Color Theory Photo Walk



Color Theory

I took a series of pictures with warm components in them.

Surrealism Project

For my surrealism project I would like to show a scene that can not exist. For example a person sitting straight up with their back against water. I do not want it to be a dream like photo. It should look possible but not achievable.

Artist Review

Leonora Carrington

            Carrington was born in England on April 6, 1917. She is a surrealist painter and a novelist. She was educated by governesses, tutors and nuns because she was expelled from two schools due to her unruly behavior. She was later sent to Mrs. Penose’s Academy of Art. Then she returned to London where she attended the Chelsea School of Art. She married max Ernst, another artist. After spending time in New York in the 1960’s she moved to Mexico City where she later died on May 25, 2011.

Ben Goossens

Goossens is a native of Belgium and is a surrealism photographer. He only started doing surrealism photography after he retired from his job as an ad agency art director. He has received many awards for his photography such as the gold and silver medals at the Trierenberg Super Circuit. He has also had his work published in the March 2007 edition of Photo Art International.

Artist Review

Artist’s Name: Leonora Carrington

Title of Artwork: Horses of Lord Candlestick Date of Work: 1938

Description: Horses of Lord Candlestick is a painting of about eight horses that appear to be disfigured. One is “climbing” a tree with only half of a body. The main focus of a picture is a reddish horse slightly to the left of the picture. This horse looks quite startled.

Analysis: The setting of this painting is outside at night. The horses are painted in brighter colors and stand out against the background. Most of the horses are near the bottom of the picture and closer to the middle.

Interpretation:           I believe that this piece is trying to convey how people (or animals) react to darkness. Each horse looks lost or startled and one is trying to climb a tree.

Judgment:      I believe that this was a very successful piece because it can be interpreted in many different ways. I may see one thing but someone else may look at it a different way. To me, that is what makes magical realism successful. By letting other people imagine what you are trying to say.

Artist Review

Artist’s Name: Ben Goossens

Title of Artwork: 12h12… time to take control over your life

Description:   This piece of photography shows a man standing in the middle of a sundial. He is in a suit with an umbrella. This man’s head is portrayed as a clock.

Analysis:         This piece uses faded backgrounds to make the center of the image pop out. It appears that the artist used a drawing or a painting to use as a back drop.

Interpretation:           To me, this piece means that many people are run by the clock. They have a very set schedule and stick to it. This piece is trying to get people to relax their schedule and not let time control them.

Judgment:      This is an extremely successful piece. It conveys a message that is very important to the world.

Shadow Picture

Selective Color

30 Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge

David Hockney Inspired Collage

Inspired by David Hockney



Inspired by David Hockney



Coming into this project I was unsure about what I was going to photograph. For my portrait piece I decided to take photos of my friend Poonam Bhavsar. First I took a photo of the whole area I was going to use for the collage. Then I took about 50 pictures at different distances. When putting this together I completed the outline of the photo area and then filled in her face. I did not want the photos to match up perfectly and I also wanted each feature to be repeated.

For the landscape photo I took pictures of the shed in my backyard. I had the same process for this project. Each of the photos came out so differently that it made the collage look even better. The different exposure of each photo really makes this piece different for the portrait.

Photo Walk

I love the way the sky came out in this photo. The way clouds are it looks like the sky is turning white as the sky gets closer to the camera.

Partner Project

Partner Project, Abby Candelora 2012

I thought of the idea for this picture from a hamster running on a wheel. I wanted to create the illusion that I was running fast enough to keep up with the speed that the locker dial was being turned.