DANIEL CROOKS

This is Daniel Crooks, he is an Australian artist that distorts his images like this one, i think it is very interesting how he does it and also how it can have deep meaning in its use, i understand that Hazel has used a similar technique, which looks very cool.

FIONA PARDINGTON

Fiona Pardington is my main artist model, she tends to use alot of shadows in her work, but contrasts the darkness with the light to help make the ridges and curves more dominant and more defined, i want to do something like this, i want to start using darker shadows deeper images prodominantly in my second panel.

This is fiona Pardingtons work entitled: Kia Kaha.
it is her way of remembering the people that were affected by the christchurch.

THE FAMBAM KAZAM YYO

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this is my mothers necklace, it is a strung up group of small plastic shells, it can be used to portray my lost Samoan heritage, my mother never knew her real father, and he was Samoan, so this has real meaning for me, with my board being alot about who i am, i think that it says a lot about not being brought up with the stereotypical Samoan/Maori lifestyle, which then shows how i am today. it is just another piece of me that makes me who i am.

this first image shows a new object. this is my grandfathers greenstone, when i told my mum about my folio

she instantly thought of this to be in it, and when she told me about it, it instantly became more special to me, 

my grandfather isnt allowed to wear it because it is broken, and i thought that the broken shards that came with it would also be a good add-on to the  meaning.

this second iimage is a close up on my grandfathers greenstone.

HELP!?

T his is just an idea that i have for the next group of photos, after leadership camp i was left thinking about alot. i came to the realization that i want to incorporate some negative stuff to my folio. NEED HELP

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I think i need to introduce new colors and textures to my folio so i think that i may need to use some more diverse materials and also i think that i need to start bringing in more objects to shoot as i think this will dramatically increase possible ideas and can also help me extend my horizon with the objects that i am using now. Please, if you have any other ideas, tell me, and i will most definitely take them into consideration. THANK YOU(:

i think i have hit a road block): i cant seem to think up any creative ideas, well i can but they dont seem to connect with the rest of my work or with me, i dont want much help in thinking up ideas as i would like my photos to mean something to me and  feel like it would make me feel better to know that it is completely original and my own. WEST

Camera Angles++

As the Buddha is stringed up, as apposed to it meaning being trapped or being all tied up and confused, i wanted to give it a meaning that was juxtaposed to the cliche of entrapment, and give it a meaning more about safety and comfort. many of the photos involve not only the Buddha but also the green stone which is symbolic of my culture and heritage, it means that i am very comfortable with being open about myself, also i am comfortable with the amount of expectations of being Maori. the string signifies the close bond that i have not only with my culture but also with the many challenges that i face with myself, the many obstacles that are in my way.

similar backgrounds

for a specific section of my folio i wanted to create an effect where all of my photos have a similar background to show grouping, and familiarity, also to decrease the randomness of how the objects, physically, seem different, and bring out what they mean as a metaphor. I thought that a lighter background helped to bring out some shapes that the reflections make, it also helps to define the shape of the overall object. 

in the first photo, the point of interest in in the third vertical intersecting line, the object is covering the second and the third sections.

in the second photo the point of interest is in the first and the second sections, the Buddha is looking away and signifies how i am looking ahead to the future and the photo behind it signifies my past with the photo infront of it is to signify my future.

this photo is of my Buddha, as he is looking forward i am looking forward, i am not turning to my past and i am concentrating on  my future.

The next section of my folio will be prodominantly "white spaced" or in other words, my images will have clean white backgrounds to give an effect of many images in one photo, with me using the white space early in my folio it gives me freedom to experiment with white space later on without it being random or being out of place. One reason for doing this is not only to show the "space" between each one of my objects, but also to show how they all tie into a bigger picture with fusing them all in together with the same colour background.

All of the objects that i chose to use are very special to me as they all represent a special part of me and my life that over the years have shaped me into the man that i am today.

The first object that i chose to use was a fern. This represents where i come from, my home, and how i love where i am.

The second object that i chose to use was a Buddha, its strange but it perfectly represents all of the hardship that i have overcome that has helped me become a better person. The Buddha itself represents peace, balance, and love. Ive had to develop these attributes in my life to hold my family together, without my peace, balance, and love, im afraid that my family would be much worse off. I see myself as a type of glue that has to hold my family together. Balance especially is needed for me to maintain a happy life.

The third object that i chose to use was my own Greenstone, which was traditionally blessed by my grandmother and represents my everlasting love for my culture and heritage.

These three things are so special to me, they have shaped me into the person that i am today, and will hold a special place in my heart.

This image has a special meaning to me. with my Buddha wearing my Greenstone, it means that i feel love from my family with my 'culture' and 'heritage' surrounding the 'balance' in my life.

With the ferns completely covering the bottom of my image, it means that my home is the base of my life, then i was young my home was all that i had to go by. As i grew older, i grew wiser and more mature, the next 'layer' is my Greenstone, it means that the older i got, the more in touch with my heritage i became, and the more unique i was becoming. The top layer is the Buddha, this is at the top because its what i have now, right now i try my hardest to maintain a happy life, family, and overall attitude.