Food Photography

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Grilled Cheese

My Watermark

Dyptich Series

1. Video games have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I had Al, my model, pose as him playing a game vigourously as if he's about to lose. Then as you can see he's slamming the controller in frustration because he lost the game. It came out really well. Perhaps my favorite one of the series

2. It's school policy that we cannot text during school. So my model, Rachel was texting and not noticing the presence of a teacher near. She then got caught and had to give her phone to the teacher. I'd like to say thank you to Mr. Wilson for participating in this series.

3. Well I dread waking up every morning for school, and a cup of joe really helps my day move smoothly. So my model, Zalak, is sleepy in his first picture on the left. After drinking the cup of coffee, he is rejuvinated and ready to start his day off.

& that's my dyptich series

Trophy Series

Thanks for Niajah, Racheal, and Zalak for modeling for me.

Selective Coloring

Poor Kenna!

My favorite because it was just hilarious at the time. I may be mean but I'm not going to lie.

Surrealist Image Photomontage

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Practice Surrealism

Surrealistic Theme

For my surrealism photomontage, I'm going to make it a personal one. From my surrealism inspiration, Martin Stranka's "Rejected" photo, I liked the idea of having a dark picture. It seems to be perfect for my idea. The theme of my picture is "So close, yet so far". My girlfriend lives far enough to feel lonely at times and can't see her whenever I want, however she's always going to be there for me. To express the theme, I'm going to have our hands losing touch by holding onto each other's fingers. Then I will put us close together to show we are still close. A moon will be in the background because it seems more romantic you could say in the dark.

Surrealistic Inspirations

Martin Stranka was born on Friday the 13th in April 1984. He was born in the Czech Republic and then he graduated high school in Litomerice. Stranka lived there for more than 20 years, and then he finished the university in Prague. He became a photographer in 2007 and was self taught since he didn’t go to school for it. Martin has been rewarded for his photography many times.

Artist’s Name: Martin Jan Ogrodnik

Title of Artwork: Apocalypse of St. John. Date of Work: 1985 

Description: The stormy clouds give off an eerie mood. Something bad is about to happen. There’s a lot of different colors in this picture. From the  blue lake to the dark hills in the background , and not to mention all the shades in the clouds.

Analysis: There’s a lot of repetition with the clouds. The clouds are darker in the back than the ones near the man.

Interpretation: The man is calling forth the gods to either punish earth for their sins or he is calling them so he can join them in the heavens.

Judgment: I understand the meaning of the picture. I think it’s a successful drawing. I would think the man’s clothing would be blowing in the wind, but there seems to be none. If he would have added that effect, it would have looked more interesting.

Artist’s Name: Martin Stranka

Title of Artwork: Rejected Date of Work: 2011

Description:  The shading on the edges makes me focus on the man in the middle of the picture. The man is in a little ball showing that he is sad or just alone. The man and the background are the same color. I think that’s a good tone for a sad person.

Analysis: The focal point is the man in the middle. This photo isn’t symmetrical, because he’s in a ball, it’s hard to get a vertical and horizontal line of symmetry.

Interpretation: The man is curled up in a ball because he is sad. He’s also naked so that adds more to the effect of sorrow to me. The fact that there’s a lot of dark tone around him expresses the sorrow mood.

Judgment: I kind of understand this photo. The guy is feeling sad and is in a ball. The room is dark to set the mood of the picture.

These two artists are from a different time, however their artwork can be related. They both resemble something dark. The first picture is one with a man calling to the heavens for either destruction or something else. The other is a man suspended in the air naked and in a ball in a dark room. The meaning can be related but the style cannot. Ogrodnik’s picture is full of light and a bunch of varying colors. Stranka’s picture is a dark room with little difference in color. All in all these are two great pieces of surreal art.

Martin Jan Ogrodnik was born in 1950 in Poland. He studied graphic art in a private studio for about three years. Then Ogrodnik soon developed a great interest in painting with oil. Oil on canvas then became his favorite technique and preferable form of art.

Where I'd Rather Be!

My love of all time. Mariah Carey and I on the Red Carpet. They caught her kissing me on the cheek.

Partner Picture

David Hockney Collage

The assignment was to make a collage inspired from David Hockney's style. I took multiple pictures of the same thing but just from different perspective. You can kind of see at the bottom that the middle of the closet is bigger than the ends of it. About 20 pictures were used.

30 Day Challenge

Photo Walk 2

Portrait Series

While thinking of what to take a picture of for my series. I got bad news that my friend's pet ran off. Being that his pet, Jangles, was a good companion of mine, I was really depressed. I decicded to take pictures of my sister holding one of her Teddy Bears that she loved ever so much. I had her look depressed to depict my feelings into the pictures.

Self Reflection

Photo Walk

Artistic Inspirations

Woman with a Parasol, (Camille and Jean Monet) 1875 Claude Monet

Claude Monet is one of the founders of the impressionism movement. This picture reminds me of a mother waiting for something to happen.

Statue of David, 1504 Michelangelo

Michelangelo’s “David” inspired me because he made a statue to look like a real person. Something not everyone can do.

The Scream, 1893 Edvard Munch

This painting scared me when I was little. I love the emotion Edvard put into this.

Marlyn Monroe, Andy Worhol

I like how he had the same picture but colored each different. My interpretation is that they all have different emotions.

Julian Beever

Julian Beever's sidewalk pantings have me astonished that they look so realistic. I honestly thought there were real when I first layed eyes upon these masterpieces.

My Life

My name –                                Jamil Cooper

Childhood Ambition –                To be a WWE Champion!

Fondest memory –                     Baking Chocolate Cake With my Aunt Jean

Proudest moment –                     When a child grows up

Biggest Challenge –                        Deciding the future

Alarm Clock –                                  Intervenes with my dreams

Perfect Day –                                    Hanging out all day with close friends

Indulgence –                                       Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup

Favorite Movie –                                    Anaconda! SSSSSSSSSS

Soundtrack –                                           Carter IV

My life is –                                                 one big ball of confusion