macks blog

finding your "self"

2010-05-07T05:12:00.000-07:00

What is more important in self-portraiture – envisioning who you are (i.e. your “true self”) or envisioning who you wish to be (i.e. your “best self”)? Why?

I am a firm believer of finding and being yourself. I have read the book Siddhartha which is about a man trying to find his "self". I believe it's very important that you should envision who you are first before you even try to figure out who you would like or want to be. The reason that is, is because why would you want to be someone else or try to portray yourself as someone else when your not even sure if you know your "true self".

media

2010-04-27T04:53:00.000-07:00

The main points of the article include how the media is turning regular famous women or men and changing their appearances to make them look better. The other key points in the article are explaining to the general public that celebrities don’t really look like that, but in fact they are being photo shopped to look perfect. Everything from their eye color to their boobs things are being altered with. Reese Witherspoon a very famous actress was scene in a photograph with a completely different chin then the last photograph she had taken not to long ago. I do agree with the general push of the article because I believe that they are taking Photoshop a little too far. I could understand if someone has a huge zit on their forehead, yes Photoshop it out, but eye color come on. Its like getting plastic surgery, but without the pain. They are giving girls and boys a message that is not healthy, perfection. No one is perfect, no one. So many people look up to how beautiful those people are when in fact they are not showing their true selves. I believe Photoshop should be used only to fix things like a pimple or something else. Not necessarily boob size or even how skinny you look.

2010-03-11T11:05:00.000-08:00

"God is in the details."

What is your interpretation of this quote?

How can we see God in the details every day?

How might we use our cameras in order to discover and preserve these details?

My interpretation of this quote is that God is everywhere. He is in the littlest things in life and the biggest. He is not only in the masterpiece, but in the small details in the masterpiece. We can see God in everyday details by the items outside and the things that surround us everyday that we sometimes forget about. We might use our cameras in order to discover and preserve these details by getting up close to an object that we see everyday and never really take a second look at it.

blog #4

2010-03-04T05:06:00.000-08:00

What this quote means to me is that you can experiment with the picture even after you take it. Like using photoshop you are kind of changing the picture to make the photograph look better. When you change the photograph your making it more interesting to the viewer. Not everyone can take a perfect picture and be satisfied with it without changing the contrast or cropping a photo.

Blog #3

2010-02-28T20:10:00.000-08:00

I honestly think that I did pretty well on the lighting project. I believe that I understood the criteria very well and I understood what I had to do. The feedback that I recieved really made me understand what I need to do for the next project. I didn't take the negative feedback to heart, I used it as good information for me being a new photographer. I think my negative and positive feedback was deserved, I think it was very presice and accurate.

Andy Goldsworthy Documentary

2010-01-30T19:38:00.000-08:00

3) My interpretation of Andy Goldsworthy's work was that he was trying to show people the difference between seeing nature and actually seeing the beauty of nature. What I mean by that is Andy showed people there is more to a rock thne what people see. A rock can make a photograph beautiful depending on what kinds of things Andy put in the picture. I did enjoy his work, I love nature and I loved the fact that Andy used the different natural lighting from the sun to make the photograph look so natural, but beautiful as well.

4) Inspiration for my own work I gained from Mr. Goldsworthy's style style i that i can use my own materials to make a picture look great. I can put different materials together or fix the lighting a certain way. I don't have to alway rely on my camera to do all of the work.

5) I specifically connect to his work because I like how natural it is. Nature is beautiful and many people seem to forget that. I am a very big environmentalist and Andy shows and reminds people that nature is beautiful so we need to take care of it.