My Immigrant History

My grandparents were born in Mexico. My great grandparents were involved with the revolutionary war. After the war, they had 12 kids together. They were all raised in Mexico and once their children were all at a good age they decided to move to America in search for a better life. They were very successful, they were able to buy a house and find decent jobs. As soon as all of their children were of the age to have children they had a lot of children . My mom was born in the 70's and so was my dad, Unfortunately, my dads grandparents are not alive, but my great grandmother from my moms side is still alive. She is 88 and she is still very healthy. 

Segerstrom Architectural Project

Contrast

Balance

Rythmn

Emphasis

Pattern

                                                                              Movement

Character Portrait

This is a shot of Kyle Thomas, lead singer of the rock band King Tuff. In this live shot you can see Kyle's guitar and expression make up his character. The guitar has a lot of decals on it showing he is a wild person and his face shows he is passionate at music. (Sol Silva, Julian Tapia)

8 Panel Story Arch

STASIS 

It was a beautiful day out on the lake, the sun was going to set and all the animals were at peace with each other, but little did they know what was going to happen.

TRIGGER

Metallica was preforming and they were just rockin too hard and all of their equipment just blew up which caused the whole forest to go crazy. 

THE QUEST 

The only members of the audience that survived were able to find a boat and were trying to escape the fiery rock concert before they themselves burst in flames. Their mission was to survive.

THE SURPRISE 

The left survivors were running out of hope until they looked to the sky and saw E.T. and Elliot 

flying. They were pointing them towards the direction to get out safely. They were so relieved. 

CHOICE

A wild sasquatch happened to roam nearby and heard all the commotion, he wanted to leave also, but the boat that the survivors had could not fit another person, especially a sasquatch. So unfortunately they had to leave him behind. The sasquatch was pretty mad he was about to attack...

CLIMAX

The sasquatch was so angry he was about to attack the survivors, but then a shark came and began his attack, the survivors were so relieved, they eventually thanked the shark and allowed him to swim alongside the boat, the shark was so happy he could help he provided protection the whole journey.

REVERSAL AND RESOLUTION

The survivors eventually made it home and never returned to the location, but E.T. and Elliott helped put out all the fires and returned everything back to normal. E.T. and Elliott continue to help lost travelers, like the climber who may eventually need help, they were the Guardians of the Forest. 

THE END

Crime Scene Photo

As Sol Silva tries to steal a young, handsome man's car, he met his fate and was shot in the face/mouth. The owner of the vehicle was nowhere to be found at the time the investigation began. The only clues left at the crime scene were the owners keys and wallet. Through further investigation, the police were able to find the owner through the use of the young mans wallet, he had left his California ID right inside. The police drove to the given address on the ID and located Julian Tapia in his home in Beverley Hills. Although he did shoot someone, there was no further penalty for the young man as his actions were done in self-defense.

Toy Project

For this project we used toy soldiers and a toy baby that we found. We used an eraser as a blockade for the soldiers. I used photoshop to fit it in the background.

Working with Shutter Speeds: Action Photography

1/1000 Freeze Photo

1/30 Pan Photo

1/30 Blur Photo

 Continuous Shooting 1/1000 

Depth of Field Assignment

 In this picture we can see the sharpness of the whole photo, everything is clear and in focus. We can see everything from the curves of Sol's body to the darkness of the shadows.

 In this photo Sol is blurred out and the background is in focus. The light at the end of the tunnel is the new focus, and is the only thing you can clearly see.

In this photo Sol is in focus and the background is blurred out. You can still see the sharpness of Sol's body, but not of the background.

Portrait Assignment

Project done with Julian Tapia, Sol Silva, Miguel Ramirez

 Loop Lighting 

 Fill

 Split Lighting

 Butterfly

 Rembrandt 

 Broad Lighting

Manipulate Core Shadow 

Painting with Light

1. ASA 200 Shutter Speed 2 Seconds 

 2. ASA 200 Shutter Speed 5 Seconds

 3. ASA 200 Shutter Speed 15 Seconds

 4. ASA 400 Shutter Speed 2 Seconds

 5. ASA 400 Shutter Speed 5 Seconds

 6. ASA 400 Shutter Speed 15 Seconds 

 7. ASA 800 Shutter Speed 2 Seconds

8. ASA 800 Shutter Speed 5 Seconds

9. ASA 800 Shutter Speed 15 Seconds