Somenske-FC



**Image 1: This image is by Abelardo Morell. He immigrated to the US in 1962 and has since had copious amounts of his work presented in museums and galleries. I like this image because of the way it plays around with reflection. Lot’s of images have reflection, but this image takes it to the next level by reflecting it in his own eyeglasses. **
 * Image 2: This image is by Alfred Stieglitz. He was married to Georgia O'Keefe and owned his own art gallery in New York. Because of this, a lot of his images are of the city. I chose This particular image because I like the unique angle it is taken from. Because of the height he is positioned at, the tops of some buildings are visible while others are not. It puts a unique spin on the typical skyline picture and that is what makes it stand out. **

**Image 3: This image is by Karl Blossfeldt. In his career, he prefers to take close up pictures of plant life. These pictures were appealing to me because of the interesting angle. I know from his website that it is an image of a flower, but I wouldn’t have known that if I wasn’t told. It could be anything and it leaves a lot up to the imagination. **

My concept for this project is going to be “get a new perspective”. I will take pictures of everyday things, but manipulate them in some way (either a close-up, or a reflection, or a weird angle) to make them look completely different or to get people to see them in a way maybe they hadn’t before. While taking my pictures, I will focus mainly on the compositional technique of leading lines. This is my personal favorite technique because I think that it is the most interesting and appealing to the eye since it leads you throughout the entire image. In photoshop, I plan to use the adjustment bars to manipulate the color the most. I like to create a color composition that teeters the line between realistic and nonrealistic color. What I do to go beyond just a pretty picture depends on the image. I plan to make my images relate a little bit, but not necessarily form a straight series. For one image I might layer a couple of images to create a surrealistic feel. For another, I may exaggerate the coloring or the angle, or the texture. It all depends on how my images turn out and if any more inspiration strikes me along the way. ** mage 1: This image is by Alfred Stieglitz. He was married to Georgia O'Keefe and owned his own art gallery in New York. Because of this, a lot of his images are of the city. I chose This particular image because I like the unique angle it is taken from. Because of the height he is positioned at, the tops of some buildings are visible while others are not. It puts a unique spin on the typical skyline picture and that is what makes it stand out. ** http://www.tamoneillfinearts.com/blossfeldt-biography/ http://www.abelardomorell.net/about-abelardo-morell/ http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/stieglitz-bio.htm