Self Image: Activity 3

Activity 3: Blog Entry

Consider some of the social pressures that you think may shape your behavior and personal image. List the images most commonly associated with the categories or ‘boxes’ you have already listed in Activity 1. 

How have you responded to social pressures to conform by adopting an appearance that relates to the categories that you feel you have placed in or have chosen? 

The World around us tries to to make us be the perfect image of a human being, the supermodels of the world and that just wont work with me, they expect us to have our makeup perfect, out clothes amazing, our grades perfect, our bodies perfect, everything to perfection all the time. I have responded to this social pressure by just not caring what the world around me thinks. I don't do my makeup or hair for school, I don't spend every waking minute on school work, I eat fast food. I don't do what the work expects of me because frankly, it is better for me to stop pretending to be someone I am not. 

Society tries to change us. I have responded by not letting myself be changed for the worse.

Self Image: Activity 2

Find images in the media, which have been used to represent attractive and unattractive aspects of the human face. Examine and record carefully the photographic techniques used to accentuate both these qualities, drawing up a list that relates to the images you have found.

• List the physical characteristics that we have come to admire in both the male and female face and write 100 words in response to the following questions: 

1. Do you believe that media images or public opinion are responsible for the characteristics of beauty becoming universal stereotypes? 
2. Do you believe people admiring media images of glamorous models can do any harm?

Attractive

Unattractive

There are many different types of techniques used to describe beauty in the media and these are just a few of the images to describe that by seeing the two different sides of the same celebrity. Jennifer Lawrence is considered a very beautiful person but that is all seen through the lens of a camera, as seen on the left she is wearing a tight dress, her hair and makeup are done, there has been photoshop work done, this is all to assume the perfect face, and the perfect person the media likes to push into our lives. Now the picture on the right is what we would consider in the media as unattractive, wearing loose dull clothing, no makeup, hair undone, and un-photoshopped, she is just a regular person and in the eyes of the media, this is unattractive.

The media forces us to see people as lesser because they cannot reach the high standards of beauty that they push at us. The characteristics of beauty that we see are so unreachable that people never feel like they can never reach that unattainable beauty, the media is to blame for all the problems we see with people trying to reach this high standard. The people trying to reach the beauty of these perfect glamorous models with their perfect skin, hair, and features. are in turn harming themselves. The media is forever to blame.

Self Image: Activity 1

Activity 1: Blog Entry 

What follows is a list of categories that serves to define and divide us. Make a personal list of the categories you belong to or have conflict with and visual symbols that are associated with each. Aspirations and expectations should also be listed. 

1. Age/generation - is can dictate levels of independence afforded to the individual. 
2. Gender - Our sex affects the way we are treated by some individuals. 
3. Race - Prejudice and perceived racial superiority can affect hopes and aspirations. 
4. Religion - Moral codes and ideologies that serve to guide, unite and divide. 
5. Class or caste - A classification that an individual may never escape from. 
6. Personality - Extrovert and introvert are classifications of personality. 
7. Intelligence - educational establishments, based on IQ, often segregate us. 
8. Political persuasion - Left wing or right wing. Each carries its own ideology. 

My Personal List

1.    Age/Generation-  As a younger person with a more mature outlook on life, age is definitely a dividing factor because I am constantly treated like I should be as immature as my peers, I also look at age as an accomplishment and a visual diary or your life, the more smile lines, the more joy, the more frown lines, the harder stress that you've overcome. visually defined by coloration and wrinkles. Typically loss of color and gain of wrinkles

 

2.    Gender- Women are now a days highly looked upon, especially in the STEM field because it is a new series or ideas being created but there will always be the preconceived thought of women being weaker and lesser of humans. But I don't fit into that typical girl model that the world so enjoys, I like to stand out and take charge rather than letting the men take control. This ideal for me is usually displayed by pink or strength in feminism.

3.    Race- As a white person of european decent people stereotype me as the "Basic white girl" typically considered the super stereotypical and ditzy girl that can't be expected to know very much about anything real. Not really how i want to be viewed in the world. (it was worse when I was the "dumb blonde") although at this point it is just easier to ignore the judgement. 

4.    Religion- As a Mennonite it is really hard having that divide from the traditional christians, there are only a few people in Arizona my age of this denomination and even fewer that share my pacifistic views. This definitely creates a huge divide but also is such a unique point to define me by. Seen by the Cross, Dove, and fish.

5.    Class- I've always been the middle class person who lives comfortably, although I wouldn't say that I was spoiled my whole life so that is definitely a divide wit some of my friends and peers, I had ti work for what I have. Determined through money and style

6.    Personality- It is really hard to show a definite personality of a person because we all change our personalities to be the person others want us to be. I definitely don't have a very usual personality, I can be outgoing and confident but inside hating the world, it is hard to show this to people because it is very easily judged. This can be shown through a smile or color, More standing out

7.    Intelligence- I have always been on the smarter end of the scale and that definitely created a divide right from the start because my friends or peers never felt like they could be right up there with me. But in the field i am going into it is nice to be perceived through intelligence rather than through gender or race. usually seen though numbers or nerdy glasses and success.

8.    Political Persuasion- I am considered to be independent because I don't really have strong views on either side of the equation but in general I hate politics, I feel like they are an unnecessary struggle in our everyday life. Though everyone is especially particular to judge on the basis of politics very easily because apparently a side of the scale completely defines who a person is. And that is just wrong.

Time: Activity 5

Blog Entry

Create four images that contain a mixture of solid (sharp) and fluid (blur) forms. Using the camera that you have been check out, create these four images as creatively and artistically as you can!

 These two images are both taken with a normal shutter speed and the subject, (Brian) is mostly with the soccer ball out to focus because it is moving so fast.

Both of these images have are using the same technique, panning, I used a slow shutter speed and followed the subject with the camera as the shutter was closing to achieve those streaked lights you can see in the background, by following the subject the camera streaks the background and keeps the subject clear.