Composition: I framed this shot from the doorway of a small office at the business complex. The three desks help to provide different surfaces from which I could take different angles. The ceiling is just barely appearing in order to show the overall size of the space.

Concept: I wanted to show different sides of myself and different phases of my feelings - sometimes throughout the day, sometimes over the period of a week. The girl represents the friends that help me get throughout the day.

Method: I used a tripod to shoot a bunch of shots with me in different poses... afterward, I combined all of the images into a single image using photoshop. The shots required negative exposure composition because the fluorescent lights over exposed the shots.

Motivations: All in all, I think its important for all of us to realize and embrace different sides of ourselves... This image was a way for me to communicate the different sides I have.

Reactions

There was some wonderment of how the image came together... Overall, I think there was less interpretation of the different sides I was trying to portray and more interest in the technical details.

Evaluation: Overall, I'm really happy with how the image came out. Based on the composition and my expressions, along with new photoshop skills, I wouldn't change very much. The only thing I would change would be that I would take the girl out and have a large picture of my face in that spot of the picture.

Extension: I think this could be done in many different scenes which are context specific. If it were in a factory, you could see the many moods and faces that people feel during their day on the factory line.
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Composition: The branch is really important in this image... It really frames the entire shot and helps to kind of guide the eye into the rest of the shot. I used the curvature in the branch to keep the viewer's eye in the right spot.

Concept: Here, I wanted to show something that is a little bit off. In the image, the viewer can notice in the distance, a trashcan in the tree... There is also a sculpture hanging from the branch. Both of these things are strange and out of place, but could easily be missed if you are in a hurry.

Method: I used a tripod for this image and shutter priority. The speed of the shutter was fast because of the daylight. Later, I enhanced the image with a red tint to draw out the sculpture hanging.

Motivations: I think we all need to slow down sometimes! This image is one communication of the pace we sometimes hold that keeps us so distracted from the strange and interesting things that are out there everyday.

Reactions

Generally, I think people may have found this image a little bit boring... I think that tree was interesting, but perhaps wasn't able to truly convey the original concept and intention of the photograph.

Evaluation: I'm pleased with the composition of the image and how it eventually came out. Overall, I am disappointed with the lighting, as it seems so drab... It could be enhanced by retaking the shot, but with different lighting and weather.

Extension: I could extend this my taking strange things and placing them in everyday spots. It could be as simple as toys appearing in an office space.
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Composition: I am centered in the photograph with the road guiding the eye down towards the background. The photo was cropped to take out the extra road and trees in the foreground and background.

Concept: WEIRD! I wanted to take two things are are totally unrelated... Here there are the arms of a toy added as an appendage to my body.

Method: I used a tripod to shoot this.. I basically embraced the same body position of a small toy figurine.... I took a picture of the figurine in the same lighting and took the arms off it later and enlarged them.

Motivations: Nothing more, nothing less - this was fun! I wanted to try something completely out of my comfort zone and a bit strange. I like it because my face is so serious, but the image is really kind of funny and different.

Reactions

Laughter all around - Most people thought the image was strange and out of sorts. Lots of questions around how I did it came up. Overall, I think people it found it funny.

Evaluation: I like the framing of the shot and final result of the photoshopping. I would prefer if the light of the day were different and I think it would have added a lot to put on a different set of clothes...

Extension: This could be done with lots of different things. The other concept that I think would be fun would be to reverse some of my body parts and put them on the body of the toy.

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Composition: This time series was done at a restaurant. I framed the edge of the table in the upper right hand corner and the subjects entering from the left. The daylight provided enough for some interesting, but subtle shadows to appear.

Concept: For this series of images, I wanted to take everyday objects, like a salt and pepper set, and give them more human characteristics.

Method: I took about 50 images of the salt and pepper set. Each picture, I move the position of each just a little. I had to use a tripod in order to make sure the "scene" stayed the same.

Motivations: I think its interesting to take something that is so INhuman and give it human qualities. There are relationships between things all over the place - these things are not human. This is a literal demonstration of that.

Reactions

Overall, there was some entertainment value to the series, but not too much discussion around the actual "narrative" that was painted. I think more than anything, there was some fascination around the interaction between the two objects.

Evaluation: The lighting in the scene could have been improved. Further I think if I were to do it again, I would choose a better surface upon which to do the shots. This would help to remove some of the distractions introduced by seeing the ground, chairs, etc. in the background.

Extension: I'd like to do this with other objects... Which dont have faces or expressions. It would be cool to take things like knives, forks and spoons and make them all interact and "talk".