Set In The Street

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.