I’ve been hearing a lot about ‘experiential’ design in the past few years. The idea that it is important for designers to create a holistic experience for those who visit a museum or experience a product in a ‘new and exciting’ way. In thinking about what this means it’s made me realize something rather, obvious. [...]
Category Archives: Photography
Finished Product
April 9 10
My exploration in depth and space is complete. Very satisfying experience and I learned a lot about different ways to interact with the picture plane.
Capturing Light
April 9 10
Today I finished a long and grueling project. In my graphic design history class we were all assigned a landmark event in the history of visual arts as it relates to graphic design. We were then charged with designing a poster that educates the viewer about event along with a 500-750 word essay describing its [...]
Observation
December 27 09
It goes without saying that my skills in observation have increased as a result of being in school. Lately I’ve been seeing little faces here and there, but I think this is the best example of me looking harder at things without necessarily trying to. Thanks RISD.
Another Roll
November 11 09
I lost my camera the other week. An old Nikomat FTN from the 60s that my mom gave me. It was the camera I learned to shoot on and I was really upset about it. I put up posters all over campus and low and behold it was returned to me. I need to shoot [...]
Light and Shadow
October 4 09
Lately I’ve been experimenting with photography as a means to generate graphics. Instead of looking to capture a subject or an event, I’ve been searching for puzzle pieces, little bits of possible future images. This process has been extremely satisfying and has allowed me to look at photography and the world around me in a [...]
First Roll
October 4 09
The other day I developed two rolls of negatives. It was incredibly surreal to realize it had been 10 years since I’d been in a dark room. I’m pretty happy with the results, we weren’t charged with doing anything specific on this assignment, just to properly expose two rolls and to develop them.