About Myself

Hi everyone!

But wait... if you really wonder who is been posting all the photos and a gallery of artwork on this blog, you have come on the right place.

My name is Nicole Phan and I have graduated Mission San Jose High. I update the website every month and hopefully share my stories and the inspirations leading to the "masterpieces".

How do this blog began?

It began when I was junior at high school, I was enrolled into Photography course. My teacher told everybody in class to create blog and start posting the works of photography into the display so the world could see. Not only

Final Exam

1For your Final Exam, you will create a blog post titled "Final Exam" 
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2. You will send an email with the subject "Period 2 - Final Exam" 
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3. Your email signature will have your blog and weebly site. If I cannot access those sites, I will not be able to grade the remaining part of your final exam. 
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4.Yesterday we reviewed the New York Times Lens blog article about Magnum photographers. Today you will choose your transformative photo. What single photo have you taken this school year that changed how you view photography? Why? (include the photo and an explanation) 

It changed me on how I view photography because I realize that photography have the words that can tell show details and able to tell the story. Besides that,photography helps me to discover the world more different in their perspective and be more observant for different pieces even the smallest details and compositions to look out for. The compositions such as the elements of art and the principal of design can benefit in contributing to photography to make it look more improving and really make the object look more great to focus on.

        
5. What is the difference between shape and form? 
 The difference between shape and form are that the shape is a part of Elements of Art composition that have the geometric shapes such as circles, rectangles, and squares and they have no open line. And the form is a part of  Element of Art composition that have the exposure of the shapes that exposes  in their three-dimensional version, which shows the length, width and depth.
Elements of Art( Shape Composition Link)
 Elements of Art (Form Composition Link)

6. What is the difference between pattern and repetition? 
   The difference between pattern and repetition are that the pattern is continuous repeating the objects      in areas and forms of art and repetition is the show there is the sense of activity of what is going on      in types of pattern contributing to make it look it has the sense of activity. 
Principles of Design (Pattern Composition)
Principles of Design (Repetition Composition)

7.  Define the principle of design - Movement. Use one of your photos; include an explanation. You may also link to your earlier explanation when we defined principles of design.

       

This picture is the example of showing the movement because the car is the object that driving on the road and it almost reaches to the stoplights in order to go to its destination.  Also, the road is the path that to expose the movement that the car is directed to.

8. Of the last three projects, which one was your best? Include the link to your best work and explain why you believe this is your best work. How did this project change you? How did you learn to see differently? 

•   The best project was the Final Project. 
•  Best Project
•   I believe this is my best project is because I get apply what I have learned so far and apply to the compositions to the photos. 
• This project change me taking out of my comfort zone to go to places and taking time to take some objects with I have never seen before and taking time to explore and learn what the objects contributes to and have meaning and also the details. And taking opportunities to apply the compositions and tools to edit the picture to make it more interactive.
•  I learn to see more differently is that I observe more than I did before and realize that there are many object that are unique even the smallest things can make the impact and seeing things in their own perspective and it have ways to show the bright and fascinating sides of the object. By taking the time, there are so many small things I miss, can be seen by taking the time can include the objects in the photos to make look more nicer.

  

Final Project

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Final Project Proposal

For my final prohject I would photograph Japanese artifacts.

Student Website Reviews

Period 1 Student Website Review:
Deborah Chen:Weebly Link
Best Photo: Cherry Blossoms in the her "A Gallery of my Pictures" section
Reason:  Because it gives the instense feeling being in Japanse atmoshere. It feels like that you are in Japan tea garden.  Not only that, this photo shows the focus and shows every little details to show the its beauty and it's blossing in spring time. 

Period 3 Student Website Review:
Derek Che: Weebly Link
Best Photo: Taylor Che's Graduation in his blog section 
Reason: Because it shows love and bonding of siblings.  This photo shows they as a brother, stand close together that it shown that they are close. It sums up that they do everything and have adventure sthat last their lifetime that any siblings would  do like they always be there for one another, help one another, and play together.

Period 4 Student Website Review
Alvina Cheng: Weebly Link
Best Photo: My Little Pony next to the red sparkly nail polish in her "Open House Expo" section 
Reason: Because it shows no unwanted objects in the white background. It focuses on the the pony and nail polish. As you can see, the pony's hair and nail polish color have some shades and values of pink and it shows that they match the color composition. 

Presentation Project

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My Weebly Site(my weebly site link)

Presentation Project Proposal

For my presentation, I would photograph plant(flowers). I will to do was to take some types of flowers such as Peony, Veronica, tree blossoms, etc.  I photograph in some places that I usually go, such as my art school where I attend every weekend to take my art courses, there I photograph  a vase fulled with peony flowers on the table, at home, I did a little more observing on my front yard and saw that some flowers still bloom. others I took at mission san Jose high, sometimes I crossed with conditionally. All of this photos I seized every opportunities and discover that the nature is always around us and grow to emphasized it.  

A photographer:

http://www.stephenstuddphotography.com/61485/flowers-plants/