In this series I used a photo from Brazil, a few from the Drew neighborhood, and couple from over the weekend on the Embarcadero. I used Picmonkey's texture and surface filters to make the picture look as if it was on an actual surface. I used brick, paper, metal, and even weave as textures for my photos. I also used the paint filter on the 49ers picture, which I really enjoyed. I think if I was to continue this series I would use more paint edits to make the photo almost look like it was painted on a canvas.                                    

In this series we used the affects on Picmonkey to add meaning or tone. I specifically enjoyed the cross process affect and the textures of paper and metal. I of course also really enjoy experimenting with the different fonts, but I have found several that I really like in particular. This project is very similar to my final for last semester where I tried to experiment with adding words and affects to my photos, but this time I tried to not use any self portraits or any facial expressions.

Best of Nan Goldin Inspired Series

I included these photos in my best of series, not only because they most represent Nan Goldin's work, but because they most reflect my progress this semester. I have gained so much from this project, and have found real enjoyment from putting words and effects to my self portraits.

Series 3

In my third series I attempted to be my own subject in more subtle forms than in my previous series. I also attempted to make each photograph have a different tone, but as a collection to fit together. I think that I did not do as well of a job as I had hoped of making them all fit together, but I really enjoyed trying out many different editing techniques. Although I have altered from Nan Goldin's style quite a lot with each new series, I think I have been successful in conveying a meaning or conflict in each of my photos through the image and words.

In this series, I tried experimented with new effects on picmonkey, and attempted to use more thought provoking phrases and lines in my pictures. Many of the lines I have thought of myself, but I have also used lines from Slug from Atmosphere, MF Doom, and Madlib. I attempted to directly contrast or correspond my photos with the phrases or lyrics. I attempted to use a tripod and more self timers during this series draft, but I also just took many of my photos with my own hands, which Nan Goldin also believes is very effective.

In this series I attempted to use Nan Goldin's photography techniques to capture a conflict or a meaning. Nan Goldin uses self timer and her own hands to capture her own emotions. I added words to convey a meaning in my photos in a way that is specific to my interests and passions. This is just the first draft of my series, but I believe I have already started to replicate the mood that Nan Goldin sets in her Photos.

In this series I attempted to convey some emotion or even moral from this three picture sequence. I tried my best to create small stories, that sometimes are predictable, and sometimes are ironic. I also tried to use different lighting, coloring to convey different themes for each sequence.