Project 5-Basic Photoshop

Final-Photo Emulation

Project 4-Balance and Contrast

For this project we took photos focusing on contrast in scale, color, value, and texture. We also focused on symmetrical balance and radial balance. When editing, we created kaleidoscopes, working in Lightroom and Photoshop. We also created diptychs and triptychs, images that consist of 2 or 3 photos together. Here are my 2 favorite triptychs, 2 favorite diptychs, and 3 favorite kaleidoscopes.

Fall

This photo was one of my favorites because it shows the pain and hardship that skateboarders go through every time the skate. I combined these images together as a sort of sequence so the viewer can see what went wrong. I originally took this photo in monochrome mode and I didn't change much when I edited it.

Luke

This is a photo of my good friend Luke. I liked these photos because they show a lot of the thought that goes into skateboarding. Before dropping in, you have to know exactly what you are going to do. Hear you can see luke is visualizing his tricks a lot. I contrasted between close ups and a photo from farther away.

Half-Pipe

I liked these two photos because they provide an interesting contrast yet provide some symmetrical balance when put together. These photos are obviously taken from different distances. When I edited them I cropped the right hand photo so that it lined up with the half-pipe in the lefthand photo. In the end they made an interesting kind of half-pipe.

Grind

This is my personal favorite out of all of the photos. I edited both photos so that there was a lot of contrast. The light in the background made my friend Luke seem kind of dark and I really liked that. I also like that the photo is a sequence.

Branches

I liked this kaleidoscope because it was really complex compared to the other ones that I made. I used the multiply effect a lot and made a lot of different photos. It is kind of hard to tell what the picture is of at first and I like that.

Tower

I liked this kaleidoscope because it looks like a space station or a satellite. I duplicated and and turned this photo of a cell phone tower downtown many times and the final photo looks like something completely different than just a boring cell phone tower.

Warehouse

This is a kaleidoscope of the half pipe that we built at my friends warehouse. I liked this photo because it turned the half-pipe into a full pipe. It is different than the other kaleidoscopes because it is a square. The half-pipe natural makes a circular shape on its own.

Project 4-Examples

Contrast in Scale

Piet Flour

Contrast in Texture

Ian Plant

Contrast in Value

Caras Ionut

Symmetry

Arash Ashkar

Radial Balance

Marie Marthe Gagnon

Color Wheel

                                                                       


                                            Sam Falls

               In this photo, the author uses color to provide a more abstract view on something. He uses editing to show this. By coloring in a part of the house, he makes it look like a painting. It shows the contrast between reality and art. He uses warm colors to show the good mood and warm environment of the house and the area around it.

Project 2-Framing and Composition

Rule of Thirds

For Project 2 we took pictures focusing on 8 composition techniques. Here are my favorite pictures of each technique:

Bird's Eye View

Leading Lines

                     

Diagonals

Bug's Eye View

Close Up

Filling the Frame

Frame within a Frame

Project 1- 30x2

For my first project,  I took photos of a rose bush on the the Lincoln campus and a pair of old skis in my garage. I took around 70 photos in total. I edited them to highlight my favorite parts of each picture. These are my 5 favorites:

Silhouette

I like this photo because it shows a different perspective of a rose. Most photos of roses show them as being something bright and vibrant. This photo shows a darker side. The silhouette makes the rose more mysterious. The viewer may not be able to immediately tell that the photo is  rose because there is no color and you cannot see as many details of the flower. The rose seems to loom over the viewer.

Pedals

I chose this photo because I like how much detail the picture shows. Most people usually don't look this closely at a rose. This photo shows how delicate a rose actually is. The lines on the pedals show how the rose is starting to age. Also the angle that the light shines on the rose cause some interesting shadows and colors that one would not usually see. 

Sunlight

I chose this photo because I like the shadows and the colors that the sunlight creates on the rose. This photo really showed me how much light the different parts of the rose get. The bottom leaves almost seem to be transparent as the sun shines through them while the top pedals seem to let less light in. I also like the contrast that the sun creates. The side of the rose facing the plant is bright with color while the other side of the plant is dark.

Moon

I chose this photo because it highlights my favorite part of the skis. During the time I skied on these, the moon was always my favorite part of the artwork. By only seeing color on the moon, the viewer immediately focuses on the moon instead of the other parts of the ski.

Graveyard

I chose this photo because it brings out the vivid colors of the ski. Unlike many other skis, these skis are very bright and colorful. While editing, I increased the saturation and contrast to emphasize this to the viewer.