Narrative Still Life

Advertising Critique

1. I used old spice body spray because it was a product I always kept in my backpack, and I thought that it was convent to use for my shots.
2. My "big idea" was to get a shot with lots of balance and quality, and I feel that I achieved my goal.
3. I used a blue background to go along with the tropical picture on the can, and I used direct lighting.

Still Life Exercise

Still Life

DLSR:

Phone:

      

1. My still life represents a variety of different things that we've seen in our lives.
2. My still life uses direct lighting.
3. I could improve the my composition by having more light be focused on the center instead of on the side .

Multi-Burst Sequence

1. My favorite part of the image is the transition of the volleyball.
2. The most difficult part of the process was rasterizing the layers.
3. The easiest part was editing the layers with the layer masks.

Shooting Water

Station 1:

Station 2:

Station 3:

Station 4:

Artificial Motion

I think the image looks real because the blurred wheels makes it look like the car is moving.

6 Frame Story

Title: Eye On The Ball
Concentration is key when setting up for a big play.

Green Screen

1. The most difficult part was removing the green in photoshop when editing.
2. I like that my composition looks like it's realistic enough, and that it can actually be a picture you can take in real life.
3. I could have improved on adding more light when shooting.

Warhol

Surreal Photo

Original:

Surreal:

1. I used the quick selection tool the most in photoshop.
2. The best part of the composition is the darkness of the sky. I think that it adds a lot to what's going on in the image.
3. I didn't think it was that difficult to combine multiple images because I just used the quick selection tool. It took time to select the image, but overall it wasn't too bad.
4. I could of added more detail to the surreal image to make it stand out more.

Bottle Landscape

   

1. I learned how to warp images, reflect images, and use the levels adjustment tool.

2. I  ended up having 32 layers.

3. I liked the assignment because it was something different, but at times it became a little bit tedious.

Speed Challenge

1. The point of view is what I like most about the image.
2. I think the shot is amazing because it captures a different variety of range in the background.
3. I used the grain texture filter because it made the sand more clear to see and added more color to the sky.
4. Getting the camera to be on the exact spot it needed to be on the home base to capture everything in the background was a challenge for me.
5.  Value and balance is used in the image.

TED Talk Questions:

1. I admire that he uses photography as a communication tool to tell a story in his images to make people care about them.
2. I admire that he embraces the things that are surrounding him in the setting that he's in.
3. I admire that he takes his time to plan out what he's going to shoot, and does it in an affective way.

Things in his shots that stood out the most
- reflection
- focal points
- clarity
- point of view

Abstracted Images

Original:

Abstracted Images:

1. My favorite image is the abstracted tree bark because it looks the best balanced out of all the other images.

2. The shot of the tree bark has the best use of the elements of art.

3.The rule of thirds is used in my favorite image.

4. The tree bark with the plastic wrap filter is my favorite because it looks the best balanced and complete out of all the other abstracted images in my opinion.

Landscapes

1. Yes, I used the rule of thirds and I emphasized the land by capturing the field.
2. I used the the rule of thirds by separating the image into 3 sections, with the main part being at the bottom.
3. The image was taken in the morning and it was a good time to shoot because the light wasn't bright or too dark to mess the shot up.
4.  I used the foreground to give the background a setting, and I used the background as the main part of the picture to show the hills and the sky.


Edge Burn:

Black and White:

Channel Mixer:

Lab Color Method:

Gradient Map:

Desaturation:

1. I think the Lab Color Method produced the best result for me because it looks the most complete out of the other images.
2. Desaturation showed the most white and is the most visible. Lab Color Method showed the most black and was the darkest out of all the images.

Landscape Details

1. I thought using the macro lenses was neat. It was definitely a unique way of adding detail while capturing an image using my phone.
2. My favorite shot was the image of the bark because I thought it showed the most detail, and I liked the way it came out the most.
3. The shot of the flowers shows the best use of the rule of thirds.

Collections

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