Portrait Photography

     This is my selfie I took for my photography unit. To photograph this image, I realized that I wanted to use reflection to capture myself instead of just the regular selfie. At first, I wanted to just use my laptop without the screen on, but as I continued trying out different was to photograph myself, I realized, why not just use photobooth? Once I decided to use photobooth, I had to decide the style. I was going to use just a regular black and white filter at first, but I realized that having it look like an old movie would be cooler, plus I thought it looked better and more unique. Once I took the photo with the sepia filter, I realized that it only needed a little bit of editing. I cropped the photo so that you could see a little bit of what was behind the computer, then I made minor changes to sharpen it and make it brighter or darker in certain places. Once I did that, I realized that the background was way too full, and you wouldn't focus on me (not trying to be selfish), so I used the retouch option to black out the entire background which gave the photo a really cool effect.

      1. Exposure is the amount of light per unit area in a photograph. In this photograph, I used exposure to help make this photo overexposed, or very bright.

      2. This, I believe, was my best photo because it shows frame inside a frame so definitely, and because I barely edited it to look this way once I made it black and white.

      3. Background and lighting are major for portrait photography because it can show a personality better, and make a photo so much more interesting. In this photo, I considered using a light background to show Laura's personality as being jubilant and bright.

SAS Eagle Design

In art, we worked on a design unit focused on variation. We looked at and attempted many different types of media and techniques. This was my final work.

For my eagle based on the principle of design, I decided to create a scratch artwork. I focused this piece on contrast because black and white are perfect contrasting colors. I also focused on rhythm because the different designs I created on the scratch board showed perfect rhythm.

The most challenging part of this assignment was doing my best but also turning it in on time. I did a scratch board last and it took me the longest, I even had to do it at home.

My favorite technique was ombre. I decided to ombre both my eagle and my background. I used colored pencils and I enjoyed it the most because it gave texture, and it was very easy and simple to make!

Art 6 Photography

     When I went to Taipei during spring break, I decided to take pictures. I decided to write a reflection about my atypical angle because I wanted to talk about my process and how I came up with this photo because it is unexpected.

     This is my atypical angle photo. I took this picture right in front of Taipei 101! Outside of the tower, they built a short tower out of translucent colored bricks. This picture was taken from the side looking up to the sky. I took this photo because I felt it would be a great atypical angle photo for art. When I took this photo, I found that even though it was a multi-colored wall, it came out gray, without editing! I felt it really represented an atypical angle.

Reflection Questions

     I. For the picture above, it showed atypical angle and it also showed rule of thirds. It showed atypical angle because instead of showing the face of the wall, it showed it as if we were against it and looking up. It also showed rule of thirds because the second-to-top horizontal line was in line with the top of the wall.
    II. If I did this assignment again, I would just retake a couple pictures in case one was blurry.
   III. The texture picture was my favorite because I changed it so much but it still looked amazing.

Art 6 Name Design

In art class, we created a name design that portrays our interests. To start this assignment, the first thing we did was sketch 4 different possibilities for our name design.

After we finished the 4 ideas we conferenced with Mr. K to select the best design to make into our copy to trace for our final copy.

Next, we spent a few lessons learning techniques using different art media like color pencil, oil pastel, acrylic paint, and watercolor.

1. What was the best part about this assignment?

The best part was finishing the final because I felt accomplished and I was happy that all of my hard work paid off to create amazing artwork, in my opinion.

2. What was the most challenging part of this assignment?

The most challenging part of the project was when I was doing the background for my final because I had to ombre the background while trying not to paint my name, apps or edge of the iPad.

Be Healthy With Electronics

Before I discovered what happens when you use electronics too much, I thought that nothing would happen even though people kept telling me that it was unhealthy. I honestly thought that you could use electronic devices all day and you would be fine. Now I recognize that if you use electronics all day you wouldn’t have a social life. I learned that using things with screens too much makes you very lonely. I also learned that watching too much TV can lead to obesity. and I also learned that if you take breaks every now and then, you can spend time with your family, and go outside. I taught myself to take breaks, and now at school, they’re teaching us by making us look far away after we have just been looking at something up close. One day I told myself, “If I spend too much time on electronics, I will be a nobody. GET A LIFE!” Later on, I told myself that after a couple videos on youtube, I would go outside, go swimming or go for a walk. After learning all these things, I am no longer sinked into iPads, laptops, or TV.

When my family and I were driving around America this summer I had nothing to do. I had played on my iPad and watched movies the whole time, but once we got to Florida I noticed that I had spent too much time on electronics. I had felt light headed, dizzy, and I couldn’t see clearly. In boot camp, I found out that it is because I hadn’t been balancing using computers and staying healthy. At the time I didn’t know it, but now I realize that you have to balance using electronics, and doing things that don’t involve screens. When I use electronics now I know that I should also take a break from screens to stay physically fit.

What I have experienced over the summer has truly changed my whole point of view on electronic devices. I discovered that even if things with screens can help you, it can still affect you for the rest of your life. This will definitely change my future because I won’t be on electronic devices all day for the rest of my life. I will be out in the world having fun with friends and family. I know that it might be hard for you to take breaks every once and a while, but there are plenty of fun things to do. You could play a board game, ride a bike, do a craft, or even just go for a walk. I hope that you will become someone who grew up without electronics, I hope you become an amazing person without all that stuff. Don’t you want to be that person?

Photo used with permission by: Creative Commons Google Images

About Me 2015

Caitlin is a girl who loves her family and school. She goes to an international school on an island. She likes reading but only when she is super bored and has to read. Same for writing. She writes at school, and only at home if she has a really great idea. She is more of a math person. Caitlin really likes to read fantasy and nonfiction books. She loves reading fantasy because it takes her to magical world, and she loves nonfiction because she learns something new every time she reads nonfiction books. She writes nonfiction, fantasy, personal narratives, and mysteries, but Caitlin writes nonfiction the best. She gets the concept that you’re trying to teach the readers about the topic, while giving them fun facts. Caitlin finds a way to learn about a topic, and then she makes it fun with more detail and a little humor, and then she types it all out and then she checks it and publishes it. She knows that it may never be perfect, but she still tries. She always tries to do her best. Caitlin will always try. If she can, she never gives up.

When Caitlin is not writing at home or at school, you will find her with her family, having fun. On the weekend, when she is not having fun with her family, once in a while you will find her at a swim meet.

She first picked up writing at school. She learned how to get ideas, and since that she always had ideas. When she thought hey were good, she typed them out. She started this way, but at school they started helping her to make her stories stronger. Now she writes at school and finds it fun. She will always have ideas, and she will always have fun.

Digital Citizenship Agreement Pledge

As a responsible Digital Citizen at SAS, I, Caitlin, promise to respect and protect myself, others, and intellectual property while learning, sharing, and collaborating online.

Productivity & Organization Video

Laptop Care

The purpose for this poster, is to make sure that wherever you go, you never should pack your bag so that your laptop is squished, it should always be free, the opposite of an MRT trip.

Glass Painted Designs

Mosaic Box Designs

The Front

The Top

My Reflection

Art Wax and Dye Batik

The front

The back

Art Dot Sculpture

    

Art Zen Doodle