rather</span> <span class="hps">an attempt</span> <span class="hps">to describe</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">experiments</span><span class="">. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Now that</span> <span class="hps">the purpose is explained and all</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">I can</span> <span class="hps">tell</span> <span class="hps">you about myself</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">As mentioned</span> <span class="hps">earlier</span> <span class="hps">in this post</span><span class="">, I am</span> <span class="hps">a student</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">taken pictures</span> <span class="hps">for too long</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">but I've</span> <span class="hps">always</span> <span class="hps">been interested</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the visual</span> <span class="hps">arts.</span> <span class="hps">As a child</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">I loved to</span> <span class="hps">draw and</span> <span class="hps">paint</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I </span><span class="hps">still do</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">My</span> <span class="hps">first real</span> <span class="hps">camera</span> <span class="hps">was bought</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">almost two</span> <span class="hps">years ago</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">At once</span> <span class="hps">I knew we</span> <span class="hps">belonged</span> <span class="hps">together, the camera and I. </span><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">love </span><span class="hps">technical</span> <span class="hps">stuff</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">and I love to</span> <span class="hps">be creative</span> <span class="hps">- so it</span> <span class="hps">was just ment to be!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Earlier</span> <span class="hps">this year</span><span class="">, I was</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">fortunate enough to be accepted</span> <span class="hps">at</span> <span class="hps">the best school</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps atn">Oslo (</span><span class="">I</span> <span class="hps">think</span> <span class="hps">it is the best</span><span class="">)</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">my first</span> <span class="hps">day of school</span> <span class="hps">this Tuesday</span> <span class="hps">and this whole week</span> <span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">been</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">exciting</span> <span class="hps">and educational.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">I've</span> <span class="hps">already</span> <span class="hps">learned</span> <span class="hps">a lot,</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">the more I</span> <span class="hps">learn, the</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">I realize</span> <span class="hps">how little I</span> <span class="hps">actually</span> <span class="hps">know</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">I am very motivated and I</span><span class="">'m ready to</span> <span class="hps">receive</span> <span class="hps">all that I</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">learn. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">When it comes to photography, I </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">shoot</span> <span class="hps">both</span> <span class="hps">analog</span> <span class="hps">and digital</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">At school</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">will learn to</span> develop<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">film</span> <span class="hps">on my own,</span> <span class="hps">which</span> <span class="hps">I</span><span class="">'m really looking forward</span> <span class="hps">to!</span> <span class="hps">Until now</span><span class="">, I've</span> <span class="hps">delivered</span> <span class="hps">film</span> <span class="hps">rolls</span> <span class="hps">to a</span> <span class="hps">photo lab</span> <span class="hps">here in</span> <span class="hps">the neighborhood.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">quite</span> <span class="hps">expensive</span> <span class="hps">to do</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">if you</span> <span class="hps">shoot</span> <span class="hps">a lot of</span> <span class="hps">analog</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">So it</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">not only</span> <span class="hps">be fun to</span> <span class="hps">develop film on my own</span><span class="">, but</span> <span class="hps">also a lot cheaper</span><span class="">. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="hps">There</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">many exciting things</span> <span class="hps">that await</span> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">and my</span> <span class="hps">career.</span> <span class="hps">I will update you as often as I can. So</span> <span class="hps">stay</span> <span class="hps">tuned</span><span class="">!</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span><br />
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