Week 3

Craft: I created this photograph by simply placing my favorite pair of shoes together on the floor under a light.

Composition: Again the arrangement of this photograph is fairly simple, it is a front view of my shoes. I decided to use this particular view point because I wanted to show how old, run down, and colored on/expressed upon my shoes are. I made sure this photograph was a close up shot, since I was going for a more personal feel/ peak into my personality. The composition of this photograph also helped narrow down my choices for our first project. I asked myself ( as mentioned in class) Would I put this on my wall? ... Heck yes! In other regards to other aspects on composition I should mention contrast. I really like how the light is bouncing off of the rubber tops of my shoes and how the canvas/plaid is in the foreground a slightly dark. I really wanted to point out the drawings on the tops of my shoes, with the light reflecting off of them it attracts the views eyes to that point even more. I also enjoy the texture of the fronts of my shoes ( i.e., the etched band around the the bottoms of the shoes. If time permits I feel that I can have a lot of fun with detail in Illustrator.

Concept: As I mentioned above, with this photograph I wanted to give the viewer a small glimpse of me and my personality, style, imagination. My left shoe always reminds me what this one Jim Morrison quote, " Leaving the phone-booth, I was struck by a whiff of the weird." A whiff of the weird, that line left a colorful imprint in my brain. The best part is, is that it completely works with this assignment and photography, being that it is a shoe, but necessarily your everyday normal clean shoe, its a little off but In a good way. As I walk by, put my feet up, take my shoes off people may get a whiff of my shoe, but not just any kind of whiff a whiff of the weird. Maybe I am going completely over the cliff, but I really feel that this photograph and quote interact well with each other and my personality, life, creative mind. Which is one of the reasons why I decided to choose this photograph for my first project on Illustrator.

Week 2

Craft: This photograph was fairly simple to take. I simply kicked my legs out and took a picture of just my boots making sure I got half of the train going by.

Composition: I chose the fill the frame in this particular fashion in order to throw dimensions off a bit. The photograph looks very flat, 1 dimensional. I had not planned on getting the CTA logo in the shot, but I am happy it worked out that way because it adds more of a balance. The logo also gives the photography more of a feel of the actual location.

Concept: With this photograph I wanted to visually express the way I was feeling at that particular moment, which was cold and fed up with how long I had to wait for the train. I thought tilting my feet the way I did was a good representation of how long waits can lead to becoming antsy. The flatness of the photograph was a desired effect to illustrate how narrow some train platforms are. Even though the train is one track over from the platform it is hard to tell. This worked out perfectly because I feel that it will ignite a familiar emotion in anyone who has been on a Chicago train platform.

Craft: I created this photograph by placing my shoes strategically on the floor with a tube of oil paint, a paint brush, and with two small canvases my best friend made for me. Once the objects where in their desired positions, I put my digital camera on the floor, turned the flash off and took the picture.

Composition: I chose to fill the frame this way because I wanted to make sure I got a good clear shot of how worn-in my shoes are. I also made sure that the door and part of the chair were faintly in the frame to give the illusion that this room is not very big. I framed it this way because I personally enjoy up close shots… I feel that they are very personal because you can't hide any type of flaw- it is somewhat unforgiving.

Concept: The concept I am trying to convey in this photograph is one of an art student. The paint, paint brush, and canvases gives that way almost instantly. However the “beat-up-ness”/ “worn-ness” of the shoes represent the drive, passion, hardship, and willingness to go without an art student/artist may experience in order to take part in something that they love.

Week 1

Name: Chanice Lohman

Hometown: Evanston, Illinois

Future Occupation(s): School Guidance Counselor, Gallery Owner, Photographer

Last song that played on my iPod: "Suspicion" - Terry Stafford

Favorite Lyric/Quote : "Live with us in forests of azure. Out here on the perimeter there are no stars Out here we is stoned - immaculate." - Jim Morrison (The Wasp Texas Radio And The Big Beat)