Artist Statement
One of the pictures I took was of one of my dogs, Chewy. He is one of three dogs in my family and is the second dog that we have owned. He is probably my favorite out of the three dogs I own. I took the photo in the upstairs hallway of my house. I turned on the light so it wouldn’t be really dark. I also had to work with framing when I worked with editing because there were some distracting elements in the background. I didn’t have a formal balance in this photo but I had an informal balance because the photo was tilted.
I didn’t have very many challenges while taking this photo. However I did struggle trying to have chewy come to me so i could take his photo. I also struggled getting him to focus on me so I could get a good picture of him. A couple of times my other dogs tried to get attention and ruined the picture. I felt like I accomplished something good after I had taken the photo and edited it. The photo looked ok when I took it but looked better after I edited it.
One of the pictures I took was of one of my dogs, Chewy. He is one of three dogs in my family and is the second dog that we have owned. He is probably my favorite out of the three dogs I own. I took the photo in the upstairs hallway of my house. I turned on the light so it wouldn’t be really dark. I also had to work with framing when I worked with editing because there were some distracting elements in the background. I didn’t have a formal balance in this photo but I had an informal balance because the photo was tilted.
I didn’t have very many challenges while taking this photo. However I did struggle trying to have chewy come to me so i could take his photo. I also struggled getting him to focus on me so I could get a good picture of him. A couple of times my other dogs tried to get attention and ruined the picture. I felt like I accomplished something good after I had taken the photo and edited it. The photo looked ok when I took it but looked better after I edited it.
Artist Statement Architecture
Shane MacNeil
One of the pictures of architecture I took was of the Chicago skyline. I took it a while ago but it looked cool so I used it for this project. It has this cool beam of light coming out of the clouds that you don’t see everyday so that after I took and edited that photo it looked really cool so it was special. I took the photos off of a boat when we were in the water.
I also went downtown and took some pictures of some of the tall buildings. It was hard to take the photos because there were a ton of people in the way of the pictures. I had to wait for people to get out of the way until I could take my pictures. When people did get out of the way more people just got in the way again. I eventually found some quiet places with cool buildings that I could take pictures of.
I also took some pictures of my house. It was hard because I have lots of trees around my house so that got in the way. I had to find a certain angle where the trees weren’t in the way and my siblings and dogs weren’t bugging me. it was also really windy so I got some cool shots with leaves floating around in them. But with the wind constantly moving the trees the pictures were always blurry.
Shane MacNeil
One of the pictures of architecture I took was of the Chicago skyline. I took it a while ago but it looked cool so I used it for this project. It has this cool beam of light coming out of the clouds that you don’t see everyday so that after I took and edited that photo it looked really cool so it was special. I took the photos off of a boat when we were in the water.
I also went downtown and took some pictures of some of the tall buildings. It was hard to take the photos because there were a ton of people in the way of the pictures. I had to wait for people to get out of the way until I could take my pictures. When people did get out of the way more people just got in the way again. I eventually found some quiet places with cool buildings that I could take pictures of.
I also took some pictures of my house. It was hard because I have lots of trees around my house so that got in the way. I had to find a certain angle where the trees weren’t in the way and my siblings and dogs weren’t bugging me. it was also really windy so I got some cool shots with leaves floating around in them. But with the wind constantly moving the trees the pictures were always blurry.
Artist Statement for Still lifes
In my still lifes I chose objects that I use every day. I chose my headphones and my game controller and my book. I also chose a few toys to add to my still life so I would have seven objects. I used my desk and put paper on it so it would the desk would be white instead of brown. It is important for me to document through photography because it shows how I live my life. The still life is documentation of life through photography. There are some things that you can’t explain/show through words so you have to use pictures.
In my still lifes I chose objects that I use every day. I chose my headphones and my game controller and my book. I also chose a few toys to add to my still life so I would have seven objects. I used my desk and put paper on it so it would the desk would be white instead of brown. It is important for me to document through photography because it shows how I live my life. The still life is documentation of life through photography. There are some things that you can’t explain/show through words so you have to use pictures.
Artist statement (photoshop)
Shane MacNeil
For my different layers I used some of my old toys. I took a selfie of myself in bed for my backdrop and put blue paint behind it. I used an old lego toy for the second layer. It was some kind of star wars tank. I used another lego toy for the next layer. I used a toy horse on the next layer and cropped the background out of the picture. I used the knight that goes with the horse for the next layer of the picture. I put some paper down on my desk so I could take the pictures. I cropped out all of the backgrounds so they were just individual objects.
Shane MacNeil
For my different layers I used some of my old toys. I took a selfie of myself in bed for my backdrop and put blue paint behind it. I used an old lego toy for the second layer. It was some kind of star wars tank. I used another lego toy for the next layer. I used a toy horse on the next layer and cropped the background out of the picture. I used the knight that goes with the horse for the next layer of the picture. I put some paper down on my desk so I could take the pictures. I cropped out all of the backgrounds so they were just individual objects.
Artist Statement
-Shane MacNeil
One of the objects I took a picture of was one of my brothers toys. Some of the struggles were figuring out different positions to take the photos from. Other struggles were of figuring out what toys I should use to take pictures of. The toy I chose to write about was an action figure. It was a toy horse that a knight would ride. It was red and had one of its legs raised. Since it had one leg raised it was hard to balance and take a picture of. It was hard to come up with different positions to take pictures of it from. The picture was kind of blurry so I had to edit it on the computer in class so it wouldn’t be so blurry. It was a triumph when I finally got came up with all of the positions I should take the photos in.
-Shane MacNeil
One of the objects I took a picture of was one of my brothers toys. Some of the struggles were figuring out different positions to take the photos from. Other struggles were of figuring out what toys I should use to take pictures of. The toy I chose to write about was an action figure. It was a toy horse that a knight would ride. It was red and had one of its legs raised. Since it had one leg raised it was hard to balance and take a picture of. It was hard to come up with different positions to take pictures of it from. The picture was kind of blurry so I had to edit it on the computer in class so it wouldn’t be so blurry. It was a triumph when I finally got came up with all of the positions I should take the photos in.
Landscape Photography-Artist Statement
Shane MacNeil
One of the photos I took was of a tree in my backyard. I wasn’t sure what I should have taken a picture of at first so I went around my yard and started taking pictures of trees in my yard. I decided to take the pictures in my yard because my family was out so I couldn’t go out to go take pictures of nature. At first I couldn’t find any trees that I thought would look good when I took a picture. So I had to spend a lot of time to find a tree that looked cool. Luckily I have a lot of trees in my yard to choose from.
The second photo I took was of a plant in our garden outside. I took it because it looked cool and different from the rest of our plants . I didn’t really have any struggles with this photo because it was quick to find and to take a picture of. Though my dogs kept bugging me while I tried to take the photos but I don’t know if that really counts as a struggle. I had a couple of pictures that messed up and that were really blurry but I figured out that there was water on the lens of the camera on my phone.
The last photo i took was of a big pine tree in my front yard. I thought it would make a cool picture looking up from the base of the tree and I think I was right. A few problems I had were that there were some squirrels running up the tree and shaking the branches so that ruined some of my photos. And pine needles kept falling down and making me move right before I took the photo so I made the photo blurry. After all the tries I think I got a cool looking photo of the pine tree with some water droplets from a light sprinkle.
Shane MacNeil
One of the photos I took was of a tree in my backyard. I wasn’t sure what I should have taken a picture of at first so I went around my yard and started taking pictures of trees in my yard. I decided to take the pictures in my yard because my family was out so I couldn’t go out to go take pictures of nature. At first I couldn’t find any trees that I thought would look good when I took a picture. So I had to spend a lot of time to find a tree that looked cool. Luckily I have a lot of trees in my yard to choose from.
The second photo I took was of a plant in our garden outside. I took it because it looked cool and different from the rest of our plants . I didn’t really have any struggles with this photo because it was quick to find and to take a picture of. Though my dogs kept bugging me while I tried to take the photos but I don’t know if that really counts as a struggle. I had a couple of pictures that messed up and that were really blurry but I figured out that there was water on the lens of the camera on my phone.
The last photo i took was of a big pine tree in my front yard. I thought it would make a cool picture looking up from the base of the tree and I think I was right. A few problems I had were that there were some squirrels running up the tree and shaking the branches so that ruined some of my photos. And pine needles kept falling down and making me move right before I took the photo so I made the photo blurry. After all the tries I think I got a cool looking photo of the pine tree with some water droplets from a light sprinkle.