Panel/Quarter Update

So, Tuesday was panel. And it went painlessly. MUCH better than last quarter, I must say. I am now peacefully enjoying my two-week break, getting ready to go to a conference with my youth group this weekend, and then Disney all next week. Ecstatic to have some time for a breather. As well, I'm insanely stoked about our classes next quarter! Our teachers already seem really rad, and I'm excited to start creating my own voice.

This was me all done-up for Panel yesterday in the reflection of an empty candy dispenser thing. Pencil skirt and all.

I hope you all have a wonderful week! I probably won't update until I get back from Florida.
Cheers.

Senior 2013 - Megan Maurer!

What a lovely opportunity with a gorgeous woman. Senior of 2013, Megan asked me to do her Senior pictures, and they came out absolutely phenomenally.
Check them out on my Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.633710723310781.1073741827.232006983481159&type=1&l=08d8f17a97
Or on my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttorisilvaa/sets/72157633007144551/

Here's a sneak peak of one of my favorites!

My Jerry Uelsmann - Panel

Many of you probably aren't familiar with Jerry Uelsmann. I sure wasn't, but the impact that he's had on the art of photography manipulation is crazy. He did some things in the darkroom than most things people can do in modern-day Photoshop technology. However, for one of our classes this quarter at The Creative Circus, we were assigned to "attempt" a Uelsmann. It was especially challenging for me, as I have never been one to "shoot for Photoshop," or do hardly any manipulation to my photos. I've learned so much about Photoshop in the past 8 weeks than I could have learned on my own.

Here is my "Uelsmann" that I've worked on, and will be presenting at Panel. Enjoy!

Panel ~ Winter 2013

I know it's been like a month and a half since I posted, but school and family stuff has literally been taking up ALL of my time. HOWEVER, school has been going well! This quarter has gone 8394754y3iut times better than last quarter, and I'm very confident about my panel.
Panel, at The Creative Circus, is pretty much our finals. Except there's a catch: You would rather lather your eyes in hot sauce than go through this. Pretty much, there's 4+ people on a "Panel" (duh). And we have to print and mount ALL of our work from the quarter onto foam core, and present it to them at the end of each quarter. We dress all fancy and actually put makeup on. We're supposed to treat it like a job interview, so it's good to learn and get comfortable with the environment. It's totally not my thing though. Last quarter, I was so nervous, that when I was critiqued too terribly, I started to cry. Not to mention of the panelists was a TOTAL jerkwad. But you know, pick on the young one. No biggy.
THIS panel, though... Ha, ha, ha. This panel's going to be great. I've already been complimented very highly on my work, so I'm excited to see the feedback that I get.

One of my favorites. A friend of my sister's since she was 3, and she's just gorgeous. I had to do a soft-light portrait (woman lighting, pretty much), and retouch EVERYTHING. Every baby hair, every pore, every imperfection. So it was easy ;)


Fingers crossed! I'll be going in to panel on the 19th, so lots of mounting between now and then. I'll try to keep updating through the process!