Selective coloring: "Christmas".

Portrait object series.

Antiques 2011, S. Ray

For these photos, I used a black background and an old antique camera i had lying around in my attic. I decided to make the camera black and white in all of the photos, using selective coloring to do so. I honestly really like these photos, especially since not all of the pictures are symmetrical.

Romain Laurent series photography.

Romain Laurent is an extraordinary French photographer that loves to make his viewers think in depth about his photos. He conveys a surreal sense of humor in many of his images. He has worked for some of the world’s largest ad agencies and fashion magazines, and his work has been commissioned by companies such as Microsoft, Nissan and the Discovery Channel.
Laurent’s fantastic and quirky perspective is always conveyed in his pictures.In this collection are the latest, most recently created photo session of this photographer – about people who are not afraid to walk under the slope and have their own opinions.

http://www.en-derin.com/artworks/creative-photography-by-romain-laurent

I was attracted to this artwork because his sense of humor combined with illusion makes the viewer wonder and be creative. His photographs made me curious about the underlying meaning of professional photographs and about how every shot you take can be a work of art. I love his concepts and his beautiful photography still amazes me.

Favorite photo.

I really like this photo because, as a child, I grew up watching spongebob, and I even remember how excited I was for the first episode. I am definitely not ashamed to say that I still watch it, and this picture reminds me of my childhood and all the memories I had as a kid. Although this photo does not have much artistic quality, besides the dark background, it means a lot to me.

Surrealist photo montage.

Bending Gravity, 2011

To take this photo, my subject leaned onto a chair and put one foot against a brick wall. Another friend held the balloon horizontally in place. After the shot was taken, All objects were removed and another shot was taken of the background  only. this way, I could crop out my other friend, who was holding the balloon, and the chair, which held my subject in place. Then, I rotated the picture to make it look as if he is walking up a wall. I think my picture makes the viewer think between what rules the world follows and what rules we want to follow. It shows that rules can be broken, even with good intentions. I did not expect my picture to look like this, however, I expected it to look much cleaner, and I didn't realize that the sleeve was cut off when I shot the photo. I had to recreate his arm, but it still looks fake to me. All in all, this picture took a lot of hard work, and a 30 minute drive to pretty much the coolest city in Jersey, Westfield.

Buttons for breast cancer.

Surreal photo theme and idea.

The theme for my surreal photo montage project will be illusion. I plan on tricking the viewer into believing a seemingly impossible occurence is happening. To get an idea of what I will attempt, take an example of a bunch of balloons filled with air tied to a man's feet. You take a photo of him laying down with the balloons tied to his feet, delete the background and change it to the picture of the sky, and it looks like the man is being flown by balloons. I plan to take a much more complex take on the illusion element, and tell a story with my illusion.

I have decided to photograph a friend taking a 'step' onto another ground. The other ground will simply be a wall, and the subject will lean back parallel to the ground on a chair, so that it looks like he is walking up a wall. He will also be holding a balloon, which another person will pull horizontally so that it is also parallel to the ground. I will take two photos on a tripod, one without people and the other with, so that I can cut out the chair and the person holding the balloon. Then I plan on rotating the image so that the wall looks like the ground. I am not completely sure what other surreal elements from other sources I will use, but I like my idea very much for a surreal photo.