Evaluation (self reflection in blog with examples from shoot)

Evaluation (self reflection in blog with examples from shoot)

This project was a bit boring to me, only because there is not much to take picture in the city, since I like to capture pictures in the outdoors.  When I went to Jerome and Sedona it was nice to capture those pictures, just the downside with a big group is that someone else will have a a similar picture as me. Creativity was being used a lot on that trip.

I my opinion I think that this picture came out very nice, which I should be satisfied. I got some land and I also got some blue sky. The best part about this photo is that the mountain was place perfectly, had a lot of texture and great contrast. Pictures like this make me want to go out more and just keep on taking pictures.

Another picture that I was extremely satisfied with was this picture. I love how green and blue this picture was. Adding the the colors of the mountain, just made it that much better. Which when I think of landscape this is what pops up in my head. This time this was more even, such as half land and half sky.

Evaluation (self reflection in blog with examples from shoot)

Evaluation (self reflection in blog with examples from shoot)

The photoshoot I did on HDR brought back memories, which I do enjoy doing. I enjoyed that I had to do different exposures because once I put all the exposures together it all came together and makes me realize that doing HDRs is a good trait to have.

Overall all I am pretty satisfied with the photos I took and submitted in this assignment. One photo that was my favorite in this photoshoot was a picture of a window. The reason being for this is because I like how the items were placed in front of the window. Another reason was that there was objects hanging as well. Which made the picture interesting and not bland. Of course doing this in HDR improved the quality of the picture

Another photo that I was content with making an HDR photo was this picture of a mirror. In my opinion it was just a unique way of taking a photo, using dynamic angle. In the mirror it has broken widow showing which to me is just showing texture in a different way. Also you can notice that it is from a car, since you can see the hood. Since I did this photo as an HDR the colors are very vibrant and sharp. The last thing is that you can see is the how clean and clear the mirror is. Which again show texture in the photo.

Displacement Tutorial

Displacement Tutorial

1) To start of a displacement map, you will want to have two photos. One will be an image of a face or hands, they work the best. Then the second picture will be what you want to put on your subject.

2) With the picture of the face or hand you will want to duplicate that image. 

        -- Go to layer > Duplicate Layer > Rename it "Displacement".

3) After duplicating the image, we want to desaturate it. 

        -- Click on Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. 

4) The last thing we will need to do with the Displacement Layer, is save it to your desktop. 

       -- Click File > Save as > Name it something you will remember.

5)  Now, we will go to the picture that we want to put on the subject. You want to drag the picture over to your subject (face or hand). 

6) You want to drag the image over your subjects hand or face. 

       

      --  A tip would be if you drop the opacity so you can get an exact placement. 

   

      -- You wil want to click Edit > Free Transform 

7) After placing your image on your subject you want to click Filter > Distort > Displace. 

8)  A  displacement widow will open.

     

     -- Horizontal Scale = 25

     -- Vertical Scale = 25

     -- Click on wrap around 

Another window will pop up, click the photo you named "Displacement" 

9)  To complete it you will want to click add vector mask. (Right button bar) Along with you want drop the opacity down to a point where you can see your subject and the displacement. 

10)  Click on the paint brush tool, erase the part of you displacement photo you do not want.

11) After erasing the things you did not need to use from your displacement. You can clean up your image and make it to a masterpiece. 

Evaluation (self reflection in blog with examples from shoot)

Evaluation (self reflection in blog with examples from shoot)

This talented photographer, Ryan Aicard, has shown great photography skills. In this picture he shows dynamic angle at its finest. Instead of taking a basic eye level picture, he went  low and captured a shot of the woman. Adding the black and white made the picture have more suspense and wondering what the model was thinking. One flaw in this photo the hair movement. It does look like he used a slow shutter speed, but maybe that was what he was going for. Altogether this is a fine piece of art.

In this photo the model showed that she was serious and was there to take care of business. Ryan Aicard took advantage of the pipe and wall, and used it as leading lines. Another technique he used was rule of thirds. Placing the model to the left, instead of the middle. The picture would of been a bit dull if the model was placed in the middle. Some simple photography skills Ryan used, but used them together to make a masterpiece.  

Ryan shows one last time how some simple photography skills can impact a picture. He uses rule of thirds in this photograph, lining the model the the left and showing the background. Luckily he did not have the model in front of the cactus, or else it would of been awkward. To my opinion adding the black and white shows more emotion and has a classic feel.

Modern Black & White Portraits Blog

Modern Black & White Portraits Blog

Lee Jeffries

 Zhang Jingna

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Converting pictures to black and white makes the picture look bold and classic. Such as anything in art, people will have different feelings towards a picture. Black and white is rich due to the fact that there will be a different sensations on who you ask and what the picture is. There is a large collection of of shading and texture in black and white photography. An example of shading is hair, hair will have light spots while other parts will be darker. In portraits, the human skin has a large amount of textures. No matter if the skin is soft and young or the skin has wrinkles and old. As an example the woman has soft and rich skin, while the two men have wrinkles. The two men wrinkles are in the neck and cheeks. Which to my perspective has a lot of texture. 

In this picture by Zhang Jingna

Unit 4: Blog Entry

Research and write a paragraph summary about four 20th century photographers of your choice. Each photographer needs to have a paragraph written about them each. You are to include two images of work from each of the four photographers (research online) with each summary. 
Here are some photographers from which you can choose.
Henri Cartier Bresson
Ansel Adams
Edward Weston
Jerry Uelsman
Minor White
Alfred Stieglitz
Eugene Atget
Man Ray
Walker Evans
Cindy Sherman

Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist. He took photos that were black-and-white landscapes. They were photographs of the American West. Ansel Adams teamed up with Fred Archer and they developed the Zone System. This system was used for the proper exposure and adjust the contrast as the final print. Mr. Adams mainly used large format cameras. Reason for this was the fact that it had higher resolution. Concluding, that it helped ensure the sharpness of his images. Another things Ansel Adams contributed was finding Group f/64, a photography group. In his first portfolio in the 1920's, he earned nearly $3,900, a success. Ansel Adams died on April 22, 1984 in the ICU. Although he died, in 2010 his photograph, "CLEARING WINTER STORM, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK", sold for $722,500. 

Man White

Man White was born on July 9, 1908 and was an American photographer, theoretician, critic and educator. Mr. White took photos of landscapes, people and abstract matter. In his photos he made created technical mastery of visual sense of light and shadows. His photography journey started when he bought a 35mm Argus camera and decided to move to Seattle in 1937. About one year later he was a photographer for the Oregon Art Project. He was to take shots of historic buildings in Portland. Moving on, in the mid 1940's he showed the importance of how his photographs are presented to the viewer. Sadly Man White died on June 24, 1976.

Edward Weston

Edward Weston was born on March 24, 1886. His journey began when his father gave him a camera at age 16. In the early 1920's Mr. Weston's photos imitated painting and was identified a pictorialist style. He did go down to Mexico and found his lover in 1923.

While doing that he did a lot of portraits and nudes, which he is mainly known for today. Returning to United States in 1926, he settled down in California. He then kept on capturing nudes, close-ups, natural forms of landscapes. He did die in California on January 1, 1958.

Walker Evans

Walker Evans was born on November 3, 1903. what Mr. Walker did in the photography was influence the second half of the 20th century. His work has shown American life during second half of the century.The work included outdoor advertising, the beginnings of the automobile culture and not to mention domestic interiors. He died on April 10, 1975.

Unit 3: Blog Entry 2

On your blog site, have examples of people, places, and things (three images of each), with the rule of thirds grid drawn over the

Homework 2



The challenge is to compose by controlling how the subject is seen and what emotions are felt by the viewer. This is done through composition—the relationship of the elements in an image with each other and with the frame. You know that good feeling you get when you snap a great shot? Well, just follow these guidelines, and you’ll start to see things differently through the viewfinder—and take great shots more often. Take a little time to compose each picture into the masterpiece it could be. Remember that you are trying to develop mastery in concept composition as well as in technique. [C2]




Visit the following sites and make notes in your blog about each topic. Include an image to illustrate what you are talking about. If one of your assignments from last year photos fits—then use that as your image.

Tambako The Jaguar
1) Get down on their level:
When taking a picture of a subject, you want to be at eye level with your subject. This does not mean that your subject has to be looking directly toward the camera. Such as this picture, notice that the dog is not looking at the camera. Also that the picture is at eye level with the dog. It would be strange if the photo was taken from above, and just saw the body.

2) Use a plain background:
A picture that has a cluttered background will be distracting. Instead have a picture that has a background that is simple. To have one, focus on trees or pole sprouting from the subject. The picture on the left is an otter. You are only focused on the otter because the background is really simple. No trees in the back.



3) Use flash outdoors:
On a cloudy day use the flash. Using a flash will make your subjects face brighten up and make them stand out. Also you can use the flash when it is sunny outside. It will lighten dark shadows under eye, nose, and neck. As you can see the photo on the left, when you use a flash there is little to no shadows.  Using the flash also makes the girl the main subject.

4) Move in close:
Moving closer to your subject is a great way to create impactful pictures. Another great thing about moving in closer to your subject will eliminate distraction in the background. The picture on the right is a close up of a red eye tree frog. Notice that the main attraction is the frog, not the leaf.



5) Take some vertical pictures:
Some subject look way better when it is vertical. Examples are the Eiffel Tower or tall buildings. Doing this gives of a better effect, such as this tower. It would look silly if the picture was landscape, therefor take the photo vertically.







6) Lock the focus:
To lock on a subject to make it clear you want to press the shutter button half way down. This allows it to focus on a subject. Finally finish pressing down on the shutter button. Such as the subject below.

7) Move it from the middle:

Place the main subject off-center and use rule of thirds. Doing this the picture will become more appealing toward your audience. For instance if you saw this deer in the middle it would not have a huge affect towards you. Placing it off-center it has a huge effect on how it turned out. 

8) Know your flash's range:

Alway know how far your flash can go. If the subject is to far from the flash then the subject will become a bit dark. Notice that in front  it is more bright than the back. In the back, there is a point where is just black. Therefore use flash and know your flash's range. 

9) Watch the light:

Depending where a subject is going to be standing, be careful. Be aware of the light surroundings, such as take photos when it is cloudy outside. This allows less shadow to be present. The young boy playing in the sand has no shadows. Along with that it is a cloudy day, concluding that if take photos when it is cloudy, the photo will become better with the proper light.

10) Be a picture director
Take charge when taking photo of your subjects. Either rearrange the subjects or take photo from different viewpoints. Such as this picture, the photographer made the tall people go in the back and the shorter people in the front.

Unit 2: Blog Entry 1

In your blog,

Write the criteria from your presentation, along with the elements and principles of design
Explain your criteria
Define the elements & principles of Art and explain how they tie into your criteria
Use examples that were used in the presentation as well as any new one's you can find to add to the discussion




Principles of Design 

Balance: Technique that captures a moment of objects, but all parts have equal visual weight.
Pattern: A visual rhythm that can be made by nature or man made.
Rhythm: A repetition of elements,causing sense of movement.
Contrast: The difference between black and white in a picture. 

Unity: This ties up all the elements to function together. Giving an image meaning. 

Emphasis: When a piece of element gives dominance by the photographer 

Movement
: When there is a sense of movement in a photo.


Elements of Design 

Line
: Will lead the viewer to the main subject in the image.
Shape
: Geometrical shape in a photo.
Form
: A way a photographer captures a picture, to make it not seem 2D but instead 3D.
(Color) Capturing a moment with the correct color pallet.
Space
: When the main has their own space so it will be the main subject.
Texture
: It emphasize detail in a picture.
Value

: Having great purpose towards your art.






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