i would like to talk to each of you on Wednesday about the current state of your final project before you finalize everything. The following are time slots that you are free to sign up for during class time on Wednesday. The lab will be open during this time, and the time you sign up for can also be used to answer technical questions.

In order to sign up for a time, simply comment on this post with the time slot you would like to sign up for. Look at previous comments to make sure that time slot is not booked. And you cannot sign up for a time slot unless all the previous time slots are taken (i.e. start at the beginning and work your way towards the end). These one-on-one meetings are not required, but recommended.

Also, you are guaranteed the time you sign up for, but no more or less. If you are late, you only get the amount of time left in your slot.

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Photo Series

For my photo series I want to shoot portraits of my friends and family. I really would like to concentrate on the background... making it the focal point of the photos. Too often do we make judgements of people based off of the jobs that they are at. We automatically connect what people do at "a job" with their personality, hobbies, and intellect. I want to exaggerate this idea, by taking photos of people within their job astmopshere. I want to create a field of depth that will ultimately blur out the persons face (foreground), while keeping in crisp focus the surrounding of their job (background).

Project 2
Concept- take images of close friends and family and try an show their passion for American made cars. Provide the car images as is, meaning dirty and even old cars the idea is to show how passionate theses people are about their cars.

SELF PORTRAIT THOUGHTS

Concept 1: TRAVLER VS. THE HOMEBODY- I’ve always been the sensible person, who lived close to home and who has not really experienced being in a very fast paced environment. There is a part of me that will always want to be close to home, my friends, and my family… the part of me that always wants to play it safe. Then there is the part of me that wants to get out and travel… move away, see the world, and experience new things. (Traveler-backpack, camera, suitcase, map. Homebody- picture frame of family, school books)
Concept 2: COLLEGE VS. REAL WORLD- I’m at a point in my life where I will be starting a new chapter very soon, but a lot of the time I don’t think I will be able to turn the final page to finish the one I am in right now. I am nervous about leaving Elmhurst College and moving on into the real world because I don’t really know what’s in store for me. (College- dress like me, hold on to books and art materials. Real world- suit, cubicle, the color grey)
Concept 3: GIRLFRIEND VS. ONE OF THE GUYS- Way too often do I feel like just “one of the guys” and that can be cool, but not when it’s with your own boyfriend. I want to feel special and beautiful. I want to feel and be treated like a girlfriend. (Girlfriend- dress, makeup, flowers. One of the guys- sweats, video games, beer)
Concept 4: INSPIRED ARTIST VS. ROADBLOCK BUM- I can be inspired by so many things and once I get started on a project it’s hard for me not to finish. But there are other times when I feel like I am the least creative person in the entire world. I feel like people will not like what I create and that it is unoriginal. I feel at these times that I just sit around trying to force inspiration when what I really should be doing is going out in order to let inspiration flow naturally. (Inspired artist- in studio, art supplies, idea sketches. Roadblock bum- crumpled papers, sitting at home, pacing)

Self Portrait Ideas

1) Vintage vs. Modern:  I love 1950s Americana domesticity, but I'm also very liberal and modern.  I would use fashion and props (saddle shoes, cell phones) to highlight the differences.

2) Mean vs. Nice:  highlight my sarcastic side, rolling my eyes, drinking a beer and my perfectionist side reading with a cup of tea.

3)  Comedy vs. Tragedy:  a take on Melinda and Melinda.  is my life hilarious or cursed, probably involving mascara running down my face vs. laughing

4) Being Lindsay McMenamin: a bunch of me like Malkovich, including the above ideas and others

 1. feminine vs. masculine. In appearance and interests, I am a very traditionally feminine person. Because of this, assumptions are made about my personality that are not necessarily true. In personality, I have more stereotypically male characterstics, especially in my relationships with others. For this photo, I would be standing in my ballet studio doing a stretch looking out into the camera. The "other" me would be standing with my back to the camera looking into the mirror. 

 2. wanting to highlight my Polish heritage vs. conforming with American culture. As a first generation immigrant with non-English speaking parents, I've often been faced with challenges. In this photo, I would wear clothing that symbolizes what the differences between the cultures mean to me.

 3. perceived age vs. actual age. I'm often perceived to be much younger than I actually am so I often try to make myself appear older in order to be taken more seriously.

 

1. babysitting vs going to the bar. By day I spend all my time taking care of other people, most of which are very young. However, my nights are spent differently; my friends and I do enjoy going out to the bar, going out to dinner, things children are not always associated with. This is a point of contention with me because I do see my self as a care giver but also a 22 year old college student.
2. artist vs art teacher. Spending the last few years studying art education I have moments where I am more involved with the artistic side and other times when I am more involved with the educational side. Teaching art is about finding a happy medium between teaching and being an artist.
3. daughter vs "mother". I am a young person but I do have a lot of responsibilites. Especially when it comes to my mother I do not always feel like a daughter rather a care taker. I pay bills and take care of things like her car because she cannot handle it. In a "normal" mother daughter relationship I should still be in the daughter role and not moving into the mother role until later in life.

Idea 1- I know that i will be a business man after graduation becuase that is what everyone expects of me, but my real passion is golf, and would love to further my golf career after graduation, so i would take a picture in a golf course locker room of me dressed up as a business man walking in the door blocking the way of myself in golf attire walking out the door. This would be showing how hard it is for me to let me real self be shown, and not do things because i am expected to.

Idea 2- I absolutely hate the winter. All of the activities that i love to do need to be done in warm weather, so in the winter, i find myself bored all of the time. I will not move to warm weather though because of my strong family ties that i have. I am not exactly sure how to show this one yet.

Idea 3- I love creating, and building new things. I have always wanted to start my own company that deals with building, construction, arcitecture, but once again i am expected my many to be the regular business man. To me, being the business man is the easy way out, but in my heart i would love to be able to take the leap and start my own business. I could show this by being in a garage setting, where i do all my woodworking, and i could be building something, with wood and tool everywhere, but also showing myself in business attire walking out of the garage with my briefcase getting ready to leave for my business job.

Idea(1) My conflicting ideas: I am always on the go and do not like to watch TV but at the same time I would like to relax.
Idea(2) I hate driving but I do it more than anyone I know. I practically live in my car.
Idea(3) I hate to cold weather but I will never move.

Conflict 1  Half of me is a full time mother of 2 which they both have different schools and activities. The other half is a full time student. Which has its own demands. There is no way to balance both and not have one or the other suffer.  If one gets more time the other gets less.

Conflict 2 One side of me loves to be alone. I could go on vacation by my self and me perfectly happy. The other side loves to be around people and laugh and have fun.

Conflict 3 I love warm weather and every year I hate winter more and more. My conflict is moving is not an option.