Marissa's captured moments.

Digital photograhpy class

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I took this photo in Oak Park on a field trip. The subject is looking away with his eyes which I thought was interesting, there was about four girls taking his picture which would make anyone uneasy, he didn't know where to look and I thought capturing him looking away was more intrigueing.

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This photo was taken on a Field trip to Oak Park. I combined two photos to make a diptych. I thought it would be really interesting to have two angles of the railroad coming together so you could see both sided.

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This photo was taken on a field trip to Oak Park, the way the subject was walking his dog while riding his bike intrigued me. It's normal to see people walking their dog down the street, but you don't see many people riding a bike while walking their dog. It makes you think how long and how often he does this.

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This assignment was called sleep, I had my subject lay in the bathtub and he has a very vacant look on his face. The cracked glass around him symbolizes the unstableness the he is feeling.

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This is my collage photo for the sleep assignment. The original photo was in color but I added a color filter in photoshop from the google presets. The subject appears to be gripping the suitcase with a very firm grasp, almost as if he's afraid to let something go. The faded faces next to him represent what he's feeling inside, only showing the outside of a vacant and forsaken host.

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This photo was taken inside of a church in Bucktown. The subject has a blank, almost dazed look on one side of a pillar, and then move to the other side and it looks like she's screaming and frightened. Originally two separate photo's but merged together, to make it manipulated and so that you could see two sides of one person. One the right side she's hiding what she feels on the inside, but on the left she's showing what she really feels. I think we all have a mask that we use to hide what we're feeling underneath, whether its fear or just a little bit of sadness, there's a part of us that sometimes stays hidden that should be able to come out. 

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The assignment of this photo was retro, so I added a filter from Analog pro 2 to give it the overall retro look. I think the subject's clothing adds an interesting twist, the flowers on her shirt draw your attention to her and capture the look I was going for, which was stressed. The subject showing how she's giving off a 'done' feeling.

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This is a collage in the style of the movie The Sixth Sense, I took photos emulating this movie and created a collage that expressed what the movie was about, an overall creepy and lost feeling. My subject appears to be frightened by unknown things around him, you can tell by the way he's gripping the flashlight, as if something were to come and tear it out of his hands and take away the only sense of security he had and he's constantly looking around and wary of his surrounding, hence the face in the upper left corner.

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In this sequence, I followed the theme from the movie The Sixth Sense, each photo was emulating a scene and I combined them together to add an overall creepy and eerie feeling that the movie conveys. In the photos on the left and right the subject is looking toward the photo in the middle which I thought created a very interesting vibe, the middle photo the subject is looking off in the distance, not acknowledging the other subjects. I was trying to create a sense of uncertainty for the subject, not knowing what was going around him when other parts within himself might.

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In my emulation of this Photo still from the movie The Sixth Sense, my subject had a different fog by his face than the original. I think both subjects are displaying the same feeling in their own way. The original, the boy appears to be more scared, while my subject seems more wary rather than frightened which I think is because he appears to be a little older therefore less frightened by the same things.

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The top Image is a photo still from the movie The Sixth Sense, the bottom is an emulation that I created. My photo is a little more zoomed out than the original but I like how you can see more of the subject. I think having my subject at a wider angle allows you to see more emotion throughout his whole body rather than just his face. This movie is about a kid seeing dead people which can be a huge burden for anyone, let alone a kid. By seeing his overall posture and the way he sits in his desk I think more depth is invited.

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Self Portrait 2015

This photo is manipulated, I had two more shadows of myself, with a clear copy of myself in the middle. This goes along with other self portrait I have done, all conveying very confused and almost dazed expressions. This photo has more of a dominant stance I think, which adds a interesting aspect to the confused pattern. 

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Self Portrait 2015

Below this self portrait is a personal poem that I wrote myself. The handwriting is uneven and almost messy, but I think it works with the photo, representing the confused expression and overall disorganized approach.

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Self Portrait 2015

To make this photo more intriguing I added a blue color to my lips and a hint of blue and purple around my eyes. This photo is portraying a dazed look, but holds a lot of emotion behind it to. The way my hands are around my ears, I think adds to the complexity of the photo.

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Self Portrait 2015

In this self portrait I have the words repeating all over the photo and make them more pronounced on the right side of the photo, where there is more space. The flow of light going in a sweep in the lower left gives off a very dreamy type of feeling and I think the words really capture what I'm trying to convey in this photo. My emotion is showing uncertainty and distance.