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Artist Statement
I’m currently taking digital photography as one of my classes. I think my personality really shows through in my photos; I like to look at myself as a happy, optimistic person. I’m usually always smiling and I enjoy making others smile as well. Most of my photos are brightly colored with some sort of cheerful subject or meaning behind them. I also like taking pictures of things that I love; such as rugby, volleyball, snowboarding, my family, and my friends. I really like photography because it is a hobby where I can be serious and talk about serious matters through my photos, but still have fun and show my creative side.
To me, photography is more about composing the pictures with your camera rather than editing them in Photoshop. Although it depends on the picture and what it is for, but most of the time I try to steer away from using too many Photoshop touch-ups. Minor adjustments are okay, but I’m against completely changing the photo in Photoshop. I also believe that the emotive quality is more important than the technical quality. Anyone can stage a photo with excellent lighting and exposure, but the talent of photography lies in the meaning that is found in the depth of one’s pictures.
For my self portrait I took a picture of myself in bright lighting with symbols that describe my life in the background. The symbols that are there are pictures of my friends and family, sports medals, concert tickets, a cutout mustache and pickle, my school I.D., my snowboarding tag. Everything behind me in the picture stands for something that I love, but they also have deeper meaning and each thing works together to make me who I am. The cutout mustache and pickle show that I am not a serious person and you can always come to me if you need to smile. I put the pictures of my family and friends to show that I rely on them; I love them so much and without them I would be lost. The snowboarding tag also has strong symbolism; I was made fun of a lot because I was the only girl at my grade school that snowboarded, but the tag from that year reminds me to persevere and follow your dreams no matter what. I choose to set up the photo this way to show my bright, happy personality. I purposely made the picture look a little cluttered and wanted the viewer to fell like there was a lot going on, because that’s my life. It’s always busy and hectic, but it’s filled with everything I love so I’m happy with it and wouldn’t change it for the world.
My alter ego shows someone who I am not, but sometimes feel like. I choose to compose the picture with different qualities than I normally use. Instead of a bright, cheery picture, I used duller colors and aimed for it to give off a rather sad mood. I call this my “alter ego” because I am normally a very happy, optimistic person. I love smiling and making other people smile. I picked this as my alter ego because, although I make it a point to smile has much as possible, sometimes even I get down. Sometimes I want to be the girl in this picture, every once in a while I just want to break down. I get so stressed out that I feel like I can’t deal with it anymore, but then my optimism comes through. I know that no matter how bad things seem it can never really be that bad. I know that I have the support of my friends and family no matter what and I know that regardless of what happens, the sun will always be shinning in the morning.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. "
~E. B. White
SE W810i, Location; Gherdaia - Algeria
"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires." The fifth mountain, Paulo Coelho.
Just like the 2D paintings with a restricted colour scheme, I moved on to a secondary colour after painting pieces with the primary colours. This time, I decided to go with the cheerful yellow.
Yellow was used to represent joy and happiness in the ‘Power of Joy’, and this painting aims to exude the same emotion as well. On top of that, this painting utilises another effect of the colour yellow – optimism. The bush medicine leaves mainly represent the vat optimism and self-esteem one can have when going on in life.
The symbol in the middle is a combination of various signs across a few cultures. The horizontal line represents the horizon, showing a sign of hope. The round symbol in the middle is called the ‘Nyame Biribi Wo Soro’, a West African symbol of hope. On the whole, the symbol shows that one should be optimistic when encountered with obstacle or detour as one would get to one’s objective eventually.
On the whole, the painting shows the importance of being optimistic in life. One should take every step in life with a positive attitude, even in the face of adversity. That way, one can be sure to achieve one’s goals.
Details:
Acrylic on Canvas
24” x 24”
The Optimistic Suburbia Workshop took place at ISCTE-IUL from may 18th to may 22nd 2015. Fotografia de Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them.
~Leonard Louis Levinson
He was (optimistically) asking for £1 a photo. I didn't pay - and of course we all know that if this man really was a vampire, you wouldn't be able to see him in this photo, and as such it would not have been worth paying the £1.
At Queen St. West and Bay St. This gentleman was kind enough to sing to bystanders. He was one of the few bright spots in an overall gloomy day.
This image is Copyright © 2010 Dawid Werminski. All rights reserved.
I welcome commentary but if you post logos/icons/photos, I may delete them.
This sign magically appeared on MLK near the baseball field.
Is it an omen predicting lower unemployment and rising wages?
Or just a comment on the proposed Mixed Use development for the 1600 block of MLK?
Around Christmas time we had some rather unusual fruit at our home - persimmons like here & watermelon radish. Both were acquired rather cheaply and more for photographing than really eating - but we made an attempt to savor as well :>)
The optimistic me is the real me. Last night, when I said that things suck I was focused on trees, not the forest. Caught this shot today. My daughter left her sparkly glitter shoes in the living room, where the sun struck them and spread the light everywhere. This is me. I believe in possibilities. I am probably stupidly optimistic, but, honestly, I don't care to change that about myself. Deal with it. :)
Taken on the early hours of a Saturday morning. The sun creeping in through the foliage and the fence sits with me well, it has a particular optimistic and wishful feel to it.
A lucky image I managed. I saw about four (4) shooting stars that night and never saw this one, but it appeared in the RAW image. And if you look close you will see a trail of a possible satellite that got drowned out in processing [I may have overdone it a bit; more tinkering to this image has to be done].
This one I used Affinity Photo to eliminate some of the noise in RAW mode before doing a bit more to the image.
Make a wish, and lots of luck!
A friendly and optimistic travel document that helps brits to make friends abroad.
Client: Special Projects
Year: 2017
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Whipsnade.
As close to freedom to as possible for these guys who were born and raised in captivity. I wish them a future in our lifetime!
August 2008
Despite the public ululations and optimistic expectation of the return of most sports following the president’s green light on sports activities on Sunday, the return of pool maybe a little complicated.
The NCS recently named pool among the low-risk sports alongside archery, cycling, darts, skating athletics motorsport, swimming and skating. However, the return of pool is encountering financial complications citing the adjustments to the new normal a little hard to implement inasmuch as playing under social distancing and playing behind closed doors a walk in the park.
This financial strained has not only come recently even when the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the already worse situation that caused the Pool Association of Uganda to haphazardly call off some of its activities.
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