Final.

For our final assignment, we had to create a photo series and put them into a movie that included music. I chose to do a series on childhood memories and I used the song Louder Than Thunder by The Devil Wears Prada.

Childhood Photo.

Diptych (Chelsea) Photos.

Drip

I'm not sure why these have really large pixels, but they only look like this on here. I've uploaded them twice and they still turned out this way. I used blue water with a deep pink-red as the drip. 

Rain Photos.

Special Object

I made this seahorse in eighth grade for a science project. It has been sitting in my closet since the day I brought it home and forgot about it. As I was going through things to use for this project, I found this and thought it would be sweet to take a photo of. The blue in the background almost sets the setting of the seahorse in it's natural habitat. 

Rain + Flowers.

Instead of capturing rain for this assignment, I decided to take a photo of the fog because it didn't rain when I was able to take photos. The sun and the darkness to the photo gives the viewer a spookey feeling. I didn't do a whole lot of editing in photoshop except to crop the photo and a few other little things.

This photo was taken indoors right next to a big window. In photoshop, I duplicated the photo and did an multiply effect to enhance the photo. I like the texture in this photo along with the colors.

This photo was taken outdoors on a cloudy day.

Myth Photos

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of beauty and love. Because of her beauty, other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace amoung them and lead to war, so Zeus married her to Hephaestus. Her unhappiness in marriaged caused her to frequently seek out the campanionship of her lover Ares.

Tethys is the goddess of the sea.

Texture and Night Photos

For my texture photo, I took a picture of an abandoned barn near my house. The barn is falling apart but it does create a nice place to take photos, especially texture ones. My intended focal point was the nail and the orange, rusted wire.
This is my night photo and I also took it at the barn near my house. I originally wanted to have Kristen outlined with the light but the person holding the light messed up and just made the design above. I think it turned out better than the others and made a cooler effect.

Environment Photo

Kristen.

Classmate Photo

Jessica.

Mood Portraits.

I chose to do happy for my first mood photo. I took my friend to a really haggard barn near my house thinking I wasn't going to get good photos because the weather was horrible. The sun did decided to come out and I got great lighting. I positioned my friend in a tree so the sun would light her face up. In photoshop, I just enhanced her eyes.I chose to do somber/sad for my second mood photo. I took this one indoors using candles as a light source. In photoshop, I enhanced the eyes then added a black & white layer with an enhancement layer on top of all of it. The photo was a little blurry to begin with because i left the time frame run longer but it did help with the mood.

Light Portraits

For this photo, I took a photo of my sister in a tree. I used the 

sun as my light source and made sure to set my camera so it wouldn't wash

her face out. The light pattern on her face is half face.All I did in 

photoshop was enhance her eyes so they popped more. I think 

this photo turned out really well. 

For this photo, I took a picture of my friend Rachelle. I was really 

determined to get a nice photo of her because the past ones haven't been

the greatest. I used the sun set as my light source once again and use the light 

pattern of loop. In photoshop I cropped it on the right side and bottom 

a little because there was a distracting brick wall that I didn't like at all. 

For this photo, I took a photo of my friend Sarah. I used the 

light pattern of rembrandt using the sun. I like how her face turned out

but after I was done editing, I realized that her head looks like it's floating 

from her body. The original photo is like that so I can't do much about it.

I will definitely pay more attention to that next time. 

5 Solid Photos

I took this photo at night in Horicon at an intersection. I took

a lot of in focus photos of this scene but I found this one to be my 

favorite. My goal was to capture the warm, golden lights as the 

green lights turned to yellow then red. 

I took this photo at an intersection in Horicon as I was walking

back to my car. I liked how the green light was reflecting off of the 

window of the shop. In photoshop I darkened the sky which helps drawn 

the viewers eye straight to the green.

For this photo I just took a picture of Evan watching a movie.

He didn't see me taking a photo of him which I think helped add

emotion to the photo because he isn't posing. 

A whole group of people were watching a movie one night and 

I turned around to see Megan and her little brother, Evan, sitting on

the couch together while Brynna was sitting on the floor. I thought it

was a completely adorable so I grabbed my camera and took a 

few shots. The only thing that bothers me about this photo

is Brynna's face. 

I took this photo in a restaurant as we were just about to

start eating our food. In photoshop I duplicated the original layer

and enhanced it. Then I made another layer from the original and

made it black and white. Because I added two layers, it gave the 

black and white a hint of color which I found was really cool

looking and different from the traditional black and white.

Photogram

For my photogram, I took one photo each of two friends jumping off a picnic table. I then printed the photos off along with a few of chains and a butterfly. I cut the stuff from the photos out that I wanted then flipped everything over. When I put the photos of my two friends on the paper and created a photogram, you could see the outlines of their clothes and faces. I did not like how this looked so painted black paint over the whole outline. Along with that, I painted a black line down the middle of a transparency. I tapped the photos on the transparency as well. When developing the photo, I painted the developer onto the photo instead of letting it soak. It made an interesting background for the photos to lay on. I am really happy how this photogram turned out.

Valentines Day Weekend

For my first "Pet Peeve" photo, I took a picture of Tony brushing

his teeth. Many people have put my tooth brush in their mouth and

I can't stand it! The worst part is that they know I don;t like it and do

it anyway. I told Tony to just brush his teeth and so he did. In Photoshop,

I enhanced his eyes so the viewer is drawn to them. I really enjoy this photo.

My second "Pet Peeve" photo is also of Tony. We both dislike snow

and cold weather so it was rather a challenge for us both to stand outside,

when it was snowing and cold, to take photos. I also enhanced his eyes

in this photo which actually helped with the overall photo.

This photo of Tony is my number one for "Portraits". This photo

was also taken outside and I stood rather close to him to have just

his face in the photo. I also enhanced his eyes and lightened the photo

up because it was a little dark when I took it. This is another photo

that I greatly enjoy.

This is Abby and she is my number two for "Portraits". This photo

was taken indoors and I am actually very happy how the color turned

out.

For my third "Portrait" photo, I used Rachelle. This photo

was also taken indoors and I, once again, enhanced her eyes. I love the

texture that you see in her hair and in her face. The shirt is really yellow

which I kind of don't like, but her eyes capture the viewer almost more.

For my fourth "Portrait" photo, I used Alaura. This photo was also

taken indoors next to a window. In Photoshop, I enhanced her eyes

and darkened the background to help focus the viewer on her face.

This is my first "Texture" photo. My friend was eating a giant, chocolate

muffin at a table and I just sat down and took several photos of her

eating it. I got a lot of really good shots that I am proud of, but I

thought this one would be the best. I really like the warm, red tones

in this photo against the muffin. It separates the

subject from the rest of the photo.

This is my second "Texture" photo. I was having a clumsy day and

had spilled a whole bag of frozen strawberries all over the floor. I saw

it as an opportunity to get some different shots using my small, digital

camera. I was very proud in the photos that I had taken because it

was very unexpected. The viewer can really see the texture in

the strawberries really well.

This is the first of my two "Landscape" photos. They are building

a new home down a few lots from my house so I decided to pull

over and take some photos to see if I could get a cool pictures.

The sun was setting in the west which gave the sky

an orange-ish glow.

This is the second of my two "Landscape" photos. This

photo is a little more blue then I had originally had wanted. This

spot is where an old railroad track goes off into the woods

and the trees and bushes have overgrown the tracks.

This is the first of my two "Selective Focus" photos. I had

taken a few photos with the hands outside the frame but I

really like how much the hands add to the photo. The depth of

field is very strong in this photo also.

This is the second of my two "Selective Focus" photos. Originally,

there was a younger girl standing where my friend is standing in

the photo, but the girl moved away too quickly before I decided

that it would make a good photo. Having my friend instead in

the photo gave the photo more of an outcast kind of feel because

other teens are playing ninja as she just stands and stars.

Layer and Texture Photos

For this photo, I took several photos of friends against a brown,

carpet wall. My goal was to create an image that looked like

several different people in one spot. This would represent

that whatever you looked like, we are all human. I took the

photos where the people were slightly to the right so it would

follow the rule of thirds.

For my first texture photo, I took a picture of my friend,

Brynna. The camera that I used picked up alot of detail

in her hair and face which I like a lot. Her face is also in focus

while the rest of her is not. Her head is also slightly off to

the right side which follows the rule of thirds. For the

texture layers, I used old scrapbook paper from our

basement and I took a picture of the frost off my 

car to add a little more texture. 

For my second texture photo, I took a picture

of one of our Youth Group leader's kids. The depth 

of field adds to the photo and the detail in the top of 

her hair is really good. She is off to the right side

slightly which follows the rule of thirds. For

the texture layers, I used an old, crinkled paper bag.

It turned the background from an ugly grey to a

light brown which helps make her pop. 

AV / TV / MACRO

This photo was taken in my bathroom which had

probably the best lighting in my whole house.

I really like how you can see the texture in the

wood and door handle and the warmth from the door.

This photo was also taken in my bathroom. There

is a lot of texture with the counter top, glasses,

and the shirt in the background which I think helps

bring the picture together. There is a depth of field

starting from the closets end of the glasses where it's

very sharp, to the back of the counter where it's not

as in focus.

For this photo, I used my dad's camera because

mine did not have the AV TV setting. I

really like how the depth of field turned out in

this photo. The main focus was on the back of my cat's head

which is really sharp and the rest of her body is

out of fucus.

Again, for this photo, I used my dad's camera. I edited this

photo three different times and this was my favorite. The other

two photos had a lighter, green tint to the back wall of the screen

which you can't see in this photo. I think having the background more

black helped focus more on the red in the girl's bottoms and not

how horrible the background color was.