was just reminded of how awesome this artist is!!

Urban America vs. the Rural states

Mellow Yellow

Bridge over troubled water

Floral Houses and other things..

I'll see you through shades of Grey

Blowin' in the Wind

Cautious Kids

Follow up/response to post about B&W photography vs color.

This post is for Photo 217:
If a picture is bad i.e. the composition sucks, it's out of focus, etc.. changing it to black and white does not fix it. It simply becomes a bad picture that now has no color. The editing process should never go: "Oh this picture sucks, so i'll just put it in black and white." Now, I don't know what the criteria should be for black and white, I think if we give it a hard and fast rule that takes away some of the creative nature, or freedom rather. This probably seems like a 'duh,' I just wanted to follow up on my previous B&W post and respond to other posts regarding this subject. 

Empirically Cute For Valentines Day

HTML5 doin' its thing.

Just learned about this in MEDA 260, check it out. 

www.ro.me

Kitten Cuddles

Gradient Nostalgia

Black and White vs. COLOR

Color is the most important thing to me in art. It is the first thing I see, it's what I'm drawn to, and it's what I look for. It is never my first reaction to put a photo into black and white because I probably didn't shoot it for that reason. That being said, I do think that it can make a photo read better or be 'stronger.' I think to some people it makes the photo more serious like black and white adds importance. I don't know if this is true. I find that if the picture is technically good in like a formalist way i.e. strong lines, excellent composition, etc.., it is strong both in B&W and color, and at that point it becomes a matter of preference. Although, this doesn't really answer the question of how to decided when to use B&W/ what the criteria for deciding is. I usually approach it in this manner; if the color is not the coolest thing compositionally about the photo I try it out in B&W just to see. There are two types of photos that I do prefer in B&W. 1) Old people. They are BEAUTIFUL in black and white. The texture of their skin is such a strong subject matter, you can see that they have earned those wrinkles-all the stories and history of their lives comes out. 2) After color, strong lines and shape are my favorite compositional aspects of art. Those pared with high contrast is what makes a good B&W photo for me.
Thanks!
Alex

Neuroscience

Self Portrait: ARTST 217

Painting is my passion. I love it. I think this picture represents me really well.
The angle puts the viewer super close to the paint palette.
It almost feels like you're in the paint. 

When I was younger I got really into Origami.
This represents a lot of my childhood. 

I was sitting in Trombley Square,  playing with these leaves.
I realized I had put them into this pattern and I was like cool. So I took a picture. 

I have had these chickens forever. They're supposed to be good luck.
For the past several years they have hung on my bedroom door.
I see them all the time, but I never really think about them.
This picture made me appreciate them. 

Owls are one of my favorite animals.
This owl was actually a puzzle someone gave me.
It took forever to build :) The pieces are TINY.

Evolution of Crayola's Colors

Paper Creations

Rothko Munchies

Rainbow Nation

Folded Cuckoo

Beautiful Ladies

Badass Black and Whites

by Sally Mann