WEEK 6 BOC: Ron Galella

Ron Galella has been sued, punched, verbally abused and soaked with a hose. These are just some of the occupational hazards for celebrity photojournalists.

1 He is the first to capture the essence of what a paparazzi should be. He keeps he photos very real and surreal with all the celebrities he has taken over the course of his photojournalism years. He came to situations where Jacki Onassis took him to court for invading her privacy especially her children. He even was socked in the lower chin breaking some of his teeth by Marlon Brando for asking him to take off his shades. He is everywhere and in any place to capture the real life of the celebrities every chance he gets. I would emulate him by capturing someone sitting and drinking coffee, and chatting on their cell phone at a coffee sandwich shop. . I would capture that person from behind a post only several feet away and keep snapping my shots until I am satisfied with what I have. I would make it during the day because that is usually the time that this person would go and have her breaks, somewhere clos to her house. Somewhere to a place where she is more or less comfortable doing her daily routine. I would make sure she does not see me or even mind me being there. It is the most golden part of the day when the sun has its morning glow and the air is cool. I want her to be in her most relaxed moment yet thinking at the same time. I would like to capture her drinking her coffee at the same time on her phone. Other times texting. I will get different angle to achieve the best angled shot. She will be in her moment of peace as well when I capture her as well.

WEEK 5 BOC: Painting With Light

The painting with light was hard in itself because it was during the day instead of the night which would make it easier. I used a flash to punch out some light for the camera to capture at certain timed lapses. I used this flash because I think it would give it that spark that draws the eyes to the certain parts of the photo. I used Ingo’s art work because I think the his work draws your attention and the blue helps with the blue in the flash. I wanted to create a work that would make this photo stand out. I timed it at about twelve seconds so that it would be just right and not too bright from the surrounding lights. Of course I used myself in this because so to give the photo that character that someone was there in its presence. The star shaped light coming out of the flash is making the photo be part of the whole of the art. I like the way she is looking and posing with the flash to make it look like she posed for the shot. The surrounding lights help to make Ingo’s work stand out from the wall. I chose this work because it was a different type of mood. It sends that mood where you want to give it that extra boost with something like painting with light. The blue makes it stand out from the offwhite of the wall. The light from the flash was perfect to give it dimension and surreal affect on this photo. I wanted to make this a awe struck quality in a room with photos such as this one. I am part of it where I was there to give it that surreal feel and ghostly affect. For that time.

WEEK 5 EOC: What is Your Copyright

There are many types of copyrights I would like to use. The question would be what type for which type of work I want to use them on. I would like to use the VA form because I want to protect my works that are published. I would want my body of work to be protected once it is used because there are many piraters who would love to take my work and show it off without citing who did it. Once the public see your work, your work is out there for those to use however they like. For the eCO for published works that are a good enough for an art director to recommend for any publication. The VA form is good for smaller type of jobs where they are good but not good enough to be recommended by less than most art director. I like to keep all my files in large quantities and also organize the really nice ones in their own group. It is imperative that I keep my really good works under scrutiny so that they are left for only me and no other person can use them to their own benefit. I like to keep my distance from the piraters that keep using the most dignified work and sell them for their own use. Most of my works will be used for VA form because I will be taking works that are done everyday and keep them organized. I do think that I would keep using the eCO because I see a lot of my work that would be used in publication. It will be useful to keep things protected from outside publications to use. It is vey seldom do I need to keep things at protection level at this time. I do protect them by inscripting them with my name and location and date.

WEEK 4 BOC: Wedding Photo

The rings are from my family. They are both similar the man and the womans. I shot them next to each other with one on top of the other to show the that glimmer in the gold and diamonds insets in them. I used the tungsten lighting to make the yellow show out of the gold of the rings. I used a black velvet cloth to keep the light from bouncing off the surface anywhere so that it is only showing the roundness of the rings and the yellowness of the gold. I wanted to keep these two the center focus just by using the black velvet. The velvet also keeps things in sharp focus. I want the audience to look at the these two rings and have their own meaning. I put them up to each other so that it shows that they are equal but one shows more character than the other.The sunlight works best when showing the sparkle in the diamonds. I like to show the sparkle because that is what I want in focus. The sparkle helps to dignify the rings and give it character. I did them one of top of the other but they seem to be too flat so I brought them up to give them dimension and more roundness and gold. The gold around it make the ring more interesting and gives it that glimmer for draw the eye up to the area where they join and be looking that the diamonds. The flow from bottom to top to give it that dignity and show that these two are the same and different on the same level. These two interesting because each one are made different. If you look closely some of the diamonds sparkle and are bigger that the ones on the other rings.