I feel Annie Leibovitz takes very good environmental pictures because she shows the deeper meaning of the person. For example, I choose a pictures of a girl starting to put on make up she looks like she is insecure as she puts it on she starts to fake her insecurities to show her “confidence.” The picture Leibovitz takes really takes the time to get to know her subject and shows their qualities as their own person. Like for example, I choose two pictures of two men that show their qualities. For the first man, it shows that he is intelligent in his work places with design of engineering. The other man is inside his truck and knowing my dad men are very proud of how they maintain their cars and trucks. I really like how Annie Leibovitz presents her subject she gets their main and true qualities.
Month: January 2017
Critique on Brian Harkin

photo © 2013 Brian Harkin
Step 1: Describe What You See
In this picture I see a man pouring a glass of champagne. There is red flowers next to the glasses he is pouring. Also next to the glasses he is pouring there is an ice bucket. From the look of his face he just opened the bottle and is hoping he doesn’t spill it or he is just exaggerating what he is doing.
Step 2: Analyze the Composition
The background is in a way blurred to create a more focus to the guy and what he is doing. The man is placed more in the left side and center of the picture cutting out his elbow a bit. The cup he is pouring the champagne into creates the rule of thirds. The front of the bottle and his hands are also blurred causing us to look more at what he is doing.
Step 3: Interpret What It Communicates
What I think it is trying to communicate is that he loves his job and likes organizing fancy and elegant parties. That he also has a good taste in fancy parties. It’s also trying to communicate that he feels comfortable in what he is wearing. He also seems happy and relaxed in his environment by the look on his face. He loves his work.
Step 4: Evaluate/Judge
I really like his work it. It’s very organized the way he set up his environment of this party planner. I like how he had him make a face and pour the wine as if he was having fun working. The background seems very elegant and very bright. He knew how to balanced his colors and objects on the screen.
My 2017 Vision Board
Two favorite memories would be the day I got photo with my novio (the black and white picture of me and him) and the day my novio gave my Christmas present (The black and white Michael Kors watch).
Three things I am grateful is my novio (a picture of him), my cousin that I call twin (a picture of her), and for my uncle that cares very much for me (a picture of me and him)
One hard lesson I learnt this year would be to keep an open mind (the unlocked lock)
One thing I did this year and I’m proud of is I did my confirmation (the dove with fire).
Three place that I want to go to are Las Vegas, Malibu, and San Francisco (The three colored stamps.
Two things that I could help in would be donating money to the St. Jude Children’s hospital (the logo of St. Jude Children’s hospital) and donate my hair to Locks of Love to help the cancer patients get wigs.
One thing I want to get better at is editing videos and pictures (Photoshop and Adobe Premiere icons)
Two things I am looking forward to this year is driving (the car) and getting my license (DMV logo)
Three things I want to try buy my own car (the black Honda) get a job (the find a job logo) and buy the Michael Kors bag I’ve been wanting (Michael Kors black bag).




