Final Project: Young at Heart

Many people in the world today are so serious with their lives, always going to work and having meetings to go to and taking their children places and we forget about that element we had during our childhood. The young at heart. I grew up with six other sisters, two sets of twins, and there was never a dull moment in the home. We grew up going on family vacations and staying up late looking at seventeen magazine while listening to the latest music. As we have all gotten older, at times we even lose sight of what truly makes us happy and we realize that sometimes life is being taken too seriously. We must strive to remember our childhood and the things that truly made us young at heart. Through this project I hope to remind people of the good old days where we didn't have to worry about anything and we were just living in the moment. So sit back and remember what the days were like before you forget about them because maybe that's exactly what we need in today's world. Something to remind us that there are times when we can be a kid again and live in the moment.

This is my cousin Allie. When she was little she would read and get Calvin and Hobbes books from her book orders.

This is my roommate Allyson. Ever since she was a little girl, she could remember herself playing hotel with her siblings.

This is my friend Jaci. Since she was little, all she ever wanted to do was go to the park and whatever it was she was happy. From climbing trees to swinging, it was her place.

This is my FHE brother Kyle. When he was a little boy, he played baseball and would toss his ball around even if he was by himself.

This is my RA Jamie. She has been dancing her whole life and she still remembers dancing when she was little and it has been with her ever since.

This is another one of my FHE brothers Alan. He loved to play soccer as a child and even though he doesn't play much anymore, soccer is one of his favorite childhood memories.

This is my friend Karen. Blowing bubbles was one of her favorite things to do as a kid whenever there was never anything to do.

This is my FHE brother Britton. Since he was little he has built and collected legos. It is one of the things that he enjoys still today.

This is my FHE brother Koa. Since he was a little boy he has been swimming. Swimming is his passion and will always be dear to him.

This is my FHE brother Brent. Ever since he was little he has had a love for reading books. Even on mutual nights he would wait in the library reading books until him mom came to pick him up.

Lastly, I wanted a picture to represent me and my childhood days. Ever since I can remember I have loved Disney and Mickey Mouse and the fact that I knew my dreams could come true. It has and will always be a part of me.

I represented these childhood memories with all college students mainly because this is one of the most crucial times that we can forget about our childhood and those times where we really didn't have to worry about anything and we showed our true selves. 



Assignment #7 - Diptych

Tunnel singing has been one of the many things I have loved while being here at BYU and I go every week because it makes me feel like I can handle whatever comes my way. The tunnel may be empty during the day, but on Sunday nights, it is filled with hymns that you can hear from a distance. With the project I loved the idea of having to connect two pictures that tell a story with the help of eachother.

Assignment #6 - B&W Portraits

This is my RA, Jamie Neeley and she is absolutely amazing! 

This is Miya Wilson my dorm neighbor and she is one of the most happy and most humble people you will ever meet.

This is Trent and I met him while he was working at the Creamery. He is very much a people person and was happy to take some pictures.

I loved doing these pictures and being able to learn how to convert to black and white. I never thought that much  thought would have to be put into converting the pictures to black and white but paying attention to the details helped me to learn and become better at these types of conversions. It was also fun getting to work with people again and getting to meet new people once again. 

Black and White Conversion

Uncle Roy

Color to B&W

Uncle Roy

Assignment #5 - Color Portraits

This is my great Uncle Roy who is very dear to me. In this picture I told him to think about when his first biological child was born.

This is someone who I did not know, my roommates cousin, Savannah and her favorite thing to do is shop, and there was no better way to put her, other than her element.  

This is me, definitely NOT being me. A couch potatoe. I never want to become one of these.

This portrait assignment taught me to get to know people more intimately and know their back stories and know exactly who they are. It helped me to step out of my comfort zone and try to picture someone else's world, or being a part of their world.

Assignment #4 - Color Theory

Complimentary

 Complimentary

 Complimentary

 Analogous

 Analogous

 Analogous

Analogous colors are everywhere even when you don't realize it. I learned alot about how to create a scene in which complimentary colors and analogous colors can be. White balance helped alot with this project, but I have to admit it was difficult trying to think of different set ups that could be creative and flow with the colors at the same time. But I learned alot about how to set up colors and how colors can work together.

Assignment #3 - High key/Low key

                                     

high key

high key

low key

 
low key
 
high key (what made the camera happy)

low key (what made the camera happy)
 
Wow. I never thought it would be difficult to get an image perfectly black or perfectly white, and it was. Turns out that if the camera says its happy, it may not be the perfect tone that you want it to be. I learned that there are many ways in which you can represent black and white that I thought of throughout this process. I also learned that even through a pure white image and a pure black image, I can tell a story in my own way.

Assignment #2 - Numbers

                                19

                               21

                              31

                           56

                           63

                          70

                         89

This assignment definitely got me thinking about everything around me and how much I deal with numbers every single day. But also this assignment helped me to practice more with the ISO, aperture, and shutter speed which I definitely needed to practice. I am still learning and hope that I can get better over time because I absolutely loved this. Even though there were a couple of times where I just wanted to stop, and yes I had a dream about numbers and taking pictures of ALL of them, I loved thinking of new ways to represent the numbers and had a blast doing it!!

Assignment #1 - Scavenger Hunt

                                   

I learned that my hands need to be more steady and I really want my pictures of people to come out better. I'm still experimenting with lightroom and trying to understand it, but it helps. Hopefully I can get to the point where I don't have to change much on an image from when I took it. I know that I can get better with practice and I'm determined to be better. I also loved going out and just looking around and seeing the different things I could find because it's opened my mind to a new way of looking at things.

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