Alex Haney, Theme #1: Fast Food redo.

ME AGAIN!

Kind of funny that both of my shots so far are self portraits. Maybe I'll make all of them self portraits haha. Hey- Cindy Sherman did it.

As requested: messier, and changed the lighting. Oh, I also changed it from a hamburger to cereal to make it more true to how this would really happen in the middle of the night. Less of a literal 'fast food' interpretation but whatever, I just followed where the photo was taking me. I was shooting it with the shadow in mind, but then after it occured to me it might work well without it as well. Crop? No crop? Do you think I should get rid of that weird triangle of light under my arm?

Tell me if there is anything further you think I could do to improve it. I'd totally reshoot it again. Doing work for this class is my no guilt way of procrastinating on reading art history.

EDIT: Here's what it looks like without the triangle of light under my arm. 

Alex Haney- Binge. 

Hey everyone- sorry I'm late with this. This photo and concept has gone through a few different incarnations, and I'm still not satisfied with it. My goal was to portray a binge eating session (this comes from personal experience, as I was bulimic as a teenager). At first I wanted to photograph a secret binge in a dark bathroom at night, lit with a flashlight (or at least, make it seem like it was lit that way), but the lighting was more than I bargained for with that. So I turned away from a literal interpretation and decided to focus more on portraying the intensity of emotion, guilt and shame surrounding a binge/purge session. Let me know what you think and any improvements you think I could make! Do you like this interpretation, or should I go back and try to mimic a flashlight with something like a speedlight?

Victoria Rigo - Fast Food

Alright so here are a couple of my shots! I'm having trouble picking between the two. Just trying to get the idea across that most of us don’t really know what we’re eating when we dig into some fast food; kind of a willful blindness thing going on. 

Originally I’d wanted to shoot this at a fast food restaurant and I’m thinking if I reshoot it’ll probably be there, so lemme know what you think? 

Paul Swanson: fast food

Katii Capern, Theme #1, Fast Food

Hey guys! So, I wanted to shoot a "McFormal" - getting all dolled up and...going to McDonald's. I've still got things I'd like to work on, but please give me any feedback/ideas! Much appreciated. Also, thoughts on which one to pick?

Sardinha: KING OF BBQ CHICKEN

I took this photograph at a little place called Sardinha's near where I live. I walk past it every day to and from the subway but went in for the first time last night to take this picture...And to eat some BBQ chicken. Where I'm from there isn't much variety when it comes to fast food- Ali Baba's is the name of a pizza joint and the first and only shawarma place opened a year ago. I've loved looking at (if not eating) all the different types of food that is available in a city of 4 million.

Alex Gooding - Theme 1 - Fast Food

So I wanted to make the food look super icky and gross to emphasize the crap it does to our bodies health-wise...buuuuut....it sort of just went a different direction.  I  guess it's gross in the amount of ketchup and the fact that I poured the coke into the fries.......soo given the twisted path the shoot took, the story is now that it was a late, post-party run to somewhere for fast food, and the drunken person(s) were so out of it that they thought pouring the coke into the fries with mounds of ketchup would be delicious.  This emphasized by the rather chaotic background with discarded napkins, drink lid, etc. Let me know what you think - sort of on the edge between the two different orientations and crops.  Feedback in any way would be welcome!

Theme #1: Fast Food - Alycia Kosonic

Hey guys! Just wanted to do something simple with mine and this is what I ended up with. Not sure which one I like better though. Feedback would be appreciated :)

Kristina Smith - Fast Food

I'm trying to represent an old fashioned diner kind of style in my photo with the background pattern and colours.  The idea is that the coupons are framed and important, relating to how today people do lots of things to save money, one being use coupons on already cheap fast food. Thoughts & the like are welcome. 

-Kristi

UPDATED :

Ok, so with the comments from the first image (^^^^above^^^^) I've fixed a few things .. here are the new photos, I think I'm not leaning towards the one with less of a crop (the first one below) .
I'm not one hundred percent sure though .
(things I changed: I fixed a little bit of distortion in the frame, de-saturated just a tinytiny bit, and there is a different crop)
Thoughts are welcome again .

Abby Klages - Fast Food - Theme #1

Hey everyone,
This is mine. I couldn't decide on black and white or colour, so I have posted both. Let me know what you think.

- Abby Klages

(Here it is with the fork removed)

Lucy Lu - Theme 1: Fast Food

My take on fast food is depicting the moment after the "magic" of indulgence. Fast food, along with many other things, are a way of comfort and enjoyment that is only momentary, but ultimately hurts you more than it helps you. Here, people are shown to realize that hurt; feeling a sense of deception, and guilt. I'm not too sure which one I like more out of these two, each has their charm.  

I also tried removing the person as the main subject, as seen below. Though, I feel this photo offers a different message, more direct about the harmful aspects of fast food. I'm gravitating towards the other concept, but I still like the aesthetics of this one. Anyway, comments and suggestions on all three photos would be greatly appreciated! Which one is your favourite? :)

UPDATE 02/28/12: Diptych? I like it :)

Rebecca Turner - Fast Food

Because death is just as convenient.
Any suggestions are seriously appreciated !