Author: depengfang

The article I read in “Letters to a young artist” is about the confidence and the determination, which tells me that most of time, determination is more important than the confidence. Take me as an example, as an English language learner, it is hard for me to decide to learn English in the very beginning, because if I chose it, I have to pay more attention and time on it. And through the process, I gradually get the confidence. So you can see the determination is before the confidence. In another word, without the determination, the confidence will not exist which is also suitable for the art learning. Determination is the start of the art learning. It is also a kind of the commitment that learners cannot give up durning learning. Then learners get the confidence from one work after another. About ted talk video, which tells us if you really love arts, do not find any reasons that are not matter to retard you do it. For instances, cannot get a high paid job, other people’s misunderstand, I do not have any talents on it, etc. Do not let ourselves be the tool that stop the art creations and the interests in arts. Too many real life’s rules tell us cannot do this, cannot do that. I especially love Martha Graham’s answer for what do you have to do to become a great dancer- JUST DO IT.

On the last day of February, the professor led us to the Walnut Grove Park which is 4 miles away from CSUSM. It is a nice park. Unfortunately, the sun set in 5 minutes after we go there. I took these photos in this park. The first one is my classmate’s portrait. I want to show Rule of thirds in this photo. The second one is sunset sky. It is the Negative Space. The third one is the shadow of a big tree. After that is a close-up view of flowers which is Worm’s Eye View. The final one is the paw prints, which I want to show the Balance-Symmetrical.

The film showcases a number of professional photographers and amateur photographers. They are committed to filming a variety of landscapes on the streets to highlight things or convey some kind of emotion. In addition, the real movements, behaviors and facial expressions of people on the streets also reflect people’s real lives. It’s also not hard to see from the film that some people are resistant to the camera and they may think it’s their privacy. Many others are happy to be photographed, perhaps older, when photography was not popular, making them curious about taking pictures. What affected me the most was that there was a photographer who photographed the gangster. It’s hard to imagine a gangster posing calmly in a position for someone else to take a picture. So, it has to be said that photography reflects, to some extent, the real world.

My roommate Jason with his girlfriend Nina helped me to take these photos on the 13th of February in the apartment. Because Valentine’s day is coming, I want to show some images of love.

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These models were made by my friends with 3D printers. I took these photos in the apartment on February 13 as well. Animal, Colosseum ，and human, I want to use these kinds of stuff to show that humans and animals should live in harmony, or even be friends.

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I took most of these photos with my friend Mason in Oceanside yesterday. Because I love the sea view. In addition, it’s the nearest and best place to take landscapes. The lights on the bridge- Rule of thirds, a house under construction- Framing, chairs- Balance- Symmetrical, street- Balance- Asymmetrical, sea- Negative space, trees’ shadow- Silhouettes, rug- patterns, the people in front of rocks- Spot Color, leaves and flowers- Contrasting and Harmonious colors, street and buildings- Leading lines, tree’s skin- Texture, trees- Worm’s Eye View, aisle- Bird’s Eye View.

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This film mainly talks bout photographers’ views on photography. They speak a lot. I like one of them is ” photograph is the universe language”. Of course, people can understand the meaning of photos easier than any unfamiliar language for them. Professor makes us listen to the audio of the film without the graph. Then she makes us watch this film again. I find that graphs give me visual and make me understand the things much more clearly. It is really an important art in the world. I cannot imagine that people live without graphs.

This is Depeng Fang. My English name is Alan. I’m from China. This is my second semester in CSUSM and third year in university. My major is VPA. About my background on art: I learned some basic AE, AI, CDR, PS in past two years in Anhui University. I hope I can learn some about photography through this class. In addition, I have so much interest on taking photos. I can enjoy this class hopefully. 🙂

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton