Forced Perspective

I had to cut the squirrel into the photo and then I had to clone stamp the ground to make it blend in and remain focused. I purpsely positioned it so that her hand is on its ear and the squirrel looks bigger than her.

For the other one, I wanted to make it look like she was laying down on the ground, but actually she is standing up leaning against a pole. I simply rotated the picture so that it looks realistsc.

For this one, I changed the color of the stars in the neckalce from black to purple. I think this looks good cause the background has a greeny yellow color to it and the twp colors are complementry.

I Edited this photo to black & white and then changed to color of my nails using different layers.

I edited this photo to make it into a triad with the colors blue, green and red. They all pop out alot and create a vibrant and happy mood.

Gradient

I layered basic pictures of people and then layed then layered them with plants. In the one it looks like she is almost climbing up the plant and the one of the boy is layered with a flower. I like this technique and I think it makes the pictures look really cool.

On the first one I Posterized it and then did the yellow and dark blue gradient. On the second one I just gradiented it with blue orange yellow and purple. I then arrowed down, and used the "color".

I just expieremented with inverting and using levels. I did a little polarization for the first photo also. I like this technique and i think it makes the picture look very different.

The first one is vintage. I put a yellow color by adding a filter to the photo, and i adjusted the colors using curves. The second one is the grainy one. I added a smart filter and then used the noise filter. It is suttle but makes a difference. The last one is the high contrast. I adjusted the vibrance and hue & saturation and also used the curves. I like the vintage and high contrast ones the best. The grainy one just looks bad to me.

Theme Illistrator

My theme is hands. For the editing of this photo I sharpened it using High Pass and then turned it to black and white and changed some of the curves. When adding text to it, I wrote "where you stand and think of going no further." I put this on my photo because that was a quote that was written on the bridge that this photo was taken from. I am proud of this photo and i think it looks great!

Ethics

1. Credability to me, means that I am a trustworthy photographer and I use Real Pictures. 2.The Time magazine was changed to make the guy look tough and brave. they changed it by adding a vingette and darker colors. 3. Taste has to do with things that we do not want to see in life and Ethics has to do with lying and decaption. 4. I decide to publish a photo if i think that it is very strong and represents the thing in a positive way. 5. He publishes a photo that has a great impact on the viewer and makes them think. 6. The legs on the lady draws twords her body which we can see is older. Also her arms on the handle bars draws twoards her face too. 7. I think it is okay to change a photo if it enhances it or if there is a blemish that should be removed. 8. Photos are minipulated to add depth and thought to it. they do this because they want the view to change thier perspective. 9. they apply to me all the time because editing photos are all about decision making skills and making the best decision to have the photo look its best. 10. people edit photos to make them look stronger or weaker which can effect society greatly.

High Pass-Sharpened Picture

UnEdited Sharpened

Rhythm

For both of the Pictures, I used layer masks. I used the magnet lasso tool to cut around the bodies and shadows, and then just dragged them into the backgound layer. I postioned them so that they look realistic in thier setting. Both of the pictures where taken in Dallas Texas.

Edited Portraits

The 2 top pictures of my firnds Anna and Mindy, I used Surface Blur to even the skin tones. And then for the bottom one, I used a Light effect and I also used the curves to give it some extra shadow.

Portraits and Lighiting

The photographer of this photo is David Bailey and this is a picture of Will Smith. There isnt anything else besides the person in the picture. His postion in this picture is straight forward. This photo is taken from a perspective of the photogrpher which is right in front of Will. The expression that he has is a very playful and he is pretending to be a monkey. The lighting is coming from the side and back. I think that the lighing on the side is a litle diffuesed. The feeling of this photo is funny and playful. You can tell that he is a funny guy and we all know that he was a comedian on "fresh Prince of Bel Air"

The photographer of this photo is Melissa Louise and this is a picture of Jessica. There isnt anything else in this photo besides her. She is in a very relaxed postion. The photo was taken a little bit above her head. She has a calm expression on her face. The light is coming from the side and forward and there was diffused lighting used. This photo conveys a calm, relaxed feeling. You can tell she is a nice person and maybe a little shy.

White Balance

With the plant photo, I took it on auto with no flash and the bowl of candy was taken also on auto but i used a flash. The plant was edited using vibrance and saturation and the bowl of candy was edited using the curves to create more shadows on it. My plant photo is a vignette with a black outside. It was a little tickey to do on photo shop, but turned out very nicely. The bowl of candy is a "cloned" picture. I added a red sugary heart to the middle of the bowl, and as you can tell, its hard to tell which one was cloned.

I think that both of my pictures look really good and I think that I did a really good job. I think that both have good compostion and I think that I used the two techniques very accuratly. I dont think that I would change anything about my photos. I was actually surprised by the nice quality of both pictures.

A Day in the Life-Maizy

When taking this picture, I got low on the ground and there was one of my gods toys laying on the ground. The sun was shinning perfectly in my path. I took the poicture with an ISO of 200 and 800. This one is the 800 ISO. I then edited the picture using Vibrance and Saturation. These effects brightened and warmed up the picture.

I think that my photo is pretty strong. I really like the sun beams and the little circles on the photo from the sun. I think that they make it look warm. This sounds funny, but I like how the pig id facing down. You don't really see his face and I think that it shows that my dog was actually playing with it and not set up. I was also surprised by the quality of the details in the rope and the carpet. Overall, I think this picture looks very nice.

Artists Statement

I create art because I want to express my creativity and share it with many people. Many things inspire me. Mostly my firends and nature/outdoors inspire me. I take alot of pictures of my friends. I take alot of pictures of my firnds doing activities that we both love. I also take alot of pictures of nature beacuse it's so unique and beautiful. This past semester I took photo 3 and my theme was hands. I picked that theme beacuse your hands can work in many ways and can do so many things in your life.

This is a picture by Mike Hollman. Most of his photos are nature and some are of popular landmarks. They are very rich in colors and express different climates. For the photos taken of traffic, he clearly used a slow shutter speed to get the headlights. I think that he did a really good job and used good techniques like leading lines and rule of thirds. He also used great depth of feild.