Portfolio Presentation Questions

Urban Camouflage
-The inspiration behind this photograph is a memory from childhood. When my brother and I were younger, I used to hide him in a large pile of stuffed animals in his room. He blended right in and I thought it was the funniest thing ever. I wanted to recreate that idea with my dogs because I remembered doing this so vividly. 
-I feel that this photograph is some what successful. If the viewer has never seen my dog before, then they should have a harder time finding my dog. If the viewer already knows what my dog looks like, then he is more obvious to them. The photgraph can then either be successful or not very successful.
-If I were to do this project again, I would want to insert another stuffed animal that better resembles my dog. This would help throw the viewer off making it harder to find my dog. 
Family Photo Restoration
-The people in the photograph are my family, long before my youngest sister was born. It is my brother, my dad, me, my sister, my mom, and my other sister. 
-The photo had to be taken around 2004 or 2005. 
-The people in this photo have not seen this colorized. They will probably be surprised because it was such a long time ago, and I was so young so the details shouldn't be so accurate for me but they are.
-The most difficult aspect of colorizing my family photo was the small details on the face and the hair. I had such a difficult time making the faces look realistic. The face is not all one color and there are blemishes and beauty marks that you have to account for. The hair was also difficult because there was not a defined outline of the hair so this made it difficult filling in the smaller pieces.
Concept Shooting "Love"
-The message of my photograph is mainly puppy love. My dogs, along with every other pet dog, treat my family with the greatest amount of loyalty and admiration. They greet us everyday as if it is the first time they are seeing us in years.
-The story that my photograph tells is how crazy my dog gets when he sees us after school. He runs up to us and knocks us over, even though he barely weighs ten pounds. Then he attacks our face with his vicious licking. I am sure every dog owner can relate to this routine.
-I simply followed my dog to whomever he wanted to greet first, and it happened to be my brother. I also captured this at a time where my brother was wearing a hat of his favorite sports team whom he loves as well. He is a huge Packers fan.
Combination Photo
-I got the idea for my combination photo after browsing the internet and looking at a few of the projects online. Then, one day my dad and I were talking about what we were making for dinner as I was looking out the front window. I saw a large tree and thought broccoli, so then I did my best to recreate that image in my head.
-The most challenging part of this project was capturing the photos with similar backgrounds. Also, it was hard to make the broccoli the size of the tree and to match it up nicely.
-If I were to do this project again, I would want to add more food like objects in the background of the photo to create more of a scene.