Triptych - Polyptych

The first image is a stair typology. Each stair was shot at the same time of the day, and with the same measurements. I shot in Park City, UT on ISO 120 with a H-blad. It is a negative scan created on Photoshop

The second image is a bridge triptych. It was shot in Morgan, UT on ISO 120 with a H-blad. It is a negative scan created on Photoshop.

Spring Break

I would just like to make a public announcement on the blog. I have managed to have 16 usable prints. 16. Yes, Emma Wall=16 usable positives. Magic does exists

Work From Last Term

Cattle Diptych: Shot with H-Blad on Iso: 120

Tree's During a Storm: Shot wih H-Blad on Iso: 100-Color Positive Scan

First 4x5 Moments

Hello Blog, it has been awhile.
So 4x5 shooting...
Saturday, Feb 6, 2010: Laura Lee and I had wonderful plans to go out and shoot early. And it would have gone splendid if I hadn't slept through my alarm (never underestimate the power of a junior who gets no sleep, lesson learned) Anyway, we hit the road at 6:30am. We headed down to Echo. LL Cool J got some good stuff, we had some good times. She had to get back at 9:00am, so I drove her back to her car. I didn't get anything. But I learned a couple things. 1. I need to set my alarm to the sound of car accident. 2. I learned a lot about Laura Lee's vision, which obviously is an honor. 3. It was great to watch Laura Lee work, I learned oddly enough by doing nothing. (I love when that happens). And 4. LL Cool J has mad dancing skill when U2 is on.
Sunday, Feb 7, 2010: So I went home. And I decided to go out this morning (Sunday). I woke up at 5:30am. I took my dad with me. I don't know if anyone else experiences this, but I am generally frustrated at the fact that because I am a woman, I am unable to shoot where I want to shoot alone. But that's a side note. Anyway, I drove, he brought coffee, we listened to Neil Young. We drove into Kamas, then we turned on this odd rode that leads into the backside of the Jordanelle. It was dark. I felt as though nature didn't want us there, it was too early. So we pulled into a campsite and waited. As the sky began to change from a unwelcoming black, to a warming blue, I saw my surroundings. I ended up on a semi-dried up part of the lake. My images will speak for the rest of what I saw. My shooting experience went pretty well. I messed up on my last one, I know that. I like the time it takes to get this right, it challenges me. The challenge being that it takes so long to set everything up, that by the time everything is done, you better be pretty god damn committed to the image you are taking. It was cold, kind of a side note as well, but non the less, I felt not wanted yet again. I learned a couple things. 1. Second guessing yourself in this process is crucial, following my gut in this process is a must. 2. This camera requires me to be uncharacteristically gentle with it. 3. You find a rhythm after a little while. Also a quick tribute to J-Wow, my father didn't get out of the car, but he did yell every couple minutes to make sure I hadn't fallen in the lake, and it was nice to have someone else invest time in my art.
All in all, I rate this experience at a 8.5

Final Project Statement

8th grade girl 1: Oh that's Laura Lee's hers stuff is so beautiful, she gets perfect light

8th grade girl 2: I like hers, her project really means something, it has a point

8th grade girl 1 (passing my work): This is so stupid

8th grade girl 2: Her work is retarded 

Emma: You think so(f*%$ you)

8th grade girl 1: Ohhh hahaha(I am so screwed  for saying that)

8th grade girl 2: I have to go ( I have to go)

That was my judgement, my work to some girls is stupid and retarded. I sat in the lab, angry, really angry. Who did she think she was? How dare she? It wasn't stupid?, wait. That is when I realized it. My project is so stupid and makes no sense. And I like it that way. I pushed myself in a new way. I let go. How easy it would have been to do what I always did, landscaped, pictures of trees, ect. Something in me this time said no more. i first thought about doing famous pictures. Slade's response, been done. Then I thought about building Lego's doing funny things, "Slade: been done" Then for some reason the idea of taking famous paintings from history and building them out of Lego's came to me. That developed into recreating the entire picture. 

The paintings I chose to do where all paintings that I had studied and found beauty in. I took the most visually appeasing background that I could. Then I built the main subject out of Lego's. I learned and shot the Lego's in a mini studio that Slade and I created. Then came the really hard part, Photoshopping everything. I selected the studio shot image and copied the image onto the background with it. Then came making sure it looked natural, or sometimes unnatural. Then just a color correction and BAM we have a Lego Masterpiece.

What do I want from you, my viewer. I want nothing but to make you laugh. Don't for a second take these seriously, they and I don't want you to. They are stupid. They make no sense. They hold very little artistic value.  But they are funny, and different. And I don't think you will see another version of them or something like them ever again. I beg of you to find how stupid they really are, and laugh at it. Just enjoy the pointlessness. So often in life we are forced to see the hidden meaning, please ignore that instinct. Two 8th grade girl couldn't. Maybe you can.

Cannot Find Napoleon on horse, hopefully you know what it looks like

Final: Starry Night

The Starry Night: Painting by Vincent van Gogh

I built the Lego model

The shot above is a wide shot of Redstone at night

The bottom shot is of a parking lot at dusk

I think that out of all of them, this one it my weekest