Experimenting around with one of the photos taken today REBECCA

applying photoshop to photograph

REBECCA photos from todays class working with light dark and shadows

shadows 

light 

props 

shallow depth

effects 

props 

colour

nature

photos that worked for us using light and shadow work, we showed examples of how you can produce different effects with shadow and thought that our ideas were relevant to represent each of us, the things that were not working for us were some positions we stood in.

Which we successfully changed so that we could get a good photo.

Political art Cassandra RAW

My blog for this subject would be, on the message you can get from street and political art, and also how a persons perspective can be changed on certain subjects and issues through the use of art.
Because from behind other peoples eyes, their is always another view, of how something can be seen. The message you interpreted by other peoples art can only be your own.
If I was to use my art to get a message across to my community and the world,
it would probably be, strongly influenced and pushed into the direction of keeping culture alive within a country, and also equality to artist within all cultures.
My audience would be anyone and everyone, who agrees that artworks should be kept within a culture and country that it originated from.
And if you are not indigenous or do not have that bloodline, you should have to apply to use that countries,symbols,flags,motifs and crafts.
I strongly believe you shouldn't, use a countries patterns, just for your own gain.
If not to promote the country and represent the true identity and culture of a country, then you shouldn't be using it at all.
In fact if you don't know the meaning behind any of those things, then you should just steer well away from it altogether.
I personally, would share my work through magazines,TVs, and walls to communicate my message.
The techniques I would use would be based around stencil, paint and passion for my cause.
So to answer the question, "yes" I do believe street art and political have a place in my life.

My Quote for Mentor/ Cassandra RAW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano

RAW/ My Mentor blog /Cassandra

In an instant if i was to think of a person that has inspired me, and influenced my life, I would have to say my father through out my life he has been my mentor with encouragement, support, and push to be the best me i can be.
Others perceive him as hard on me, and a very strict influence, although he is a very different person than you would first realise, if you got to know him you would know, the only person he is hard on is himself.

Panoramic Photomerge

tutorial that Debs and Koi watched for photoshop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT8XrYtJdZ0

photography experiments

Diffused /Wrong

We didn't pick up on this mistake till we downloaded the pictures

Diffused/wrong

Photos that we took that had mistakes with them although they were diffused light we didn't check properly and there was actually a red light source above us as you can see in the photo just by moving the subject over a little the light was diffused.

Diffused light Correct

Diffused and Direct light

shallow depth of field

reflected with gold 

Diffused 

Shallow depth, direct light and diffused light photographs using a 1/60 f  taken outside and inside with natural light using koi's photos as our best result

photography direct and diffused light

Direct light

Reflected

Diffused

Shallow depth without reflector 

Mash up collage

Photography

Stencil 

Colours 

Tropical 

Theme 

Dark and light Photograph

Pacific /Flower 

Sky 

Blue 

Tropical 

Flower

Visual diary

Mash up

Collage fun text and colour my visual diary

Mash up

New piece of work bit of collage fun and text, what do you think?

Rebbeca wow this artist work is different

http://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/qiu-zhijie/red-tattoo

Artist Rebecca

http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/527/zhang-huan

#frances one of the artist I would like to use for my assignment Frances

loretta reynolds
ref sourced from
Rarotongan artist
http://www.gallerybca.com/loretta-reynolds.html

Cassandra raw Benjamin Work

This is the piece of work i decided to use in todays class 20/03/2014 when we visited fresh gallery,
It is work by Benjamin Work, I wanted to write about this piece because it reminded me of one of the tapa cloths i used to have.

work by Benjamin Work
Fresh Gallery
Exhibition named: I see red I see red I see red
Otara
New Zealand

Rebecca photography

http://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/shirin-neshat/works

body of works by an artist named Shirin Neshat found her work very inspiring especially this picture Im not exactly sure why, it just meant something to me, I think it was the face that the writing was on the hand and covering the mouth as though there was a secret that could not be spoken.

works by Shirin Neshat
website ref:http://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/shirin-neshat/works 
gladstone gallery

rebecca experimentation

Rebecca photography

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/40-absolutely-brilliant-fresh-photo-manipulation-tutorials/

40 Absolutely Brilliant & Fresh Photo Manipulation Tutorials

Rebecca Photography

A photographer who's work i admired Francois Nars a make up artist turned in to a photographer, I really like the lighting used in this photo, I like the way the bodies glow and how they tell a story with their eyes. And would like to  follow in the same sort of style with my photographs.

Rebbeca Photography Experimentation

Experimentation and learning new skills with Photoshop

#Raw Cassandra Our Manifesto Debs,Leo,Shay,Ralph

Our Manifesto based on our quote:  which goes
"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete, proving nature laws wrong.
It learned to walk without having feet.
Funny it seems to be keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no else even cared" by Tupac Shakur

NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURE'S
OUR ART IS EQUAL
AGAINST ALL ODDS
WE FIND OURSELVES WITHIN ART
THAT REFLECTS OUR TRUE IDENTITY
LIKE A ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE.
Tupac Shakur

Portraiture #Rebbeca

My idea for my self portrait work is going to be a mix up of rarotongan dancers,city life and myself blended into the background.
Combining photography with Photoshop.

I am reseaching how to fade a image on to another /Rebbeca selfportraiture

http://www.wikihow.com/Fade-One-Image-Onto-Another-in-Photoshop

My idea for portraiture Rebbeca Photography/Photoshop

For my portraiture I want to turn something like this in to 

Something like this

Bringing beauty and nature into the modern fast paced world of today

Photos i selected that I like and inspire me Rebbeca photography

 Aloha island baby Photography

 Emma Hughes

 Phillip Colla

 reno makani

 Robert Hume

 Rose Schier

Rowan Sims

Benjamin Work/Photography Rebbeca

Photos i took at Fresh gallery Otara NZ work by Benjamin Work

 

I SEE RED, I SEE RED, I SEE RED, Benjamin Work's first solo exhibition explores the latent power of the colour red and its association with violent acts, grouping and beliefs from the world view of the artist as a New Zealand born Tongan. "Kula" (red) and "uli" (black) have been present in Tongan thinking and practice for centuries and today find resonance with contemporary Pacific Youth and gangs.

I SEE RED, I SEE RED, I SEE RED also references Pacific/Moana cultural concepts and migration.

Exhibition date: 14 March - 26 April 2014

OPENING: 6pm, Thursday 13 March

Public Programme:

Artist floor talk with Benjamin Work

When: 12 - 1pm, Saturday 29 March

Benjamin Work is a south Auckland-based visual artist of Tongan heritage. Work has a strong foundation in aerosol painting and graffiti and is a core member of the Auckland art collective, TMD.

In recent years, Work's practice has expanded to photography and performance. Work's diverse output includes large scale public mural commissions, limited editions and postage stamps. Work is also a member of the Auckland-based Tongan art collective, No'o Fakataha.

Ref Fresh gallery work by Benjamin Work