Savannah Onofrey - Theme #5 - Fantasy

Fionn Luk - Theme #5 - Fantasy

When life gets hard, I imagine or wish the best possible thing that can happen.

Mithila Majithia: Theme #5 - Fantasy

This photo is just based around the concept of aspirations.

'Shoot for the stars' and such!


- Mithila.

Lyndsey Constable - Theme 5: Fantasy

FANTASY

Instead of aiming towards something majestic, I went for a little something more cliche...

I tried to do something romanticized, so the inner fantasies people have about relationships and love

So i decided to do the cliche kissing, but with a more fantasy based idea, almost like a dream   

Lauren Leprich - Fantasy

Hello all!
The first things that come to mind for me, (and I’m sure for a lot of you as well) when I hear the word “fantasy” are fairies, dragons, princes and princesses, kings and queens, basically anything from the fairytales of our childhood. I was struggling at first to find a way to represent these fairytale characters in a way that wasn’t too overly kitschy. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any dragons or fairies to model for me, but I decided a castle would be a good way to sum up the wondrous fairytale vibe I was going for.
So I took a venture out to Casa Loma! It was a bit difficult to find an angle that I liked, so for now I’ve included a few.

I remember visiting this castle with my family when I was really little, so for me it holds a feeling of nostalgia and excitement.
Thoughts and input would be much appreciated! J Thanks!

Much love, 

~Lauren~  

Fantasy - Claire Harvie

Theme #5 Fantasy - Gina Staios

Hey everyone!!
So for fantasy, the first thing I thought of to photograph are the Scarborough Bluffs. The landscape and atmosphere always felt so fantasy-like to me, especially when I went there for the first time.

I originally wanted a sunset in this shot but the weather these past couple of days was a butt so I had to deal with the clouds :( But I like the way they look in this photo.
Thant's all :)

Steven Audia - Fantasy

Michelle Nunes- Fantasy

So this is my submission for fantasy.

When I thought of fantasy the first thing that came into my head was yes, a cracked egg shell and flowers.

Jacob Burt - Theme - Shame

Hello everyone, 

Another late entry, sorry about that. So For the theme shame I decided to tackle weight and size. I chose to photograph the ribs and stomach of a girl. I figured that this area best revealed the whole shame and fight involved with weight and keeping with the beauty desires of our society.

So yeah, I think thats all. Hopefully that all was explained well. 

Thank you and hpe you like it :)
-Jacob W. X. L. Burt  

Helen Piekoszewski - Theme #5, Fantasy.

I toyed with the idea of creating someone amidst a fantasy.

I have three final images, but I'm not sure which one to choose. Let me know what you think!

Fantasy- Katya Koroscil

I recently bought my first polaroid thought it was fitting to use for this blog upload.
When I think of fantasy i think of my childhood of when we would dream of being something were not, imaging places were we could be....
I wanted it to be fun and have a childish feel.

Fantasy- Stef Daugilis

Alright so here's my theme of "fantasy". As soon as I thought of fantasy, unicorns and fairy dust and all that jazz came to mind. Here are my marvellous photoshop skills, I feel it could use some work. I took so many but came down to these two, I really hope you have some critical feedback.

-Lynds suggested I lower the saturation a bit on the horse, which is now the second photo!
Let me know which you like best!

"The hunt of the unicorn. The evaluation of our souls."
--Unknown


UPDATE:

or

which crop do you like best? Ive toned down the horse a lot to make it fit in better with the environment,  but I kept the shade of purple

Jacob Burt - Theme - Icon

Hello Everyone, 

Sorry for late posting, but I needed to arrange a time to get a shoot with the car. So for my icon shoot I chose to take chance and shoot a James Dean inspired Photograph. I did some research and took major aspects of his life and make them apparent in my picture. I used the same Porsche that he owned (and died in), I had my model wear black, and lastly I incorporated smoking something he was fairly known for doing. I tried to get the feel of the age and of James Dean.
Well I guess thats it, cant wait to get some feedback. Thank you. 

-Jacob

Meagan Christou - Fantasy

There are spaces in our lives that can transport us into another realm. Often these are magical places to us, no matter their actual location. This room was from my childhood home where I grew up, looking from the kitchen into the dining room. I adored the floor length curtains and often would picture myself in a royal palace. 


I choose the black and white because of how abstract it makes the space feel. The fogging and cross hatched texture was NOT done in post, rather this 4x5 negative went through some peculiar changes during development. 

Casey Mendonca Theme -Shame

So I know this is a lot late haha oops. I don't really have anything to say about this, its pretty much what it looks like.

Dunn_Fantasy

So... Apocalyps

This is the stuff I do, when I am not doing work that is required of me... 

I personally prefer image 2 but thought it best to put the first one up as well. 

 Avoiding the thought of elves and pixies, or sex... I thought it best to push into the idea of fantasy as an everyday occurrence. 

I procrastinate a lot and the result is stress. When buried in work and due dates - usually of my own doing - I pull one of those scrubs moments where I imagine (or fantasize) the worst possible thing that could happen. The benefit: no work or due dates, the loss: well... I am ultimately dead...  

Bianca Granata - Shame

save our planet .. ?
comments please. 

Carrie Cai - Shame

"as soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. you also bring shame in as a phenomenon."

 - jock sturges
exploring different kinds of beauty (flowers, human body, attraction etc+), which often can be tied with shame and/or feeling shameful.
(side note: jock sturges is an amazing photographer and it's worth the five seconds to google if you don't know him/his work. i'm not trying to emulate, nor was i particularly inspired by his work for this, but i was by the quote alone. :) 

Alex Pennington - Shame

Shame is a  painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. We tend to look up to a set of rules and morals in order to reflect on our own wrong doings. Who is to say whether we are right or wrong? This photo symbolizes the point of that self reflection.

Lyndsey Constable - Shame

SHAME

Lyndsey Constable

Another self portrait!

so short of models... haha

but basically, my biggest shame is my really loud voice and the amount of talking I do

its something I just cant control!!

Sydney Irvine - Shame

I wanted to explore the "shame of addiction" so I photographed the subject smoking a cigarette.

Dunn_Shame

Well, I think the image speaks for itself. 

I find myself getting sloppy as the final days of the second term count down. Take what you will of this image, the intent was to show disorganization, but one can easily interpret hoarding as a topic. 

Nathan Dunn

DUNN_ICON

Better late then never. . . I suppose. . . 

I tried to make this as minimalist as possible to get at my point.  I thought on icon for some time and came to the conclusion that I should probably shoot something I am interested in as well as something we can all relate to. I thought of artists like Andy Warhol who, through his images, brought the idea of icon to the forefront of art and popular culture. When one thinks of celebrity culture, one thinks of Marilyn. 

-At least, I do. . .

I wanted to make that next step into his ideology. In my image is a subject that is quite obviously a glass bottle of ketchup. The subject has been stripped of its labels and has been made simply a condiment and container. The purpose is to make the viewer instinctively think of the associated purpose and culture behind the object. One knows that it is a ketchup bottle, even though glass is not its more popular and modern form of containment. It can be assumed that the subject is Heinz, the household name. Finally, the viewer can think of the related foods and locations that the subject can be used. 

Nathan Dunn 

Jamie Basso - Shame

So I got a cool opportunity to shoot a bunch of photos at this sketchy motel in Niagara Falls and decided to use the setting to my advantage when shooting this assignment. I wanted to incorporate the dingy exterior elements of the motel with the uncomfortable/uneasy demeanour of the subject. I have other photos that I've been playing around with so I may re-upload, but I'm happy with this one right now.

Cheers!

Steven Audia - Shame

i have a habit of getting terrible nosebleeds at the most inopportune times, and I'm always ashamed afterwards. so, heres a bloody tissue...

A. Sinclaire: Shame

I wanted something a little silly. As you can see, the boy in this photo is reading a steamy romance novel. I had better idea later on, but I didn't have the resources handy in time to shoot it. The next idea would be of a girl reading a playboy magazine in the porn section of a local bookstore (bmv...). I find that both ideas are reversed in a sense, which is obvious, but curious nonetheless. It seems it'd be more shameful for a boy to read a harlequin and for a girl to buy playboys. Of course, if one was doing the other, society would accept it as a norm. What do you think...?

Mithila Majithia: Theme #4 - Shame.

Hey everyone,

I was pretty stumped as what to shoot for shame originally but my awesome friend Jordynn from the other class told me I should maybe go for something personal that I felt strongly about.
Like most kids, I had a bit of a rebellious phase, but one of the things I remember most when I look back were the moments where I stopped, thought about what I was doing, and felt genuinely shameful that I was lying and hiding things from my parents. 

So yeah, a little mushy on this one, but I hope you like it.

Also, I was stuck between doing it in color or black and white, but I felt like this just suited the mood of the photo.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Fionn Luk - Theme #4 - Shame

Helen Piekoszewski - Theme #4, Shame.

He's buried his head in shame. GET IT?!

I want to reshoot in the studio, play around with the composition a little.

- Helen

Shame- Michelle Nunes

Hey guys,

So this is my Shame picture for this week. This originally represented comfort, but I felt like it could represent both comfort and shame.

I feel this can represent shame because we associate shame with hiding our face, the most typical gesture of feeling ashamed.

Lauren Leprich - Shame

So, this may be a bit of a controversial topic, and I don't expect everyone to agree with me. I know a lot of people love going to places like "Zanzibar" for a laugh and a good time, but to me it is something highly upsetting, and something to be ashamed of. 

I came across this article online: 

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/11/25/16319841.html

I found it interesting that the dancers of the club were enraged about being photographed unexpectedly; several of them were angry because they didn't want to be seen in what they were wearing, and they were worried about their friends and families finding out. Why would they be worried? Perhaps because they were ashamed? 

I'm not entirely happy with the composition of this image. (I find it a bit awkward.) Though, it was quite tricky to catch a good photo of this building without being too conspicuous! I tried a few different crops, but I wanted to keep the whole building in - I found it interesting that the name of our school proudly towers directly behind the club; to me, it seemed a very telling juxtaposition. 

I also took the saturation down a bit, because when I walk past Zanzibar, I find that it tends to blend with the other buildings beside it. In fact, all the shops along Young St tend to blur together for me after a while. Sometimes I walk by this club and don't even notice. I found the decreased saturation also accentuated the actual grunginess of the building.

Id love to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions! Thanks so much. 

~Lauren~   

Shame - Gina Staios

Hi everyone!! 

So, after much thought of what things are shameful, I decided to shoot something revolving around litter. There are so many times where I would pass by a park and I would notice litter nearby a trash can. It always bugged me how these people could be so lazy to throw out their trash when there's a trashcan right there! Or when you're in a beautiful area and you wonder how people leave their trash there. 

So yeah, this is the photo I decided to shoot! :) 

SHAME- Katya Koroscil

There are a lot of things in the world that i am ashamed of; may it be something I wish I didn't say 

or to wish I studied harder... 

But there are other things that I find very important, and that would be world issues. 

I decided to wrap my hand in gauze and draw the world map on my hand. 

Although i used marker the message still applies. 

I believe in freedom. 

I am ashamed to know that there are adults and children fighting for their lives each and every day. They may have done nothing wrong... or may be fighting for freedom. And the worst part is... not many people are educated about what's going on in our world.

 I would also love to put out there that even the bystander can make a choice/difference and I hope that I can make that difference even if it's something small.  

Meagan Christou: Shame

The other side of alcohol. The part that deceptively allures you into a comforting embrace but then rears its ugly head of depression and melancholy. This photo portrays the state after bliss, the conscious lull, the abysmal sadness, the disappointment. A portrait of the indignant. 


I tried to step of my comfort zone with this a bit, using a person to create a narrative. Technically I am not overly pleased with the result, I tried to use a softer focus to make the photo more abstract but I personally find it messy. I experimented with cropping in post for about an hour and finally decided on this one, yet still have second thoughts. And lastly, the more I look at the photo, the more cliched I feel it is.  On a more positive note, I like the subdued and green hued lighting, I think that part at least adds to the sickly image of the photograph. 

Savannah Onofrey - Theme 4 - Shame

I am a dancer, and when I use to preform I always wore costumes; some good, some bad, and some REALLY bad. Though I may have loved a dance I had to preform in, if I had to wear a hideous costume I felt a little embarrassed going onstage. Even when the performance was over with (and the hopes of the costume being destroyed) cheesy dance photos would be taken of me in these costumes to forever hold the memory of how unattractive I looked. Even today when I look back on these photos I'm still a little ashamed. But it was never my choice to choose these costumes, it was my dance teachers and their "interesting" sense of style. 

In the words of a dance friend of mine: "Dance teachers are drunk when they design costumes." 

Stef Daugilis #3: Shame

I'm not sure if I'm happy with this image entirely but it's kind of what I pictured in my head. Im not sure if the crop is suitable but Id like some opinions on it! Inside her eyes are pills, and its supposed to represent her struggle she has with them. What I wanted to get across in the image is that she is extremely shameful of her addiction. She sleeps, thinks, eats, sees drugs. She is drugs. I washed out the colour a lot because I felt it worked better. Let me know what you think! :)

I also felt the pills were a little too cliche, and I took into consideration what Tyler had said! I also brightened it up but kept the same over all colour cast!

#2 exotic retake- Emma Ewing

didn't like my first concept so I decided to reshoot altogether. I think I like black and white better but I can't decide between them all. feedback pleeeeease :)