Photography Portfolio
Transcript: Photography Portfolio My name is Saaniya Saeed, and it is my pleasure to invite you to come and look at my portfolio. This portfolio contains a few pieces of my artwork that I took throughout this photography course. I have a few years of experience in the art field. I have taken one one visual arts course, one photography course and a Comm. Tech course. In addition, I take pictures of anything or anyone in my free time. My favourite type of photography is landscape, buildings and skylines. I also enjoy taking macro style pictures. I hope you like what you see. Enjoy! I took these pictures during the month of April. I enjoy taking pictures of my friends and family. I also enjoy taking pictures that make my audience think. For example, for the picture called "Far Within the Distance", the audience could think what is the model looking at, is she searching for something, etc. In general, I love taking pictures of anything, but people are one of my favorite subjects. I capture the surroundings of the model that enhance the meaning and depth of the captured photo. All these pictures were taken within the month of May. These are random pictures of my surroundings, that I took during this course. I love capturing the beauty of what the world has to offer. These pictures are taken around campus, after school, and a few from my Alaska Trip that I had gone on during the course. I like to take pictures of things that are timeless and capture the essence of Mother Nature. This picture was shot when we were taking pictures of a gym class,which was approximately in April. I merged the first picture with a white background. I kept the shadow to give the illusion that there is a floor and a white backdrop. Moreover, I added special effects to the volleyball to make it funky colours to match crystal's personality. In addition, I duplicated the volleyball three times to give the illusion of strong force behind the volley. I also added the word power to give the picture a deeper meaning; that Crystal (the model) is serious about what she is doing and she is using all her power to do the best her ability. I took this picture during the end of April/ beginning of May. It was taken of the little pond behind the school. All the trees and flowers were beginning to bloom and it looked really nice. As mentioned previously, I enjoy taking pictures of nature, and that is what really pushed me towards shooting this scenery. Moreover, the picture we saw as in example in class, of Hockney's, was of nature and I really liked it. This picture was taken in the end February. The book in this picture is called Island Mists. In this book my poem was published which was about my brother. I wanted the picture to represent me but not directly, through something I like. Therefore, I choose this book and poetry. Poetry represents me because that is how I express myself, through writing. I added the dry rose petals and the feather and notebook to enhance the picture and to add more components. In addition, I edited the picture in Photoshop by adding the word Poetry and enhance the overall appearance. Overall, I really like this picture because this was a big stepping stone in my life and I had the opportunity to share it with one of my favorite people in the world, my Brother. This scanogram was created in February. At the time I made this I was really into the trilogy "The Hunger Games". The movie was going to come out in March and I couldn't wait. So that is what inspired my Scanogram. The materials I used were a button, I drew the bow and arrow, I made the fire our of magazine clippings and construction paper, and wrote down the main characters' names. I also added colour to the birds and duplicated the flames and changed their opacity in Photoshop. I enjoy reading books and this is one of my favorite series. I call it The Hunger Games. I enjoy taking pictures that make the audience think. Springing into Summer After Stride Into the Sun Shadows These pictures were taken throughout the months of April and May. I really enjoyed the shadow project! No one really pays attention as to how interesting the shadows of objects are. I also liked it because I like to take to silhouette shots of people, so that was really neat. It was really amazing when the sunglasses pictures let some sun through the lens of glasses but not completely, and same with the dandelion. I took pictures of the shadow of a tree, a bike tire, sunglasses, a dandelion and my friend Christina and I. I Got The Power! Table of Contents Arctic Paradise Nature Calls cont'd Tiny Life Writer's Craft What Doesn't Kill You Makes Your Stronger Best Friends Forever Scanogram Whale Tails and White Waves Tree of Dreams Spring in Full Bloom Fluttering Life Imagine and See Looking Out Saaniya Saeed Shadows Summer Shades Out Of the Box Pictures of Friends About the Artist Thanks for looking at my portfolio! Nature Calls Before Mt. St. Helen These pictures were taken in May. I created this picture