Illustration

This problem affects everyone that lives in our first world society every single day.  I thought of this idea when I was sitting on my laptop on Facebook and decided to pull out my phone and check Instagram while it was plugged in and my hands got caught in the wires of my laptop charger and my cell phone charger.  I put the laptop cords around Shi-Quan because it shows how restrained and restricted by technology we have become and how we have learned to live through our cell phones and social media as a whole.  Without our social media aspects and platforms we are basically worthless.  For example, we post these pictures on a social media outlet through blogger.  We are so attached to our cell phones and our computers that we are somewhat bound by them, at least I am.

Physical : I took this photo of Shi-Quan laying down on a carpet because it had a solid background and I couldn't find just a white background anywhere that I could also have him laying down on.  I put the computer right next to him because it is the main device through which we are bound.

Psychological : This photo touches the psychological context because it proves how we are mentally attached to all of our devices and are bound by them.  We live our lives through them because that is the easiest and best way we now know how to.  I have witnessed people pull out their computer, get on their tablet and have their cell phone next to them AS WELL as listening to an iPod or iTouch or something of that sort.

Cultural : This photo is an epitome of how we, as a culture, have become submersed in our technological devices and how we can't escape them.  We have become so attached to our devices for Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for example, that we have become slaves to our phones and laptops.  I can barely go to sleep without touching my cellphone seeing if I have a text message or Snapchat or something of that sort.  It is a bad habit I need to break, but it is so hard with how easy our culture can get our hands on phones or computers or laptops.

  Temporal : This is supposed to be taken as a metaphor showing how people have become slaves and bound to our technology and cell phones.  

Hard News Story - Trailer Fire in Washington

First shot of the evening.  Walking into the neighborhood.

Walking into the area where the fire was.

Outdoor Glamours

Another fun fun day of shooting outside!

Just liked this shot for some reason, not posting for grades, just sharing.

With the fill with the northern exposed window

Without the fill with the northern exposed window.

With the fill with a northern exposed window.

Without the fill, with a northern exposed window.

Outdoor glamour with the fill.

Outdoor glamour without the fill.

and nick.

Glamour Shots for Aaron Hall

Gotta love Aaron.

Wednesday's lab

Good fun day of shooting again! Always a joy to learn new things in the studio!

Rembrandt triangle

2:1 ratio

Photoshoot. Shiquan, take a look

I was super excited with the day today, so I immediately went home and edited the photos and am going to throw them up right now!

This is BY FAR my favorite shot.

Finally got my camera back! Tight angle shots

I had to fix my camera for the past couple of weeks because of a lack of a battery holder in my phone, but I got it back! Took some photos of my cat today and yesterday!

My cat Otto perched outside my house. Taken with my Nikon with a 135 focal length.

Thought the colors worked well with each other because my cat gets somewhat lost in the plant behind him.

Different angle of the last shot. Taken with a 135 mm zoom again.

Another shot of Otto but taken sideways. 

Next day it rained so Otto decided to hide underneath my awning. Focal length at 55mm without the flash.

Different angle of Otto taken with a 55mm focal length with the flash.

55 mm focal length with flash. Otto hiding from the rain.

Otto decided to venture out into the rain. 55 mm focal length.