Category: Set in the street

In this project, my sister and I had to take pictures at our kitchen table, and tell a story with props and our actions. We were trying to imitate a project by a photographer named Carrie Mae Weems. The project was called the “Kitchen Table Project”. The goal of her project was to take pictures at her own kitchen table, and tell a story through them. Luckily, since we are sisters, we can take pictures of our own kitchen table at home, while others have to use a set in the school lobby. Another photographer we were trying to imitate was Justin Bettman. His project was called the “Set in the Street Project”. He would put out photography sets in a public place, that has nothing to do with the place in the set. Our goal for the pictures was to show our life at home through pictures at our kitchen table. After we took the pictures, we edited them in Photoshop. First, we turned them black and white. Next, we adjusted the contrast to make the dark things darker, and the light things lighter. If I had to choose a place to tell my family’s story, I would choose my family room, because that is the place that we can all be together and enjoy each other’s company when nobody is busy. I would show us sitting on the couch together and watching a movie, because that is the time we can all relax and be together. To see the rest of my photos, click here.

This project was about showing various emotions and themes at a “Kitchen Table” setting. After taking these pictures we showed that the setting wasn’t actually at a kitchen table but it was a fake set-up. The actual project “Set in the Street” is inspired by a photographer named Justin Bettman.  The set was inspired by the work of Carrie Mae Weems and her Kitchen Table Project.  The tools I used for this project was in the beginning the marquee tool. I used this to make the outline for the shadow I was going to add. Then I experimented with the curve tool to darken the outline after I made it inverse. The shadow was too extreme so then I put the feathering effect and I added my logo to finish it off.  In conclusion, this assignment was very creative and interesting to make up our own themes for each picture. 

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Answer the following:  If you had to choose a place to tell your family’s story, where would you take your photos?  What photos would we see? (even better, include a picture of this place)

In this project, we built a kitchen set in the middle of our schools hallway. This idea was taken from the photographer Justin Bettman. His idea was to place photography sets in public. After we set all the walls up, we took turns bringing props and took pictures of different scenes that can happen in a real kitchen. After that we edited the pictures in photoshop to resemble the pictures that Carrie Mae Weems took. Carrie Mae Weems is a photographer that took different pictures of scenes that could happen or have happened, at a kitchen table. I first turned the photo black and white, then I zoomed out used the elliptical marquee to circle the top of the photo to make it darker. Then I went to modify and changed the feather to 225, then in modify I hit the inverse button. After that I clicked the graph button and dragged the line until the top of the photo was dark enough. If I could choose any place to tell my family’s story, I would also probably choose a kitchen table, because we always use it as a family, and we come together. You would definitely see pictures of me and brother laughing or me being upset because he said something rude or he made fun of me. Also you would see my mom talking to me about my day went and my grades (the grades is the scary part) when my brother is off in college. You can find the rest of my photos Here.

In this project, we had to take 4 photos at a kitchen table with 4 different emotions that occur at a table. We brought in Chick-Fil-A to use as our food and theme. This project was inspired by Justin Bettman and Carrie May Weems. I turned my photos black and white and used the curves tool on Fireworks to make my photos look better. If I could choose a place where I would take photos with my family it would be my living room because it is where we spend most of our time together. You would see us watching T.v. and talking to each other. 

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For this project we had to create 4 emotions with 4 pictures in a fake set. The photographers that created the orginal photos are Justin Bettman and Carrie Mae Weems. The photoshop tools I used were lasso, curves and black and white. If I would take a photo that would represent my family I would take it in my dining room.