{ make up snow day roll }

my theme was my sister

{ famous photographer fridays 3.0 }

 

todays photographers were an old married couple by the names of Bernd & Hilla Becher.
the Bechers style is an industrial architecture type thing, taking pictures of different styles of the same thing for years at a time. something i find intersting about this photography is how some of their projects took 9 years to finish, i could never wait that long.  here is a piece of work by this married couple














Bernd & Hilla Becher had a lot of inspired people on their hands, but i enjoy Idris Khan's work alot.
Idris was so inspired by the Bechers that he decided to make some of their pieces into his own. to do this Idris took one of their complete projects (such as the one above^) and put them through photoshop and took each individual picture and put them into there own photoshop layer. creating cool photos!

here is one of his creations

{ layers questions }

            how do i create a layer?
          -  click the icon at the bottom right that looks like a piece of paper folded.
           how do i rename a layer?
          - unlock the layer, then you can click twice and rename the layer with ease.
           how do i convert a locked layer to a regular layer?
          - to convert a lockeed layer all you have to do is double click box type thingy and up pops the unlock tab, so just fill that out and your good to go.
           how do i duplicate a layer?
         - to duplicate a layer all you have to do is right click the layer you want to duplicate and choose " duplicate layer ".
           how do i move a layer up or down in the layer stock?
         - to move a layer up or down all you have to do is click the layer and drag it up or down, above or below the other layers.
           how do i select multiple layers at once?
        - to select multiple layers at once all you have to do it hold shift while clicking all the layers you want to select.
           what does control J do?
        -control J takes your selection and moves it on to its own seperate layer.

{ february random roll book cover }

ed burtynsky

today we learned about ed burtynsky..
eds style is kinda of eye opening, he wants people to see his photos and think about what we are doing to the world, polluting, trashing, demolishing, everything. his pictures differ from pollution and trash, to the way people are living, working 10 hour factory days for little to no money.
i see these people having to work on the clock non stop and i couldnt even imagine having to do that.

 this is the photo i chose, i like/chose this photo because its really eye opening and it almost seems unreal.

aperture

1.8 aperture

8.0 aperture

16 aperture

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famous photographer fridays 2.0

This weeks F.P.F took place on a monday, and we learned about Cindy Sherman.
Cindy is famous for her portrait work and her iconic transformations.
Cindy doesnt title her work because she doesnt want people to form a opinion or expect something from the picture to match the title, she wants people to be able to picture whatevers happneing in the photo as whatever they want.
I enjoy Cindy's work because i think its cool and original, i also love how she work(s/ed) alone.
she could wake up one day and deciedes she wants to look like a 50 year old grunpy woman, so she does that, puts on her makeup, puts on her costumes and takes pictures, and she does it good.
here is a photo by Cindy Sherman that i enjoy;

 i like this picture because i can interpret it however i want and it makes me curious, and its hard to believe that Cindy Sherman is somewhere under there.