Stop Animation

Beauty

To me, beauty is a balance of visual elements (texture, shape, color, ect). It is something that doesn't need editing to be spectacular. It is simple, yet powerful. Beauty does not need man made help. It makes me feel calm and relaxed, yet in awe at the same time. I particularly love the look of snow, the white blanket over everything is magical and mysterious to me, I feel as though I am in a whole different world.

Commercial VS. Artistic

The magazine cover above shows a commercial picture of Jade. It looks like she is trying to sell her outfit, especially the pants. Her hand draws the eyes of the reader to her pants and her cute, casual, fall look makes others want to wear it.  The photo below is another one of Jade, but it is an artistic portrait. The picture is not trying to sell anything, and it shows more of the personality/lifestyle of Jade. I like that the painting in the center is very abstract and that Jade is on the very left. It brings out the painting, showing that she loves art. I enjoy both photos of Jade, but each one shows her in a very different light.

Portrait Assignment

This is an example of a classic portrait. I really like this photo. I took this of Jade at school behind the black velvet.  To make the photo more intriguing, I brought down the saturation enough to dull the colors, but kept enough to be able to see the faded color of her skin. I brought the blacks up and fill lights up to make more of a contrast. I also brought the shadow up to make her neck and face more dynamic. I used the rule of thirds in this photo, and I think it worked well. The background being so plain yet powerful is important to the photo and having Jade to the side brings out the contrast.

This is a classic photo. It is of Claire and I took it at Smith Elementary Park. We took these photos at the perfect time, around sunset so we would have nice lighting. I took this photo in the field, so there is a nice background of bright green grass and a layer of trees. The sun gives the photo very nice natural shadows. I also like how the sun glows on her hair. I boosted the vibrance up to really bring out the green grass. I brought reds up to bring out her lips and the pattern on her dress. I also used the rule of thirds in this photo, to show the light of the sun, the grass and the trees in the background. The background makes the photo more interesting.

This is a group photo of Kathleen, Hayden, Kelsey and Gabby. I took this photo outside of the school behind the mural. I like how each individual person is standing behind one section of the painting. I also like the angle of the photo, and how it gets gradually smaller and more out of focus. I also like how the photo gets darker as you go father back.  I changed it to black and white  because there were so many different colors it was very hard to focus. By changing it to black and white, the colors became unified, and the different shades and tones of black and white made the photo interesting.

Photo Effects

This is an example of a daguerreotype. It is a view of the Grand Canyon. I like how the branch shooting out into the middle makes the photo very antique looking. I also like the metallic look the effects in photoshop gave it.

This is another daguerreotype taken at the grand canyon. I really like how this one is very simple with one main focused tree as the subject. I like how the picture looks faded and the frame is very black, I think it is an interesting contrast. I also like the dark, metallic underpart of the branches, it makes for a stronger photo.

This is an exapmle of a tilt-shift. I took it in announcement booth up above the bleachers. It is a photo of the red and white Lincoln meet. I had to crop out  a lot of the bleachers at the bottom and a pole so I could get a main focus of the kids lining up to race. I boosted up the vibrance to really bring out the reds and greens and make it look more like a mini model.

This is another example of a tilt-shift. I took this photo a little bit below the Vista Bridge on a side street.  I had to crop a lot of the buildings above because it took away the focus of the street. I also had to edit the tree branches on its own to make them blurry so they wouldn't take away the distinct layering of blur and clear sections. I didn't do very much editing on this one, but I like that the colors look very dull and create a more realistic model.

Multiple Image Assignment

Panorama

This is an example of a panorama. It is of the Willamette river and the Hawthorne bridge. I like how vibrant the blue sky is as well as the green grass. It makes the panorama more interesting to look at. I also like the fish eye effect the bank of the river as well as the river have.

This panorama was taken outside of Lincoln, it is a mural. I love all the colorful images, it makes the photo interesting. To edit this panorama, I boosted the vibrance up and made the blacks even blacker. I like how the end of the mural seems to get smaller, this makes it seem like it is farther away from therest of the mural, which makes it seem like it goes on for a while.

Multiple Exposure

This is an example of multi- exposure. It is of a swing in my back yard. I like how the swing appears to be in motion, and I like the texture of the bark chips surrounding the photo. I changed the photo to black and white because I really like the different shades of the individual bark chips, and the black and white connects the whole photo. Originally the swing was yellow, and by changing it to black and white, it appears more connected as a photo.

This is an example of multiple exposure. It is of a mermaid picture on the mural outside of Lincoln. I like how there is a teal tint to the photo. The photo is made up of three individual photos of the same mermaid at different angles. I like where all the different angles place the head of the mermaid. In general, I really like multiple exposures, it makes for a really cool photo.

HDR

This is an example of HDR. This is a photo of the Hawthorne Bridge I took during our most recent trip to the Waterfront. There are two photos in this picture that were blended together in Photoshop. I like how blue everything is, there is a blue tint to the whole photo. I love the sky and the white stripes, I looks like brush strokes. I also love the reflections of the light on the water, it makes the photo more interesting.

Movement Assignment

This is a photo of slow motion. To take this picture, I went into my closet where it is very dark. I moved the shutter speed up to about 13 seconds. Then I turned off the lights, and using a flashlight, I flicked it on and off, appearing in different places. By turning the flashlight on and off, it looks as if I transported to each place, without moving. I edited by turning it to a sepia color scheme, and I brought the shadows up to give it a mysterious effect. I think this is a cool and creepy photo.

This is a photo of freeze motion. I took this in front of Lincoln High School. I am jumping off of the red and white ledge onto the concrete. To get a clean freeze with no motion blur, I set the shutter speed to about 1/125 of a second, so the lens could capture faster motion. To edit this I used a light room preset.  It brought the saturation of the green grass up, and brought the vibrance down to give the photo an antique-ish look. I really like the color of the bricks swell as my maroon pants contrasting with the green trash and green bushes.

This is a photo of panning. It is a photo of a car driving by Salmon Street, in front of Lincoln High School. To get this photo, I set the shutter speed to 1/15 of a second. To get this panning effect, where the background is blurry, I swept the camera to follow the movement of the car. To edit,  I used a light room preset. This preset turned the photo into an indigo/ purple and off-white pallet. There is  vignetting around the edges to bring focus to the car. I thought this panning turned out very nicely, and I like the colors, it gives a cool look to the photo.

This is a photo of total motion. I took this photo down by the waterfront. I took the picture with a  camera shake that is very effective. To edit this picture, I used a sepia preset, and brought the contrast up. I like this photo, especially because it was a photo taken on accident. I like how there is one goose with other geese in the background. I like how the hotel and the trees create a landscape effect, making the photo more interesting.