Friday, December 18, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Project 3: Balance and Contrast Finals
Contrast in texture
In this photo I found a red snakeskin wallet and looked for wood, in this photo I used a brown oak table. I tried to center the line between them as well as possible, and then edited it to be more vertical in Lightroom. I used two split tones on the photo so that I could edit the snakeskin and make it more vibrant without it changing the entire photo, and then I used another to make the wood darker to give the photo a more intense contrast.
Contrast in color
I used this photo because even without editing the contrast in color is clear. The purple versus the light green shows a strong change. I edited the photo by first cropping it a lot, so that the main focus of the image would be the cabbage. I left the radishes on the left so that the two colors of it would show a connection with the cabbages.
Contrast in color/texture
In this photo I used some vegetables that I found at a market. I turned up the vibrancy of the greens purples, yellows, and blues. I used the blue background to really show color difference, and then between the color of the vegetables. It is also a contrast in texture, showing change between the texture of the smooth cloth blue underneath the vegetables, and then then between the onions and the cucumber.
Depth of Field
I used a close up of these baby eggplants to show depth of field in the photo. I cropped in to show the focus on the vegetables. I turned up the saturation of the greens, purples and blues to make the photo more vibrant and interesting. The clarity at the ends of the eggplants and the foggy, vague, out of focus watermelons and background of the photo make a clear depth of field photo.
Movement
In this diptych I show two different kinds of movement. I changed my camera settings to get my friend spinning with the still background, which makes her look blurred, and in the other I changed my settings in manual mode to get all of the movement in one shot, so her moving hair and body in still in focus. I decided to edit the photos after I had made it a diptych to be sure to connect them color wise.
Movement
This is my second diptych showing movement, blurry and then clear. I put a darker split tone on it to make it look more moody and interesting. I had my aperture really low so that I could have my sister's body come out really blurry, which looks really cool with the Christmas lights. I put the settings back on normal to get the lights in focus.
Contrast in scale
I used this photo to show a contrast in scale by taking a below shot of one of the giant chess pieces downtown. I decided to take it from below to show a more intense contrast in scale. The chess piece looks much smaller than the buildings. I turned up the saturation of the sky, to make it more blue, and I turned down some of the white highlights on the chess piece to make it look more stark against the blue sky.
Triptych
In this triptych I decided to play upon the colors of light brown, dark brown, and red. In the first photo I thought my snake skin photo worked the best, and then I used a photo of wooden three dimensional cubes in between to separate and unite the photos. I toned down the photos after I had put them into triptych form, to make the red look a little more connected with the whites.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Project 3: Balance and Contrast Pre-work
Change in Shape
Adrien M and Claire B
Change in Scale
Michael Tess
Symmetry
Seb Janiak
Mimesis
Radial Balance
Barry Rosenthal
Asymmetry
Barry Rosenthal
Change in Texture
David Zimmerman
Change in value
Nicholas Henri
Olga Astratova
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Project 2: Color and Grids Finals
In this project we explored the use of color in photography.How it can be used to create a certain mood or feeling, and how it can be used to unify images like in a grid. We looked at how color can emphasize a certain aspect of a photo, and through editing how we can completely change and manipulate images.
Warm Colors
In this grid I took a photo of red bell peppers, and then cropped in so they filled the entire frame. I decided to uses all three warm colors red, orange, and yellow to make it super warm. I took the original photo of red peppers and by using split tones and changing the saturation of the yellows and oranges in the photo I was able to change the colors from orange, then yellow.
Cool Colors
This photo was originally a green close up of a leaf, and by using several editing techniques I was able to transform the photo into the image that became this grid. I turned up the blue saturation in the photo, and by using split tones I got it to more of a purple. From there, I was able to make it blue by changing the temperature settings on the photo. I turned up the whites in the photo to make the lines in the leaf pop, and give the photo a different, interesting feel. I put a blue preset over the entire grid to unify all the images.
Color complements
I decided to use the color complements of red and green in this photo, in light of the upcoming holiday season. I used a photo of a canopy and after cropping it to fill the frame with branches only, I turned up the saturation of the greens in the photo. I turned up the saturation of the black in the photo to darken the lines of the branches running through the image, which I think makes it more interesting. I made a copy of that image, and then went to work turning it red. By changing the temperature settings in lightroom I was able to get the photo to yellow, and then to red by using split tones.
Monochromes
I decided to use two monochrome photos not only to give two examples of the shades of a color but also to demonstrate some of the powers of editing. To achieve the look of the photo on the left I wanted it to look lighter, more of a light gray to black monochrome than a dark one. I turned up the white in the photo as well as the highlights, and turned up the exposure a few notches to make it brighter. I turned up the saturation of the reds in the photo to give it a slight pop of color, but nothing overbearing. On the photo on the left I made much more drastic changes. I turned the exposure way down to make it look more dark and moody, but then brought back the whites in the photo by turning up the highlights and whites in the photo. I changed the temperature in the photo, until I got it too a purple-blue, then turned up the purple saturation in lightroom. The purple and blues in the photo give it a hot, neon lights kind of feeling, while also showing a lot of the shades of purple.
Mood
I used this photo of eggplants first because of the interesting play of light in the photo, the lights and shadows. I placed the baby eggplants like this in the sunlight hoping it would catch the light, and I used that to create a very dramatic, moody feel.
Origional
Mood
The editing I did in this photo give it the feel of an old photograph, I like how it made it look serene, and a bit sad. The monochrome in the photo also made it more interesting.
Original
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Project 2: Color and Grids!
I think the photographer used color to give this photo a warm, nice mood. Using warm colors, the effect of heat and comfort emanates from the photograph. I think they used a split tone to saturate the oranges in the photo.
Corey Arnold
Using cool colors and a dark filter, the photo creates a cold and icy feel. The dark blue of the water makes it look freezing and uninviting. It makes me feel nervous being out in the open sea. I think the photographer turned up the green saturation in this photo, and turned down the saturation in the sky.
Michael Kenna
The use of black and white makes the photo feel moody and barren, it looks like a place you wouldn't want to hang out at. I can tell there is really good technique in this photo to make it seem that way, because this is a photo of the Sydney Opera House. The Sydney Opera House has always been made to look exciting and welcoming, but the photographer managed to make it look like a dead zone!
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Project 1: Framing and Composition!
Our very first project in our photography class was a success! We were working on the technique of deliberately manipulating the framing and composition within our work, and how editing can affect it! We had two walking field trips to Downtown Portland in the Pearl district, the first to the area around Pioneer Place and the other to the area around the Portland Farmer's Market. We were given pretty much free range to take photos where ever our creativity lead us, which for me resulted in beautiful and satisfactory photos. Taking pictures and checking how they look and how you can change them is really to me what helped me learn the most the fastest!
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